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Cabin In The Sky

1943, Movie, NR, 98 mins

CABIN IN THE SKY
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Vincente Minnelli's debut as a Hollywood director was the first all-black musical since 1936, and a monument to Ethel Waters in all her glory. Though the film unfortunately perpetuates racial stereotypes, it nevertheless showcases a number of great African-American talents. Chief among them are Lena Horne and Louis Armstrong. Read the complete review for Cabin In The Sky
Little Joe (Eddie "Rochester" Anderson) comes back to life, prompting Petunia (Ethel Waters) into her sparkling performance of "Happiness Is A Thing Called Joe" by Harold Arlen and E.Y. Harburg, in MGM's Cabin In The Sky, 1943.
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Little Joe (Eddie "Rochester" Anderson) hides in the bushes while Petunia (Ethel Waters) settles some of his gambling debts (with Ernest Whitman as "Jim Henry") in MGM's Cabin In The Sky, 1943.
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The "Idea Men" at the "Hotel Hades" include Louis Armstrong, Mantan Moreland and Willie Best, led by "Lucifer Jr." (Rex Ingram), speaking to his father, then visiting the temptress Georgia (Lena Horne) in Cabin In The Sky, 1943.
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Newly-rich Little Joe (Eddie "Rochester" Anderson) and Georgia (Lena Horne) arrive at the nightclub, where she finally does a song, "Honey In The Honeycomb," by Vernon Duke and John LaTouche, in MGM's Cabin In The Sky, 1943.
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Posted: 2/3/2010
Year: 1943
Rated NR

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Cast
Ethel Waters: Petunia Jackson
Eddie "Rochester" Anderson: Little Joe
Lena Horne: Georgia Brown
Louis Armstrong: The Trumpeter
Rex Ingram: Lucius/Lucifer, Jr.
Kenneth Spencer: Rev. Green, The General

 

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