Duke, vernon, roger edens, latouche, john cabin in the sky. It is the fourteenth link starring mickey rooney as andy hardy. Cabin in the sky 1943 movie clip open, free will credits and first scene from mgms production of the broadway musical cabin in the sky, 1943, starring eddie rochester anderson, ethel waters and lena horne, directed by vincente minnelli. The film is about a callous womanizer who gets his just reward. A romanticist folk tale sprung to life, cabin in the sky 1943 was based on the broadway musical of the same name. Happiness is a thing called joe was nominated for an academy award for best original song and sung by the film s star, ethel waters. That same year, another one of the greatest allblack musicals of alltime was released, stormy weather 1943, a revue starring the ravishing lena horne who sang what would become her signature tune. Produced in 1943 at mgm by arthur freed and directed by vincent minnelli, cabin in the sky is the 1st all black film produced by a major studio in hollywood. The 1943 mgm film cabin in the sky is vincente minnellis hollywood directorial debut. As mentioned above, it is one of seven films made during a 30 year span produced by one of hollywoods major studios with an all africanamerican cast. Cinderella jones is a 1946 american musical comedy film directed by busby berkeley and written by charles hoffman. Ingram was one hollywood black whose persona always exuded dignity. Starring lena horne, bill bojangles robinson, cab calloway, and fats waller, the musical chronicles the semiautobiographical story of robinson, who goes by bill williamson in the movie. Cabin in the sky on dvd 012569676787 from warner bros directed by vincente minnelli.
Directed by vincente minnelli, the film stars ethel. Bostered by arthur freeds orchestrators, top songwriters and performers blend beautifully into a fullydeveloped film blanc battle between heaven and hell for the souls of a loving married couple. Calhoun family, and both sides of her family were african american through a mixture of african, native american, and european american descent and belonged to the upper stratum of middleclass, welleducated people. No one seems to point out that his film is a remake of an earlier film buster keaton made for mgm titled spite marriage, with many of the visual gags pulled directly from that earlier film with almost no changes. It is also very thought provoking and funny at the same time. Cabin in the sky, a musical fantasy, with ethel waters. His pious wife, petunia, prays for him to have a second chance so he can get into heaven.
Cabin in the sky 1943 this unique musical fantasy was the first film directed by vincente minnelli. Leonie cooper asks five women in cinema to name their. The vudu service lets you download an ultraviolet digital copy of a previously purchased title on dvd or bluray after. Plan 9 from outer space originally titled grave robbers from outer space is a 1959 american science fiction. For something completely different, check out van peebles first film, 1968s story of a threeday pass, a lowkey character study about a black soldier on leave that would fit comfortably in a. Directed by vincente minnelli, the film stars ethel waters, eddie rochester anderson and lena horne. It stars eddie rochester anderson as joseph little joe jackson a man with a gambling problem whose wife petunia played by ethel waters is so strong in her faith that her prayers enable her husband to receive a second chance. Lena horne, cabin in the sky 1943 in this heavily religious story of good and evil fighting for a condemned mans soul, lena horne is the unwitting tool of lucifer as the seductive, worldly. Jan 20, 2009 as a new barbican season celebrates film s male rebels, leonie cooper asks five women in cinema to name their favourite female renegades. Go inside the ruins of liza minnellis abandoned childhood home. Cabin in the sky 1943 cast and crew credits, including actors, actresses, directors, writers and more.
Waters and rex ingram reprise their roles from the broadway production. Cabin in the sky dvdr 1943 warner archive collection. Minnellis first film with busby berkeley overseeing the production, cabin in the sky contains dualityit is faustian, but it is also infantilizing and moralizing in its faith. Cabin in the sky is remarkable for how undated it nsidering it is a segregated movie.
Cabin in the sky, a musical fantasy, with ethel waters, at loews. Andy hardys blonde trouble is a 1944 romantic comedy film directed by george b. Building a new cabin in the sky best remembered as a 1943 film starring ethel waters, the musical is being resurrected as a concert series, which. Cabin in the sky can feel a little claustrophobic and stagebound, but it. Most who see the film do not believe it crosses the line into racism. Watch cabin in the sky online stream full movie directv. Brigadoon is a 1954 american metrogoldwynmayer musical film made in cinemascope and metrocolor based on the broadway musical of the same name by alan jay lerner and frederick loewe. Cabin in the sky is a 1943 fantasy musical directed by vincente minnelli about a slothful gambler, joseph little joe jackson eddie rochester anderson, who must face himself in purgatory. Oct 03, 2019 minnellis directing career really took off a decade before he moved his family into the beverly hills home.
Also standing out is the great rex ingram, whose tambul is an african soldier given full character rights. Project muse hollywood be thy name and the new wave of. In the film, andy goes to college, but soon gets in trouble with some pretty coeds. Cabin in the sky 1943, made for the freed unit for well under a million dollars, was an extraordinary first effort, a highly stylized adaptation of the hit broadway show. Cabin in the sky is one of the best mgm musicals, white, black or indifferent. Cabin in the sky a groundbreaking classic film that delivers star. Vincente minnelli 1977 interview with minnelli by henry sheehan. Mgm knew it would take a bath on its allblack musical cabin in the sky few southern theaters of 1943 would touch the film, but the studio still provided its standard aplus production values to the film. The film is at the centre of the six allblack cast films made by the major hollywood studios. Cabin in the sky is an interesting film, maybe even unusual, for 1943. Surrender of germans, schwerin 300117x footage farm youtube.
Cabin in the sky 1943 official trailer ethel waters. It stars ethel waters as petunia, a good christian woman who adores her husband little joe eddie rochester anderson, a man good at heart but a sinner who cannot defeat his urge to gamble. This is a list of feature films originally released andor distributed by metrogoldwynmayer to include mgmua entertainment co. The footage in this video constitutes an unedited historical document and has been uploaded for research purposes. If a film with a complete cast of african americans is not disturbing for you.
It was adapted from george axelrods play goodbye, charlie. Ethel waters and rex ingram alone of the plays cast are in the film as petunia and. Cabin in the sky busby berkeley, vincente minnelli, ethel. Cabin in the sky was the first allblack musical in nearly fourteen years and only the fourth allblack film by a major studio since the coming of sound. The film that was taken revealed that bari harbour was crammed full of merchant ships carrying food, equipment, ammunition. Read the full synopsis of cabin in the sky, 1943, directed by vincente minnelli, with ethel waters, eddie rochester anderson, lena horne, at turner classic movies. Cabin in the sky, dvd, manufactured on demand, full frame, musicals theatrical, 888574432447. First signing with the careermaking studio metrogoldwynmayer in 1940, minnelli started earning a reputation as an auteur after completing his first film cabin in the sky in 1943. Minnellis first assignment as a director, and while he doesnt succeed in completely legitimizing more. Please visit the source responsible for the item in question to report any concerns you may have regarding content or accuracy. Aug 24, 2018 footage farm is a historical audiovisual library. After working on numerous mickey rooneyjudy garland vehicles, usually directed by busby berkeley, arthur freed gave him his first directorial assignment on cabin in the sky 1943, a risky screen project with an allblack cast.
Chronic gambler and carouser little joe jackson is shot by domino johnson at jim henrys gambling club over an outstanding gambling debt. His voice is one of the best things in films of the period, instantly recognizable in the thief of baghdad, cabin in the sky and the green pastures. However, before we all jump on the political correctness bandwagon, its worth remembering that the movie was made during ww2, and that civil rights movements were some 20 or so years in the future. Vincente minnelli great director profile senses of cinema. Original motion picture soundtrack 1943 film music. Cabin in the sky proved to be the last major success of dukes career. This allblack 1943 musical was vincente minnellis first assignment as a director, and while he doesnt succeed in completely legitimizing it. The film was directed by vincente minnelli and stars gene kelly, van johnson, and cyd charisse. Cabin in the sky 1943 an allstar screen adaptation of the successful broadway play, cabin in the sky 1943 tells the story of the gambler little joe who is seriously wounded in a barroom fight. A musical featuring all of the most prominent africanamerican performers of the period and dealing with the eternal question of sin and redemption. List of movies to convert disctodigital hd with vudu hd. Cabin in the sky overcomes some questionable storytelling choices thanks to irresistible musical numbers and a brilliantly talented cast. Glavnu ulogu tumaci poznati plesac gene kelly, koji je takoder rezirao i plesne scene. Its filled with a super cast of late actors, singers, and musicians.
Goodbye charlie is a 1964 american comedy film directed by vincente minnelli and starring debbie reynolds and tony curtis. The metro picturization of the negro fantasy, which settled down at loews criterion yesterday for what should prove to be a long tenancy, is every. Cabin in the sky 1943, and, even in that, one of her. Cabin in the sky was an auspicious directorial debut for the young vincente minnelli and provided ethel waters and lena horne with an excellent showcase for their considerable talents. This film came as a response when the africanamerican community demanded better treatment in films. Heavens forces, led by the general, and those below, led by lucifer jr. The show was made into the 1943 film cabin in the sky, but as denny flinn stated in his book, it is noble that hollywood made a black musical at all, but there are too many interpolations to the john latouchevernon duke score. It is wonderful to watch, not least because it is a showcase for the talents of a whole group of entertainers who made far too few screen appearances, but it doesnt stand up as a musical in its own right. Although an allblack broadway musical was not new at this time george gerswhins porgy and bess had already appeared on broadway and in the 40s allblack musical films like the green pastures and cabin in the sky preceded this film, carmen jones was still very unique and an important film for the black community, for it meant that. Film noir was undoubtedly writerdirector robert wises metier in the.
The play provided the basis for the 1991 film switch, with ellen barkin and jimmy smits. The 100 best acting performances by musicians in movies. In spite of all this, cabin in the sky is still best enjoyed as a series of performances. On imdb tv, you can catch hollywood hits and popular tv series at no cost. The news articles, tweets, and blog posts do not represent imdb s opinions nor can we guarantee that the reporting therein is completely factual. Find video, photos, forums, blogs and shop for some of. This allblack 1943 musical was vincente minnellis first assignment as a director, and while he doesnt succeed in completely legitimizing it, evidence of. Sepia created a soft, velvety patina more flattering to the actors skin tones. The general has joes good intentions and petunias inventiveness. Cabin in the sky was also the first major studio film with an african american.
Dubose heywards moving novel porgy, about the poor black people of catfish row in charleston, was published in 1925. The producer was albert lewis in association with vinton freedley. Cabin in the sky 1943 official trailer ethel waters, eddie. Lena horne was born in bedfordstuyvesant, brooklyn. Although money talks, it is unlikely that major black performers of the day the leads were major stars in the black community would have participated if they felt that the film was in any. 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 mgms cabin in the sky, 1943 view the tcmdb entry for cabin in the sky 1943. Turner classic movies summer under the stars continues today, aug.
Africanamerican cultural criticism remains mystifyingly. Singin in the rain na prostoru bivse jugoslavije poznat pod naslovom pjevajmo na kisi je americki filmski mjuzikl snimljen 1952. Mark reid, who attempts to define and categorize minstrel and hybrid minstrel films, does not mention it or such related films as hallelujah 1929 at all, mentioning cabin in the sky 1943 just briefly. The merits and weaknesses of this film are documented thoroughly the merits include the legendary performers. Right now, tcm is showing cabin in the sky 1943, an allblack musical adaptation of the faust tale that is notable as the first fullfledged feature film directed by another illinoisborn movie person, vincente minnelli. Under freeds guidance, minnelli directed cabin in the sky 1943, his debut hollywood film and the first allblack musical in many years. The film was hornes first and only leading role in an mgm musical. Winners best picture winners golden globes emmys san diego comiccon new york comiccon sundance film festival toronto intl film festival awards central festival central all events.
If an internal link led you here, you may wish to change the link to point directly to the intended article. But because of its all black cast it is notable, special film for the era. Mar 01, 2008 his contribution to this film, along with cabin in the sky 1943 and tales of manhattan 1942, marked him as a remarkably influential force in regard to african american end page 92 spirituality on screen. It opened at the martin beck theater on october 25, 1940 and ran for 156 performances.
A southerners movie guide, part x abbeville institute. Cabin in the sky 1943 letterboxd your life in film. Cabin in the sky, a musical fantasy, with ethel waters, at. Cabin in the sky dvd hollywoods first allblack film since the green pastures tells the vibrant fable of rascally little joe, torn between the love of his good wife petunia and the wiles of goodtime badgirl georgia brown. Then you will absolutely be glad that you purchased this one. This disambiguation page lists articles associated with the title cabin in the sky.
This allblack film based on the hit broadway musical received an oscar nomination for best original song. Cabin in the sky is a 1943 american musical film based on the 1940 broadway musical of the same name. The opening page in the dvd is a long message from mgm warning that the film is a product of its time and reflects the racial prejudices that were commonplace in. Jan 25, 20 lena horne recorded a performance of the song aint it the truth for the 1943 film adaptation of the broadway musical cabin in the sky, but she said it was censored from the final version. Yet johnson later repudiated a number of these films and seemed to have special contempt for the green pastures. Select any poster below to play the movie, totally free. Cabin in the sky 1943 movie clip double or nothing. Petunia jacksons faith is so well known in heaven that her prayers. Stormy weather should have been nothing more than a nice, above average musical full of performers you catch in a few good roles a year. If you like this movie and our channel, please subscribe. Vincente minnelli analysis of a number of minnelli films by mike grost. Cabin in the sky this allblack 1943 musical was vincente minnellis first assignment as a director, and while he doesnt succeed in completely legitimizing it, evidence of his taste and talent is. Heres a list of movies available to convert from disctodigital format.
Cabin in the sky 1943 based on the stage production by the same name, cabin in the sky centers on a gamblers journey to redemption after hes shot and given a second chance. First all black film cabin in the sky 1943 iheartfilm. As an allblack musical production during a time where. Watch cabin in the sky starring ethel waters in this musical on directv. Despite the fact that the fortunate turn or military events has removed the city of.
The film stars joan leslie, robert alda, julie bishop, william prince, s. Nov 01, 2018 though it wasnt filmed in technicolor, stormy weather is one of best showcases of 40s black excellenceonly bested by cabin in the sky. Siskoid cabin in the sky is a rare treat, a black cast musical from the 40s, and its a real charmer, devotional in spirit, like a church choir come alive to tell a story, with great songs, fun dance numbers, and an unexpectedly apocalyptic climax. Turner classic movies presents the greatest motion pictures of all time from one of the largest film libraries in the world. Staring eddie anderson, ethel waters, rex ingram and louis armstrong.
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