Cabin in the Sky (1943)

Directed by

Busby Berkeley, Vincente Minnelli

Genre

fantasy film, musical film

Country

United States

Runtime

1h 38m

Rated

NR

Rating

6.5 of 10 from 50 voters

Elsewhere

IMDb

How it feels

A man tries to stay on the straight and narrow path after a brush with death. An angel and a devil compete for his soul, leading to a series of musical performances and moral choices.

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What happens

Cabin in the Sky is a 1943 American musical film based on the 1940 Broadway musical of the same name. The first feature film directed by Vincente Minnelli, Cabin in the Sky features an all-black cast and stars Ethel Waters, Eddie "Rochester" Anderson and Lena Horne. Waters and Rex Ingram reprise their roles from the Broadway production as Petunia and Lucifer Junior, respectively. The film was Horne's first and only leading role in an MGM musical. Louis Armstrong is also featured in the film as one of Lucifer Junior's minions, and Duke Ellington and his Orchestra have a showcase musical number in the film. In 2020, the film was selected for preservation in the United States National Film Registry by the Library of Congress as being "culturally, historically, or aesthetically significant." (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

Trailer

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