Cabin in the Sky
Starring: Ethel Waters, Lena Horne, Louis Armstrong
Director: Vincente Minnelli, Busby Berkeley
Writer: Marc Connelly
Producer: Arthur Freed, Albert Lewis
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.
Trivia
- According to notes within the reissue of the CD soundtrack, Freed and Minnelli sought input from black leaders before production began on the film.
Previous Showings
10 Runs • 8 Festivals
Original Billings: 1 run (June 17, 1943)
Original Run: June 17, 1943 (Thursday - Saturday)
All runs on record (10):
- June 17, 1943 (Thursday - Saturday)Ethel Waters, Eddie 'Rochester' Anderson, Lena Horne
- February 7 - 9, 1996w/ The Clock
- October 30 - November 2, 1999Holiday 1999w/ Show Boat
- May 26, 2001MORE HOLLYWOOD MUSICALS 1940-1950w/ Stormy Weather
- November 16 - 17, 2002Fall Folliesw/ The Band Wagon
- April 16 - 18, 2006Ronald Colmanw/ The Toilers, The White Sister, Yolanda and the Thief
- May 19 - 21, 2010Spring 2010w/ The Clock
- May 4 - 6, 2011Musicalsw/ Swing Time
- August 7 - 9, 2019Summer 2019w/ Lust for Life
- July 6 - 7, 2024Directed by Vincente Minnelliw/ Yolanda and the Thief