Cabin in the Sky
(1943)

Director: Vincent Minnelli

Key Cast : Ethel Waters, Eddie “Rochester” Anderson, Lena Horne, Louis Armstrong, Rex Ingram, Kenneth Spencer, John William Sublett, Oscar Polk

Rating: Unrated

Genre(s): Musical

"Cabin in the Sky" Movie Trailer

"Cabin in the Sky" was one of the few all-black cast movies to be made by a Hollywood studio in the 1940s.

It has an all star cast of great African-American actors and actresses including: Eddie "Rochester" Anderson, Lena Horne,
Ethel Waters and Rex Ingram.

Eddie Anderson plays "Little Joe" who is a rascally husband that is being tempted to leave his wife for a beautiful, but street-wise woman named Georgia Brown. Louise Beavers plays Petunia, who is Little Joe's wife and Lena Horne is the temptress, Georgia Brown.

As the story unfolds, Little Joe eventually finds himself in a tug of war for his soul with emissaries for the Lord and the devil rooting him on. (Rex Ingram plays both of these roles.) Which way will he go?

Can good triumph over evil? 

Little Joe's wife, Petunia, says, “Sometimes when you fight the devil, you gotta jab him with his own pitchfork.”

"Cabin in the Sky" is a classical and musical treasure that the entire family can enjoy.

• "Cabin in the Sky" was considered groundbreaking for its time because it was an all-black cast film being funded by a major studio (MGM). 

•  "Cabin in the Sky" was one of only two all-Black cast movies that were made by major Hollywood studios in 1943. The other one was "Stormy Weather" which is also a Top 100 Black Classic Movies film.

• Lena Horne only did two all-Black cast films while she was under contract with MGM. One of them was this film, "Cabin in the Sky," and the other one was "Stormy Weather."

•  Duke Ellington and his orchestra have a showcase musical number in this film.  Also, Louis Armstrong makes an appearance as one of Lucifer Jr’s minions.

• "Cabin in the Sky" is based on the hit Broadway musical of the same name.

•  "Cabin in the Sky" was nominated for a 1944 Academy Award for Best Song, “Happiness is Just a Thing Called Joe.”

Buy the Cabin in the Sky Movie DVD
"Cabin in the Sky" stars Ethel Waters,
Eddie Rochester Anderson, Lena Horne.
Rex Ingram and more great African-
American stars.

Special Features:
The "Cabin in the Sky" DVD contains
the Lena Horne Bubble Bath scene that was
deleted from the picture.

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Cabin in the Sky Movie Poster
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Cabin in the Sky Movie Soundtrack
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