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Cabin in the Sky (1943)
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Reviews Counted:10
Fresh:8
Rotten:2
Average Rating:6.9/10
Runtime: 1 hr 40 mins
Genre: Musical & Performing Arts
Synopsis: Little Joe Jackson is a simple down-home, married man. But he has three uncontrollable weaknesses: he loves shootin' craps, he drinks too much liquor and he's been lusting after sultry Georgia... Little Joe Jackson is a simple down-home, married man. But he has three uncontrollable weaknesses: he loves shootin' craps, he drinks too much liquor and he's been lusting after sultry Georgia Brown, a sexy southern seductress just itchin' to get her hands on him. When he's fatally wounded in a barroom brawl, his gospel-quoting, hopelessly devoted wife Petunia prays by his bedside while Lucifer of Hell and the General of Heaven battle it out for ownership of Little Joe's soul. [More]
Starring: Ethel Waters, Lena Horne, Louis Armstrong, Eddie Anderson
Starring: Ethel Waters, Lena Horne, Louis Armstrong, Eddie Anderson, Rex Ingram, Kenneth Spencer, Ford L. Washington, John W. Sublett
Director: Vincente Minnelli
Director: Vincente Minnelli
Screenwriter: Joseph Schrank
Producer: Arthur Freed
Composer: Roger Edens
Reviews for Cabin in the Sky
Minnelli's feature directorial debut was MGM's first all-black musical since King Vidor's Hallellujah! a stylized fable boasting great performances from Lena Horne, in her first major role, and Ethel waters, as her nemesis.
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