Cabin In The Sky Cast

A compulsive gambler dies during a shooting but hell receive a second chance to reform himself and to make up with his worried wife.

Cabin in the sky cast. Cabin in the sky 1943 cast and crew credits including actors actresses directors writers and more. Tell us where you are looking for movie tickets. 1 hr 38 min musicperforming arts. With ethel waters eddie rochester anderson lena horne louis armstrong.

Louis armstrong briefly shows up appropriately cast as the trumpeter song highlights include taking a chance on love happiness is just a thing called joe lifes full of consequences and the title song. Waters and rex ingram reprise their roles from the broadway production. Cabin in the sky broadway cabin in the sky original cast list original cast current cast. It is an elaborate and theatrical fantasy folkloric james naremore calls it set out as the fever dream of an everyman character little joe who wants to be as good as his very christian wife but is tempted by the weakness of the flesh.

Cabin in the sky is not realist in style. Enter city state or zip code go. Enter your location to see which movie theaters are playing cabin in the sky near you. Cabin in the sky is a 1943 american musical film based on the 1940 broadway musical of the same name.

Fandango fanalert sign up for a fanalert and be the first to know when tickets and other exclusives are available in your area. Lynn root wrote the libretto and brought it to george. The film was hornes first and only leading role in an mgm musical. Cabin in the sky is a musical with music by vernon duke book by lynn root and lyrics by john latouche.

The musical opened on broadway in 1940. A troubled production thanks to the on set rivalry between ethel waters and lena horne cabin in the sky is nonetheless an excellent first feature effort from vincente minnelli. Directed by vincente minnelli busby berkeley. Cabin in the sky overcomes some questionable storytelling choices thanks to irresistible musical numbers and a brilliantly talented cast.

Review by not andrew sarris sarriss far side of paradise entry for minnelli in the american cinema 1969. The show is described as a parable of southern negro life with echoes of ferenc molnars liliom which would be turned into the musical carousel and marc connellys the green pastures history. Directed by vincente minnelli the film stars ethel waters eddie rochester anderson and lena horne.