Siskoid cabin in the sky is a rare treat, a black cast musical from the 40s, and its a real charmer, devotional in spirit, like a church choir come alive to tell a story, with great songs, fun dance numbers, and an unexpectedly apocalyptic climax. The disc comes with four extras, starting with the original trailer. With ethel waters, eddie rochester anderson, lena horne, louis armstrong. The film was hornes first and only leading role in an mgm musical. Cabin in the sky is an excellent, excellent black film. Historically cabin in the sky is an important movie. This page was last edited on 31 december 2018, at 19. Nonetheless, the presence of waters and rochester is problematic for other reasons. I first saw cabin in sky on the amc channel with my dad when i was 15 years old. Cabin in the sky is a 1943 american musical film based on the 1940 broadway musical of the same name. Cabin in the sky 1943 an allstar screen adaptation of the successful broadway play, cabin in the sky 1943 tells the story of the gambler little joe who is seriously wounded in a barroom fight. Cabin in the sky is an interesting film, maybe even unusual, for 1943.
Sky cabin is a slowly viewing cabin offering a panoramic view of knotts berry farm and the surrounding land outside the park. Publication date 2007 usage attributionnoncommercial 3. Over the rainbow judy garland, the mgm sutdio orchestra, herbert stothart from the wizard of oz 1939 2. Louis armstrong is also featured in the film as one. Cabin in the sky was one of the first bigbudget black hollywood films. The musical was master filmmaker vincente minnellis first feature film as director and stands as a rare and complicated american film.
It stars eddie rochester anderson as joseph little joe jackson a man with a gambling problem whose wife petunia played by ethel waters is so strong in her faith that her prayers enable her husband to receive a second chance. Other articles where cabin in the sky is discussed. That explains the presence of rochester and ethel waters in the leads. Building a new cabin in the sky best remembered as a 1943 film starring ethel waters, the musical is being resurrected as a concert series, which. Lyrics to cabin in the sky by ella fitzgerald from the the early years, pt. We have 14 cabin inthe sky television torrents for you. Cabin in the sky ethel waters eddie rochester anderson lena horne 1943 agents of heaven and hell fight for little joes eddie rochester anderson soul after his wife ethel waters gets him a pardon. The picture version of cabin in the sky is little changed from the original stage show. Cabin in the sky is a 1943 fantasy musical directed by vincente minnelli about a slothful gambler, joseph little joe jackson eddie rochester anderson, who must face himself in purgatory. Directed by vincente minnelli, the film stars ethel waters and rex ingram, who reprised their roles from the broadway production, as well eddie rochester anderson and lena horne.
Tornado scene from the 1943 musical, cabin in the sky. It still tells of little joe jacksons weakness for dice, likker and the seductive georgia brown, of his. Cabin in the sky, dvd, manufactured on demand, full frame, musicals theatrical, 888574432447. Cabin in the sky can feel a little claustrophobic and stagebound, but it develops a jazzy, infectious rhythm especially in its third act, and its a rare treat to see so many supernovas of the. Cabin in the sky soundtrack 1943 the moviemusic store.
It opened at the martin beck theater on october 25, 1940 and ran for 156 performances. As mentioned above, it is one of seven films made during a 30 year span produced by one of hollywoods major studios with an all africanamerican cast. Cabin in the sky 1943, made for the freed unit for well under a million dollars, was an extraordinary first effort, a highly stylized adaptation of the hit broadway show. This film came as a response when the africanamerican community demanded better treatment in films. Although the film is often criticized for what today are regarded as stereotypical characteristics e. Mgm knew it would take a bath on its allblack musical cabin in the sky few southern theaters of 1943 would touch the film, but the studio still provided its standard aplus production values to the film. Rochester was jack bennys servant, and waters was a wellknown singer. However, before we all jump on the political correctness bandwagon, its worth remembering that the movie was made during ww2, and that civil rights movements were some 20 or so years in the future. He awakens, remembering nothing and struggles to do right by his devout wife, petunia, while an angel known as. Cabin in the sky overcomes some questionable storytelling choices thanks to irresistible musical numbers and a brilliantly talented cast. As time goes by dooley wilson, elliot carpenter from casablanca 1942 21.
A pete smith specialty shows a bit of the famous excised scene with lena in a bathtub, but is more. The national library of australias copies direct service lets you purchase higher quality, larger sized photocopies or electronic copies of newspapers pages. Unfortunately due to the old fashioned nature of the story and simplistic characters therein, it doesnt get the recognition it deserves. Cabin in the sky movie poster 1943 triseven entertainment. Gallery of 18 movie poster and cover images for cabin in the sky 1943. Very entertaining and a movie that projects the power of a conscience. Directed by vincente minnelli, the film stars ethel waters, eddie rochester anderson and lena horne. This cd from rhino contains all of the music from the soundtrack plus a few outtakes that did not make it into the movie. Based on the broadway musical by lynn root, john latouche, and vernon duke, the film tells the story of. Cabin in the sky soundtrack cd details and availability.
The producer was albert lewis in association with vinton freedley. As you can see, it is the same tornado from the 1939 classic film, the wizard of oz. It starred eddie rochester anderson, ethel waters and lena horne with guest appearances by duke ellington and louis armstrong. It is rare because it boasts an all black cast, a large budget, and a release through a major studio at a time when this was far from the norm, and it is complicated because it is a work based on racial stereotypes of southern blacks while also being a.
If an internal link led you here, you may wish to change the link to point directly to the intended article. Cabin in the sky 1943 full movie download full hd youtube. Joseph schrank and uncredited marc connelly, from the musical play by lynn root book, john latouche lyrics and vernon duke music phot. In these enlightened times, a movie such as cabin in the sky which is heavily laden with racial stereotypes seems awkwardly out of place. All structured data from the file and property namespaces is available under the creative commons cc0 license. The skyline of disneyland and disneys california adventure can also be viewed before the announcement of the parks former windseeker ride, sky cabin was a possible location to become. Although this looks a lot like a race picture, with an all black cast, i have to give the marketing people points to try to convince the cinema going public that they were seeing something good and artistic, and put the whole race thing on the backburner. Waters and rex ingram reprise their roles from the broadway production. Directed by 2 writing credits 3 cast 62 produced by 2 music by 2 cinematography by 1 film editing by 1 art direction by 1 set decoration by 1 costume design by 1 production management 2 second unit director or assistant director 1.
Cabin in the sky is a 1943 american musical film based on the 1940 stage musical of the same name. Original movie poster for cabin in the sky 1943 276 original publicity photo of lena horne 1943 gelatin silver print. Files are available under licenses specified on their description page. Cabin in the sky was an auspicious directorial debut for the young vincente minnelli and provided ethel waters and lena horne with an excellent showcase for their considerable talents. Cabin in the sky 1943 this unique musical fantasy was the first film directed by vincente minnelli. He awakens, remembering nothing and struggles to do right by his devout wife, petunia, while an angel known as the general and the devils son, lucifer jr. Enter your location to see which movie theaters are playing cabin in the sky near you. His pious wife, petunia, prays for him to have a second chance so he can get into heaven. This disambiguation page lists articles associated with the title cabin in the sky. Chronic gambler and carouser little joe jackson is shot by domino johnson at jim henrys gambling club over an outstanding gambling debt.