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Cabin in the Sky

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Cabin in the Sky (1943)

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Reviews Counted: 9 Fresh: 7  Rotten:2 Average Rating: 6.7/10

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Runtime: 1 hr 40 mins

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 Brown, a sexy southern seductress just itchin' to get her hands on him. When he's fatally wounded in... 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]

Genre: Musical & Performing Arts

Starring: Ethel Waters, Lena Horne, Louis Armstrong, Eddie Anderson, Rex Ingram

Director: Vincente Minnelli
Screenwriter: Joseph Schrank
Producer: Arthur Freed
Composer: Roger Edens

DVD Info

Release:

Jan 10, 2006

[DVD Details]
  • Cabin in the Sky
  • Hollywood's first all-black film since The Green Pastures tells the vibrant fable of rascally Little Joe, torn between the love of his good wife Petunia and the wiles of good-time bad girl Georgia Brown...and caught in a tug-of-war between emissaries from the Lord and Satan. How can virtue triumph over evil? Well, as Petunia says, "Sometimes when you fight the devil, you gotta jab him with his own pitchfork."
  • Debuting movie director Vincente Minnelli (An American in Paris, Gigi) and stars Ethel Waters, Eddie "Rochester" Anderson, Lena Horne, Louis Armstrong and Duke Ellington are more than a match for the devil in this musical treasure. With a soundtrack of dazzling standards including Taking a Chance on Love and Happiness Is a Thing Called Joe, Cabin in the Sky is a joyous classic.
  • Source: Warner Home Video

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    All-black 1943 musical and moralistic fable.

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    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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    Vincente Minnelli's enjoyable directorial debut.

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    05/21/04
    Carol Cling
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    Top-notch musical with great performances.

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    08/14/03
    Ken Hanke
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    Forget the story -- just relish the stars.

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