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Stormy Weather (1943)

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Release Date: Jul 21, 1943 Limited

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Built around the premise of a Big Stage Show, Stormy Weather affords rare "mainstream" leading roles to some of the era's greatest African-American entertainers Lena Horne, Bill "Bojangles" Robinson, Dooley Wilson, Cab Calloway, Katherine Dunham, Fats Waller, and the Nicholas Brothers. The thinnish plotline -- dancer Robinson has an on-again-off-again romance with Horne -- is simply an excuse for lively, well-staged performances. Of the fourteen musical numbers, the most memorable is Lena

Unrated, 1 hr. 17 min.

Musical & Performing Arts, Classics

Directed By: Andrew L. Stone , Andrew Stone

Written By: Jerry Horwin, Frederick J. Jackson, Ted Koehler, H.S. Kraft, Seymour B. Robinson

In Theaters: Jul 21, 1943 Limited

On DVD: Jan 10, 2006

20th Century Fox

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Cast

Lena Horne
Selina Rogers
Bill "Bojangles" Robinson
Bill Williamson
Fats Waller
Himself
Dooley Wilson
Gabe Tucker
Cab Calloway
Himself
Katherine Dunham
Herself
The Nicholas Brothers
Themselves
Ada Brown
Herself
The Tramp Band
Themselves
Babe Wallace
Chick Bailey
Ernest Whitman
Jim Europe
Zuttie Singleton
Zuttie
Mae Johnson
Herself
Johnny Lee
Lyles
Robert Felder
Cab Calloway Jr.
Nick Stewart [Nicodemus]
Chauffeur
Eddie 'Rochester' Anderso...
Coleman Hawkins
Saxophonist
Flournoy E. Miller
Miller
Zutty Singleton

Critic Reviews for Stormy Weather

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Thin story, terrific musical numbers.

August 29, 2006 Comment

Ken Hanke

Mountain Xpress (Asheville, NC)

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This movie has a good story, but I didn't like how it ended. Most of the movie is singing, anyway. Overall, it's okay.

September 5, 2010

AJ Verser

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I've seen a lot of dance movies, but I have got to say that the end routine in this film just blows them all out of the water. It's phenomenal! The story here is pretty thin, but since when does anyone watch a musical for story? As blasphemous as this may be, it's a pity they didn't film in Technicolor. It would have

May 18, 2010