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Cabin in the Sky: Directed by Vincente Minnelli, Busby Berkeley. With Ethel Waters, Eddie 'Rochester' Anderson, Lena Horne, Louis Armstrong. A compulsive gambler dies during a shooting, but he'll receive a second chance to reform himself and to make up with his worried wife.
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- Comedy, Drama, Fantasy
- Vincente Minnelli, Busby Berkeley
- 1943-04-09
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Cabin in the Sky is a 1943 American musical film based on the 1940 Broadway musical of the same name. The first feature film directed by Vincente Minnelli, [2] Cabin in the Sky features an all- black cast [2] and stars Ethel Waters, Eddie "Rochester" Anderson and Lena Horne.
Cabin in the Sky (1943) *** (out of 4) Landmark MGM Musical has sinner 'Little Joe' Jackson (Eddie 'Rochester Anderson) getting killed inside a gambling house but his wife Petunia (Ethel Waters) says a prayer, which causes a fuss in Heaven.
A religious woman and loving wife, Petunia is heartened by Little Joe's promise to repent his sins in church. Little Joe soon resumes his gambling, however, when gambler Domino Johnson entices him to return to the casino at Jim Henry's Paradise Café.
- Vincente Minnelli, Al Shenberg
- Ethel Waters
When compulsive gambler Little Joe Jackson dies in a drunken fight, he awakens in purgatory, where he learns that he will be sent back to Earth for six months to prove that he deserves to be in heaven.
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John La Touche. Ted Fetter. Lynn Root. Joseph Schrank. Marc Connelly. When compulsive gambler Little Joe Jackson dies in a drunken fight, he awakens in purgatory, where he learns that he will be sent back to Earth for six months to prove that he deserves to be in heaven.