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Stormy Weather is a 1943 American musical film produced and released by 20th Century Fox, adapted by Frederick J. Jackson, Ted Koehler and H.S. Kraft from the story by Jerry Horwin and Seymour B. Robinson, directed by Andrew L. Stone, produced by William LeBaron and starring Lena Horne, Bill "Bojangles" Robinson, and Cab Calloway.
With Lena Horne, Bill Robinson, Cab Calloway and His Cotton Club Orchestra, Katherine Dunham and Her Troupe. The relationship between an aspiring dancer and a popular songstress provides a retrospective of the great African-American entertainers of the early 1900s.
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- Comedy, Drama, Music
- Andrew L. Stone
- 1943-11-17
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Stormy Weather was the second all-black cast film made by a major studio in the 1940's; M-G-M's Cabin in the Sky was released just prior to Stormy Weather and also starred Lena Horne . The famous comedy team of Miller & Lyles was recreated for the film, with Flournoy E. Miller playing himself and Johnny Lee replacing the deceased Aubrey Lyles.
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May 10, 2018 · Synopsis, historical analysis, personnel profiles, contemporary reviews, and discussion of the film Stormy Weather, released in 1943 by Twentieth Century Fox, starring Lena Horne, Bill Robinson, Cab Calloway, Katherine Dunham, Fats Waller, Ada Brown and Dooley Wilson, and directed by Andrew L. Stone.
Bill Williamson (Bill Robinson), a struggling performer, meets a beautiful vocalist named Selina Rogers (Lena Horne). Bill promises her that they will be together after he becomes a success.
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