Cabin in the Sky (film)

Cabin in the Sky
Theatrical release poster by Al Hirschfeld
Directed byVincente Minnelli
Busby Berkeley ("Shine" sequence, uncredited)
Written byMarc Connelly (uncredited)
Lynn Root (play)
Joseph Schrank
Based onCabin in the Sky
1940 musical
by Vernon Duke & John La Touche
Produced byArthur Freed
Albert Lewis
StarringEthel Waters
Eddie "Rochester" Anderson
Lena Horne
Rex Ingram
Louis Armstrong
CinematographySidney Wagner
Edited byHarold F. Kress
Music byRoger Edens
Georgie Stoll
George Bassman
Hall Johnson
Production
company
Distributed byLoew's, Inc.
Release date
  • April 9, 1943 (1943-04-09)
Running time
98 minutes
CountryUnited States
LanguageEnglish
Budget$679,000[1]
Box office$1,953,000[1]
L-R: Ethel Waters, Kenneth Spencer, Eddie Anderson, Lena Horne, and Rex Ingram

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. Waters and Rex Ingram reprise their roles from the Broadway production as Petunia and Lucifer Junior, respectively. The film was Horne's first and only leading role in an MGM musical. Louis Armstrong is also featured in the film as one of Lucifer Junior's minions, and Duke Ellington and his Orchestra have a showcase musical number in the film.

In 2020, the film was selected for preservation in the United States National Film Registry by the Library of Congress as being "culturally, historically, or aesthetically significant."

  1. ^ a b The Eddie Mannix Ledger, Los Angeles: Margaret Herrick Library, Center for Motion Picture Study.
  2. ^ a b "Watch Netflix's 'Hollywood,' Then Watch These Classic Movies". Film School Rejects. 2020-05-04. Retrieved 2020-06-14.