Film director:

Minnelli, Vincente  Search this

Film producer:

Freed, Arthur 1894-1973  Search this

Screenwriter:

Schrank, Joseph  Search this

Editor:

Kress, Harold F., 1913-1999  Search this

Actor:

Waters, Ethel 1896-1977  Search this

Anderson, Eddie 1905-1977  Search this

Horne, Lena  Search this

Armstrong, Louis 1901-1971  Search this

Ingram, Rex 1895-1969  Search this

Performer:

Ellington, Duke 1899-1974  Search this

Duke Ellington Orchestra  Search this

Hall Johnson Choir  Search this

Composer expression:

Duke, Vernon 1903-1969  Search this

Latouche, John 1914-1956  Search this

Author:

Motion picture adaptation of (work): Root, Lynn 1905-1997 Cabin in the sky  Search this

Production company:

Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer  Search this

Publisher:

Warner Home Video (Firm)  Search this

Subject:

Root, Lynn 1905-1997  Search this

Physical description:

1 videodisc (approximately 98 min.) sound, black and white 4 3/4 in

Type:

Drama

Film adaptations

DVD-Video discs

Fiction films

Fantasy films

Feature films

Musical films

Video recordings for the hearing impaired

Comedy films

Race films

Musical

Comedy

Date:

2006

1943

Notes:

Based on the Broadway musical hit written by Lynn Root

Originally released as a motion picture in 1943

Special features: commentary by Evangela Anderson and Eva Anderson (wife and daughter of Eddie "Rochester" Anderson), Fayard Nicholas, Black cultural scholars Todd Boyd and Drew Casper, with interview excerpts of Lena Horne; vintage Pete Smith specialty short Studio visit; audio-only bonus: Louis Armstrong "Ain't it the truth" outtake; theatrical trailer

Ethel Waters, Eddie "Rochester" Anderson, Lena Horne, Louis Armstrong, Rex Ingram, Duke Ellington and his orchestra, the Hall Johnson choir

MPAA rating: Not rated

DVD, NTSC, region 1, full screen presentation; Dolby Digital mono.; dual-layer

Summary:

The 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

Topic:

African Americans  Search this

Good and evil  Search this

Temptation  Search this

Redemption  Search this

Call number:

video 001709

Restrictions & Rights:

Classroom use may be subject to licensing restrictions

Data Source:

Smithsonian Libraries

EDAN-URL:

edanmdm:siris_sil_1109371