Cinematheque: Vincente Minnelli
Cabin in the Sky
Event Details
Date
Friday, September 11, 2009
Time
7:30 p.m.
Location
Cinematheque, room 4070, Vilas Hall
Description
Minnelli’s first (credited) film provides an imaginative showcase for such outstanding black artists as Ethel Waters, Eddie “Rochester” Anderson, Lena Horne, Duke Ellington and Louis Armstrong, among others. Saintly Petunia (Waters) takes “a chance on love” when she battles mantrap Sweet Georgia Brown (Horne) for the soul of Little Joe Jackson (Rochester). Cabin in the Sky was the second all-black musical after Vidor’s Hallelujah (1929).
Cost
Free
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