Research Catalog

Title

Cabin in the sky [videorecording] / Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer ; directed by Vincente Minnelli ; produced by Arthur Freed.

Publication

Culver City, Calif. : MGM/UA Home Video, 1992, c1943.

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Details

Additional Authors

• Waters, Ethel, 1896-1977.
• Bubbles, John W.
• Anderson, Eddie, 1905-1977.
• Horne, Lena.
• Armstrong, Louis, 1901-1971.
• Bailey, Bill, -1978.
• Ingram, Rex, 1895-1969.
• Washington, Buck.
• Duke, Vernon, 1903-1969.
• Ellington, Duke, 1899-1974.
• Minnelli, Vincente
• Freed, Arthur, 1894-1973
• Arlen, Harold, 1905-1986.
• Latouche, John, 1914-1956.
• Harburg, E. Y. (Edgar Yipsel), 1896-1981.
• Root, Lynn, 1905-1997.
• Gibbons, Cedric, 1895-1960.
• Buck and Bubbles.
• Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer.
• DHCA.

Description

1 videocassette (99 min.) : sd., b&w NTSC; 1/2 in. (VHS)

Subjects

• Jitterbug (Dance)
• Tap dancing
• Video
• Musicals
• Motion pictures > Cabin in the sky

Genre/Form

• Musicals.
• Motion pictures.
• Video.

Credits (note)

• Based on the musical comedy Cabin in the Sky (1940) ; choreography not credited ; music, Vernon Duke ; additional music, Harold Arlen ; lyrics, John Latouche ; additional lyrics, E.Y. Harburg ; screenplay, Joseph Schrank, based on the play by Lynn Root ; art direction, Cedric Gibbons.

Performer (note)

• Ethel Waters (Petunia Jackson), Eddie "Rochester" Anderson (Little Joe Jackson), Lena Horne (Georgia Brown), Louis Armstrong (The Trumpeter), [John W.] Bubbles (Domino Johnson), Duke Ellington and his Orchestra, the Hall Johnson Choir, Bill Bailey (Bill), Rex Ingram (Lucius/Lucifer, Jr.), and others. Buck (Ford L. Washington), the other half of the team of Buck and Bubbles, appears as a Messenger Boy.

Contents

Dance contents: "Taking a chance on love," danced by Bill Bailey ; jitterbugging at Jim Henry's Paradise, a nightclub ; "Shine," danced by Bubbles ; and "Honey in the honeycomb," danced by Bubbles and Waters.

Call Number

*MGZIA 4-2847

ISBN

0792801946

OCLC

• 25360765
• NYPY896014809-F

Title

Cabin in the sky [videorecording] / Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer ; directed by Vincente Minnelli ; produced by Arthur Freed.

Imprint

Culver City, Calif. : MGM/UA Home Video, 1992, c1943.

Country of Producing Entity

U.S.

Cast

Ethel Waters (Petunia Jackson), Eddie "Rochester" Anderson (Little Joe Jackson), Lena Horne (Georgia Brown), Louis Armstrong (The Trumpeter), [John W.] Bubbles (Domino Johnson), Duke Ellington and his Orchestra, the Hall Johnson Choir, Bill Bailey (Bill), Rex Ingram (Lucius/Lucifer, Jr.), and others. Buck (Ford L. Washington), the other half of the team of Buck and Bubbles, appears as a Messenger Boy.

Credits

Based on the musical comedy Cabin in the Sky (1940) ; choreography not credited ; music, Vernon Duke ; additional music, Harold Arlen ; lyrics, John Latouche ; additional lyrics, E.Y. Harburg ; screenplay, Joseph Schrank, based on the play by Lynn Root ; art direction, Cedric Gibbons.

Local Subject

Motion pictures. Cabin in the sky.

Added Author

Waters, Ethel, 1896-1977. Performer

Bubbles, John W. Performer

Anderson, Eddie, 1905-1977. Performer

Horne, Lena. Performer

Armstrong, Louis, 1901-1971. Performer

Bailey, Bill, -1978. Performer

Ingram, Rex, 1895-1969. Performer

Washington, Buck. Performer

Duke, Vernon, 1903-1969. Composer

Ellington, Duke, 1899-1974. Performer

Minnelli, Vincente, film director.

Freed, Arthur, 1894-1973, film producer.

Arlen, Harold, 1905-1986. Composer

Latouche, John, 1914-1956. Lyricist

Harburg, E. Y. (Edgar Yipsel), 1896-1981. Lyricist

Root, Lynn, 1905-1997.

Gibbons, Cedric, 1895-1960. Designer

Buck and Bubbles.

Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer.

DHCA.

Research Call Number

*MGZIA 4-2847