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Cabin in the sky

Title: Cabin in the sky / directed by Vincente Minnelli.
Publication: Burbank, CA : Warner Home Video, [2006]

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Description

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

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.

Uniform Title

Cabin in the sky (Motion picture)

Subjects

Genre/Form

Fantasy films.
Feature films.
Musical films.
Video recordings for the hearing impaired.

Note

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.

Credits (note)

Screenwriter, Joseph Schrank ; producer, Arthur Freed ; cinematographer, Sidney Wagner ; editor, Harold F. Kress ; composers,, Vernon Duke, John Latouche ; Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer presents

Performer (note)

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

System Details (note)

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

Language (note)

English dialogue, with optional English, French or Spanish subtitles; closed-captioned for main feature only.

Call Number

Sc Visual DVD-1921

ISBN

1419817078
9781419817076

LCCN

012569676787
888574432447

OCLC

62764674

Title

Cabin in the sky / directed by Vincente Minnelli.

Publisher

Burbank, CA : Warner Home Video, [2006]

Edition

Standard version.

Country of Producing Entity

United States

Type of Content

two-dimensional moving image

Type of Medium

video

Type of Carrier

videodisc

System Details

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

Cast

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

Credits

Screenwriter, Joseph Schrank ; producer, Arthur Freed ; cinematographer, Sidney Wagner ; editor, Harold F. Kress ; composers,, Vernon Duke, John Latouche ; Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer presents

Language

English dialogue, with optional English, French or Spanish subtitles; closed-captioned for main feature only.

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Added Author

Minnelli, Vincente, film director.

Freed, Arthur, 1894-1973, film producer.

Schrank, Joseph, screenwriter.

Kress, Harold F., 1913-1999, film editor.

Waters, Ethel, 1896-1977, actor.

Anderson, Eddie, 1905-1977, actor.

Horne, Lena, actor.

Armstrong, Louis, 1901-1971, actor.

Ingram, Rex, 1895-1969, actor.

Ellington, Duke, 1899-1974, performer.

Duke, Vernon, 1903-1969, composer (expression)

Latouche, John, 1914-1956, composer (expression)

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

Duke Ellington Orchestra, performer.

Hall Johnson Choir, performer.

Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer, production company.

Warner Home Video (Firm), film distributor.

Other Standard Identifier

012569676787

888574432447

Publisher No.

67678 Warner Home Video

Research Call Number

Sc Visual DVD-1921

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