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Cabin in the sky
Uniform Title
Cabin in the sky (Motion picture)
Title
Cabin in the sky / M-G-M presents ; screenplay by Joseph Shrank ; directed by Vincente Minnelli ; produced by Arthur Freed ; a Metro- Goldwyn Meyer Picture.
Publication
Hollywood, CA : Warner Bros., [2024]
Physical Description
1 videodisc (98 min.) : sound, black and white ; 4 3/4 in.
Notes
Title from disc label.
Based on the Broadway musical hit written by Lynn Root.
Originally released as a motion picture in 1943.
Wide screen (16x9, 1.37:1).
Special features: Feature audio commentary by Evangela Anderson and Eva Anderson, Fayard Nicholas, Black culture scholar Todd Boyd, film historian Drew Casper with interview excerpts of Lena Horne; Vintage Pete Smith Specialty short studio vist; audio-only bonus, Louis Armstron 'Aint it the truth' outtake; original theatrical trailer.
Subtitled for the deaf and hard of hearing (SDH).
Summary
Musical legends in this musical fantasy as temptation pulls a man toward Satan and his loving and God-fearing wife fights for his eternal soul. Seriously injured in a barroom brawl, Little Joe Jackson hovers between life and death, dreaming that he is the centerpiece of an epic struggle between Heaven and Hell for his soul: On his side are the prayers of his loyal, pious wife, Petunia battling on the side of darkness is Lucifer Jr. and his most powerful weapon, the beautiful and seductive Georgia Brown, played to the hilt by a stunning Lena Horne.
Format
Images / Video & Film
Language
English
Added to Catalog
February 08, 2024
Cast
Ethel Waters, Eddie Anderson, Lena Horne, Duke Ellington & His Orchestra, Louis Armstrong.
System details note
Blu-ray; 1080p high definition wide screen (16x9, 1.37:1); DTS-HD master audio 2.0 mono; requires Blu-ray player.
Audience
Rating: Not rated.
Videorecording number
810134949065 Mgm
Subjects
Genre/Form
Video recordings for the hearing impaired.
Musical films.
Film adaptations.
Fiction films.
Feature films.
Also listed under
Duke Ellington Orchestra, performer.
Hall Johnson Choir, performer.
Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer, presenter, production company.
Warner Bros. Entertainment, publisher.
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