Stormy Weather - Lena Horne 🌌

[appalachiablue]

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- 1943.

Stormy Weather is a 1943 American musical film produced and released by 20th Century Fox, adapted by Frederick J. Jackson, Ted Koehler & H.S. Kraft from the story by Jerry Horwin & Seymour B. Robinson, directed by Andrew L. Stone, produced by William LeBaron & starring Lena Horne, Bill "Bojangles" Robinson, & Cab Calloway. The film is one of 2 Hollywood musicals with an African American cast released in 1943, both starring Lena Horne, the other being MGM's Cabin in the Sky.
Stormy Weather is a primary showcase of some of the leading African American performers of the day, during an era when African American actors & singers rarely appeared in lead roles in mainstream Hollywood productions. The supporting cast features the Nicholas Brothers in arguably the screen's most bravura dance sequence, Fats Waller, Katherine Dunham & her dancers, & Dooley Wilson...https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stormy_Weather_(1943_film)

[joshdawg]

1. Great voice!

Thanks for posting this.
I still recall Redd Foxx in his TV show calling Ms. Horne "The Horne!"

[appalachiablue]

2. You're welcome, Lena Horne, a great voice & beauty! I need to watch this movie.