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Cabin in the Sky   1943         N/R, 99 min. Genre: Musical Director: Vincente Minnelli   Cast: Ethel Waters, Eddie "Rochester" Anderson, Lena Horne, Louis Armstrong, Rex Ingram, Mantan Moreland, Butterfly McQueen, Willie Best, Kenneth Spencer, John William Sublett   In this, Vincente Minnelli's first feature film, the story comes out as somewhat racist. Gambler Little Joe (Eddie "Rochester" Anderson) succumbs to the charms of a beautiful woman (Lena Horne) while his wife, Petunia (Ethel Waters), waits for him to come to his senses. Cast Ethel Waters Petunia Jackson Eddie "Rochester" Anderson Joseph "Little Joe" Jackson Lena Horne Georgia Brown Louis Armstrong The Trumpeter Rex Ingram Lucifer Jr./Lucius Ferry Mantan Moreland First Idea Man Butterfly McQueen Lily Willie Best Second Idea Man Kenneth Spencer The General/Rev. Greene John William Sublett Domino Johnson

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