Cabin in the Sky

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American film fantasy film film musical film

Cabin in the Sky is a 1943 American musical fantasy film, notable for its pioneering all-Black cast and direction by Vincente Minnelli.

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Label Occurrences
Cabin in the Sky canonical 9
Cabin in the Sky (film) 2
Cabin in the Sky (stage musical) 2

Statements (50)

Predicate Object
instanceOf American film ⓘ
fantasy film ⓘ
film ⓘ
musical film ⓘ
academyAwardNominatedSong Happiness Is a Thing Called Joe ⓘ
basedOn Cabin in the Sky self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form: Cabin in the Sky (1940 stage musical)

stage musical ⓘ
blackAndWhite true ⓘ
castFeature all-Black cast ⓘ
cinematographyBy Sidney Wagner ⓘ
countryOfOrigin United States of America ⓘ
surface form: United States
culturalSignificance early major-studio film with all-Black cast ⓘ
director Vincente Minnelli ⓘ
distributor Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer ⓘ
editedBy Harold F. Kress ⓘ
era Hollywood Golden Age ⓘ
surface form: Golden Age of Hollywood
featuresCharacter Georgia Brown ⓘ
Little Joe ⓘ
Lucifer Jr. ⓘ
Petunia Jackson ⓘ
genre fantasy ⓘ
musical ⓘ
romantic comedy ⓘ
lyricsBy E. Y. Harburg ⓘ
musicBy Harold Arlen ⓘ
nominatedFor Academy Award for Best Original Song ⓘ
notableFor pioneering all-Black cast ⓘ
originalLanguage English ⓘ
producer Arthur Freed ⓘ
productionCompany Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer ⓘ
releaseDate 1943-04-09 ⓘ
releaseYear 1943 ⓘ
runtimeMinutes 98 ⓘ
screenwriter Joseph Schrank ⓘ
setIn Southern United States ⓘ
surface form: American South
songFeatured Happiness Is a Thing Called Joe ⓘ
Taking a Chance on Love ⓘ
stars Butterfly McQueen ⓘ
Eddie "Rochester" Anderson ⓘ
Ethel Waters ⓘ
John William Sublett ⓘ
Kenneth Spencer ⓘ
Lena Horne ⓘ
Louis Armstrong ⓘ
Rex Ingram ⓘ
studio MGM ⓘ
subjectMatter afterlife ⓘ
morality ⓘ
religion ⓘ
title Cabin in the Sky self-link ⓘ

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Dooley Wilson → appearedIn → Cabin in the Sky ⓘ
Lena Horne → notableWork → Cabin in the Sky ⓘ
Lester Anthony Minnelli → notableWork → Cabin in the Sky ⓘ
Lester Anthony Minnelli → directed → Cabin in the Sky ⓘ
Cabin in the Sky → title → Cabin in the Sky self-link ⓘ
Cabin in the Sky → basedOn → Cabin in the Sky self-linksurface differs ⓘ
this entity surface form: Cabin in the Sky (1940 stage musical)
Happiness Is a Thing Called Joe → featuredInFilm → Cabin in the Sky ⓘ
Happiness Is a Thing Called Joe → basedOnWork → Cabin in the Sky ⓘ
this entity surface form: Cabin in the Sky (stage musical)
Happiness Is a Thing Called Joe → firstAppearance → Cabin in the Sky ⓘ
this entity surface form: film Cabin in the Sky (1943)
Happiness Is a Thing Called Joe → partOf → Cabin in the Sky ⓘ
this entity surface form: Cabin in the Sky (soundtrack)
The Eagle and Me → firstAppearanceInWork → Cabin in the Sky ⓘ
this entity surface form: Cabin in the Sky (film)
The Eagle and Me → partOf → Cabin in the Sky ⓘ
this entity surface form: Cabin in the Sky (film soundtrack)
The Eagle and Me → featuredIn → Cabin in the Sky ⓘ
this entity surface form: Cabin in the Sky (1943 American musical film)
The Eagle and Me → partOf → Cabin in the Sky ⓘ
this entity surface form: Cabin in the Sky (song score)
The Eagle and Me → usedIn → Cabin in the Sky ⓘ
this entity surface form: Cabin in the Sky (soundtrack album)
Brian J. White → notableWork → Cabin in the Sky ⓘ
this entity surface form: Cabin in the Sky (stage production)
Eddie Anderson → notableWork → Cabin in the Sky ⓘ
Ethel Waters → notableWork → Cabin in the Sky ⓘ
Ethel Waters → performedIn → Cabin in the Sky ⓘ
this entity surface form: Cabin in the Sky (film)
Ethel Waters → performedIn → Cabin in the Sky ⓘ
this entity surface form: Cabin in the Sky (stage musical)
Vernon Duke → notableWork → Cabin in the Sky ⓘ