Stormy Weather 1943
Director: Andrew L. Stone
Stars: Lena Horne, Bill Robinson and Cab Calloway
PLOT:
Dancing great Bill 'Williamson' sees his face on the cover of Theatre World magazine and reminisces: just back from World War I, he meets lovely singer Selina Rogers at a soldiers' ball and promises to come back to her when he "gets to be somebody." Years go by, and Bill and Selina's rising careers intersect only briefly, since Selina is unwilling to "settle down." Will she ever change her mind? Concludes with a big all-star show hosted by Cab Calloway.
Dancing great Bill 'Williamson' sees his face on the cover of Theatre World magazine and reminisces: just back from World War I, he meets lovely singer Selina Rogers at a soldiers' ball and promises to come back to her when he "gets to be somebody." Years go by, and Bill and Selina's rising careers intersect only briefly, since Selina is unwilling to "settle down." Will she ever change her mind? Concludes with a big all-star show hosted by Cab Calloway.
RELEASE DATE:
USA - 21 July 1943 New York City, New York
USA - 21 July 1943 New York City, New York
Technical Specs
Runtime: USA: 78 min
Sound Mix:Mono (Western Electric Recording)
Colour: Black and White
Aspect Ratio: 1.37 : 1
Runtime: USA: 78 min
Sound Mix:Mono (Western Electric Recording)
Colour: Black and White
Aspect Ratio: 1.37 : 1
TRIVIA:
Final film of Fats Waller. On December 15, 1943, less than five months after the film's July 21 opening in Manhattan, Waller, age 39, died of pneumonia on a train stopped at Union Station in Kansas City, Missouri. Having fallen ill during an engagement at the Zanzibar Room in Hollywood, he had boarded the Santa Fe Chief in Los Angeles and was headed for New York City.
NICHOLAS BROTHERS IN STORMY WEATHER
LENA HORNE SINGS “STORMY WEATHER”
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