Stormy Weather (1943)

Regisseur:

Andrew L. Stone

Drehbuchautoren:

Jerry Horwin (story)
Frederick J. Jackson (screenplay)

Premierendatum:

17. November 1943 (Sweden)

Genre:

Musical

Plot:

The relationship between an aspiring dancer and a popular songstress provides a retrospective of the great African American entertainers of the early 1900s.

Plot Keywords:

African American

Filmpreise:

1 win

Nutzerkommentare:

A gem

Besetzung

Lena Horne	...	Selina Rogers
Bill Robinson	...	Bill Williamson
Cab Calloway	...	Himself
Katherine Dunham	...	Herself
Fats Waller	...	Himself
Fayard Nicholas	...	Himself (as Nicholas Brothers)
Harold Nicholas	...	Himself (as Nicholas Brothers)
Ada Brown	...	Herself
Dooley Wilson	...	Gabe Tucker
übrige Besetzung in alphabetischer Reihenfolge:
Eddie 'Rochester' Anderson	...	(scenes deleted)
Zutty Singleton

Alternativ:

Harlem tanzt (Österreich) [de]
Tänzer auf den Stufen, Der (Bundesrepublik Deutschland) [de]

Länge:

USA:78 Min

Produktionsland:

USA

Sprache:

Englisch

Farbe:

Schwarzweiss

Seitenverhältnis:

1.37 : 1

Tonverfahren:

Mono (Western Electric Recording)

Altersfreigabe:

UK:U | Finland:S | Sweden:Btl | USA:Approved (certificate #9101)

Firma:

Twentieth Century-Fox Film Corporation

Dies und das:

When the film was made Bill "Bojangles" Robinson was forty years older than Lena Horne.

Pannen:

Audio-Visuelle Asynchronität: The first time Selena says "Bill Williamson" (in the first scene, before her character has met him) her mouth quite clearly says "Bill Robinson. Bill Robinson played Bill Williamson.

Bezüge zu anderen Titeln:

Ausschnittsweise enthalten in AFI's 100 Years... 100 Songs (2004) (TV)

Soundtrack:

THE JUMPIN' JIVE

A gem

I remember watching this for the first time when I was a kid. I was blown away by the Nicholas Brothers' dance, especially when they jumped down those stairs . . . and it still blows me away! Slim storyline, and Bill Robinson was way too old to play a romantic interest of the young Lena Horne, but a great look at some of the biggest African-American stars of the day: Katherine Dunham, the great Fats Waller (who died later that same year,) Cab Calloway. I could have done without the blackface makeup of the comedy team, even though their skit was amusing. And look for a young adult Stymie Beard (of the Little Rascals) with two lines as a stagehand who is directed by Bill Robinson to call half hour to showtime for the performers.