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Overview

User Rating:
7.2/10   895 votes
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Writers:
Lynn Root (play)
Joseph Schrank (writer)
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Release Date:
9 April 1943 (USA) more
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Tagline:
Broadway's big, fun-jammed music show is on the screen at last--crowded with stars and songs and spectacle in the famed MGM manner! more
Plot:
A compulsive gambler dies during a shooting, but he'll receive a second chance to reform himself and to make up with his worried wife. full summary | add synopsis
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Awards:
Nominated for Oscar. Another 1 nomination more
User Comments:
Absolutely delightful more (40 total)

Cast

  (Cast overview, first billed only)
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
Kenneth Spencer ... The General / Rev. Greene
John William Sublett ... Domino Johnson (as 'Bubbles' John W. Sublett)
Oscar Polk ... The Deacon / Fleetfoot
Mantan Moreland ... First Idea Man
Willie Best ... Second Idea Man
Fletcher Rivers ... Third Idea Man (as Moke [Fletcher Rivers])
Leon James Poke ... Fourth Idea Man (as Poke Leon James)
Ford Washington Lee ... Messenger Boy (as 'Buck' Ford L. Washington)
Bill Bailey ... Bill
Butterfly McQueen ... Lily
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Runtime:
98 min
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Aspect Ratio:
1.37 : 1 more
Sound Mix:
Mono (Western Electric Sound System)
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Trivia:
Oscar Polk's last movie. more
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Continuity: After Domino Johnson accidentally shoots Petunia in the nightclub, she drapes her right arm over the staircase twice. more
Quotes:
Petunia Jackson: [after she runs Jim Henry and his crony off] Oh, Lord! Please forgive me for backsliding, but sometimes when you fight the Devil you've got to jab him with his own pitchfork! more
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Going Up more

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16 out of 19 people found the following comment useful.
Absolutely delightful, 19 January 2006
10/10
Author: dancopp from United States

Take the film only for what it is, a spoof, farce or light comedy. Serving that purpose, the cast is delightful with required over-the-top performances by one and all. Ethel Waters is a dream throughout; I only wish Minelli had let her sing "Takin' a Chance on Love" without the unwelcome distraction of the tap dance sequence. Besides Waters, Lucifer's team steals the show, and of course today one wishes that Louis Armstrong could have been given a chance to demonstrate his unique vocal style. But this is nitpicking. The film is an absolutely delightful period piece with a superb cast and memorable vocals. I try to watch it at least once a year and may purchase the DVD to share with friends. (I've already purchased two of Ethel Waters' CDs.)

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