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Cabin in the Sky
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Directed by
Vincente Minnelli 
Busby Berkeley ("Shine" sequence) (uncredited)
 
Writing credits
(in alphabetical order)
Marc Connelly  uncredited
Lynn Root  play
Joseph Schrank  writer

Cast (in credits order) complete, awaiting verification

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
Ruby Dandridge ... Mrs. Kelso
Nick Stewart ... Dude (as Nicodemus)
Ernest Whitman ... Jim Henry

Duke Ellington ... Himself
rest of cast listed alphabetically:
Hall Johnson Choir ... Themselves
Duke Ellington Orchestra ... Themselves
Doris Ake ... Dancer / Jim Henry Paradise Patron (uncredited)
Juliette Ball ... Jim Henry's Paradise Patron (uncredited)
Lennie Bluett ... Dancer / Jim Henry's Paradise Patron (uncredited)
Daisy Bufford ... Dancer / Jim Henry's Paradise Patron (uncredited)
Vivian Dandridge ... Dancer / Jim Henry's Paradise Patron (uncredited)
Dorothea Durham ... Dancer / Jim Henry's Paradise Patron (uncredited)
Joel Fluellen ... Mr. Kelso / Jim Henry's Paradise Patron (uncredited)
Louise Franklin ... Dancer / Jim Henry's Paradise Patron (uncredited)
Suzette Harbin ... Dancer / Jim Henry's Paradise Patron (uncredited)
Avanelle Harris ... Dancer / Jim Henry's Paradise Patron (uncredited)
Kathleen Hartsfield ... Dancer at Jim Henry's Paradise (uncredited)
Maggie Hathaway ... Dancer / Jim Henry's Paradise Patron (uncredited)
Cleo Herndon ... Dancer / Jim Henry's Paradise Patron (uncredited)

Juanita Moore ... Nightclub Patron (uncredited)
Tommie Moore ... Dancer / Jim Henry's Paradise Patron (uncredited)
Florence O'Brien ... Dancer / Jim Henry's Paradise Patron (uncredited)
Henry Phace Roberts ... Dancer / Jim Henry's Paradise Patron (uncredited)
Carmencita Romero ... Dancer / Jim Henry's Paradise Patron (uncredited)
Clinton Rosemond ... Doctor (uncredited)
Archie Savage ... Dancer / Jim Henry's Paradise Patron (uncredited)
Johnny Thomas ... Dancer / Jim Henry's Paradise Patron (uncredited)
Ernestine Wade ... Churchgoer (uncredited)
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Produced by
Arthur Freed .... producer
Albert Lewis .... associate producer
 
Original Music by
George Bassman (uncredited)
Roger Edens (uncredited)
 
Cinematography by
Sidney Wagner 
 
Film Editing by
Harold F. Kress 
 
Art Direction by
Cedric Gibbons 
Leonid Vasian 
 
Set Decoration by
Hugh Hunt 
Edwin B. Willis 
 
Costume Design by
Irene 
Howard Shoup 
Gile Steele 
 
Second Unit Director or Assistant Director
Al Shenberg .... assistant director
 
Sound Department
Douglas Shearer .... recording director
William Steinkamp .... sound
 
Music Department
George Bassman .... orchestrator
Roger Edens .... music adaptor
Hall Johnson .... music arranger
George Stoll .... musical director (as Georgie Stoll)
 
Other crew
Millie Monroe .... stand-in (uncredited)
 

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