Cabin in the Sky
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Movie Reviews of Cabin in the Sky
Movie Review: A Treasure!
Summary: 5 Stars
"Cabin in the Sky" is remarkable for how undated it is...considering it is a segregated movie. You wouldn't know America was peopled by anything but African Americans by watching this move.
The really amazing thing is that the relationships between people in this film seem so modern. The banter is modern. The jokes are modern.
And...this movie is MUCH less dated than any comtemporary comedy by Bob Hope, or Laural and Hardy, or the Three Stooges. Consider: The truely embarassing thing about blacks in old Hollywood movies is not what they do, but the patronizing, superior way the whites in the movies interact with them. Since there are no whites in this movie, we are spared the painful interaction between the races.
This movie is like a parallel universe because the interactions and relationships are modern...almost as if the black model for human interaction is the one American society went with. And a good thing too! Bless this movie if only for giving us one more look at the Bodisatva, Louie Armstrong and the divine diva Ethel Waters.
-Lynne (white, 58, Washington State) :)
Movie Review: Miss. Waters To you
Summary: 4 Stars
Ethel Waters may not have been a nice person till she was washed up and found god or vice versa but she was a hell of a good actress and her singing and enuctuation are a forerunner to the Billie Holidaay school of singing.
The movie is typical black fare his is not a great movie unless you have absolutely nothing to compare it to. But it is better than the colored movies that were made in the late 30's and early 40's but even with a budget of 1 million it still has a look of old broadway. See the sets cheeeesy! All in all I like this way better than Stormy Weather but its more for hearing waters sing...
Movie Review: Cabin In The Sky
Summary: 5 Stars
I truly enjoyed this DVD. It is a classic. Everyone should have it in their collection.Movie Review: Cabin in the Sky
Summary: 4 Stars
A B/w Musical Classic.
Excellent quality transfer of both Video and Sound.
Good performances and reasonably good story line.
Worth purchasing for Ethel Waters performance (singing and acting).
Movie Review: A Wonderful movie.... a treasure on DVD!!
Summary: 5 Stars
I had 2 vhs copies of this movie, just in case one got lost or missplaced. I'm so glad it's now on DVD. Since others have discussed the plot, I will add that this movie could be made today
with a few changes to eliminate the frequent sterotypes and updating it. This could be made like a Tupac Shakur type story. He was shot once and after a while he was shot again, ending his life. There are more than a few similarities. Anyway enjoy the movie again and think of Tupac as a modern Joe.