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Director:
Writers:
Jerry Horwin (story)
Frederick J. Jackson (screenplay)
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Release Date:
17 November 1943 (Sweden) more
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Plot:
The relationship between an aspiring dancer and a popular songstress provides a retrospective of the great African American entertainers of the early 1900s. full summary | add synopsis
Awards:
1 win more
NewsDesk:
(3 articles)
Spotlight: Gordon Goodwin
 (From Daily Film Music Blog. 20 April 2009, 12:45 AM, PDT)

Stormy Weather At Pasadena Playhouse Gets Extended Thru 3/8
 (From BroadwayWorld.com. 11 February 2009, 6:17 PM, PST)

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Thanks for the memories more (27 total)

Cast

  (Complete credited cast)

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
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Eddie 'Rochester' Anderson ... (scenes deleted)
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Additional Details

Runtime:
USA:78 min
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Aspect Ratio:
1.37 : 1 more
Sound Mix:
Mono (Western Electric Recording)
Certification:
UK:U | Finland:S | Sweden:Btl | USA:Approved (certificate #9101)

Fun Stuff

Trivia:
When the film was made Bill "Bojangles" Robinson was forty years older than Lena Horne. more
Goofs:
Audio/visual unsynchronized: 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. more
Movie Connections:
Referenced in Be Kind Rewind (2008) more
Soundtrack:
RANG TANG TANG more

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5 out of 5 people found the following review useful.
Thanks for the memories, 30 June 2000
Author: jaykay-10

To criticize this picture for its lack of plot, strained dialogue and (some) stiff performances is, I think, to miss the point. Here are a number of legendary performers captured for the ages on film. As great as they were, none appeared in more than a handful of movies - and performed "specialty" numbers in virtually all of those.

Their greatest work was doubtless performed in stage shows and night clubs, but at least we have "Stormy Weather" - a variety show with its acts strung together by the thinnest of plots (typical, by the way, of many musicals of its time) and featuring the most talented black entertainers of generations.

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