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Stormy Weather

Stormy Weather

They Set Basin Street to Broadway Ablaze With Sizzling Songs and Hot Rhythm!

19436.91h 18m

Overview

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

Directed by Andrew L. Stone
Written by Frederick J. Jackson, Ted Koehler, Jerry Horwin
Produced by William LeBaron
Box Office0Revenue: $1.6M

Top Cast

Lena Horne

Lena Horne

Selina Rogers

Bill Robinson

Bill Robinson

Bill Williamson

Cab Calloway

Cab Calloway

Cab Calloway

Katherine Dunham

Katherine Dunham

Katherine Dunham

Fats Waller

Fats Waller

'Fats' Waller

Fayard Nicholas

Fayard Nicholas

Dancer

Harold Nicholas

Harold Nicholas

Dancer

Ada Brown

Ada Brown

Singer

Dooley Wilson

Dooley Wilson

Gabe Tucker

D

Doris Ake

Dancer (uncredited)

Themes & Keywords

dancerjazzmusicaltap dancingsingerscat singingblack entertainers

About Stormy Weather

Stormy Weather is a comedy, drama, music, romance film released in 1943 exploring themes of dancer, jazz, musical, tap dancing, singer, scat singing. Directed by Andrew L. Stone, it stars Lena Horne, Bill Robinson, Cab Calloway. The relationship between an aspiring dancer and a popular songstress provides a retrospective of the great African-American entertainers of the early 1900s.

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