"Now Ladies and Gentlemen ...
... we bring you the part in our show when we try to share with you some interesting facts and trivia that you may or may not have known happened during the eras in which we dedicate our shows. So here to bring you tonight’s facts and trivia for “A Day in the Life of…” Hollywood 1940’s here she is again, Betty Grey ..."
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Directed by Vincent Minnelli, "Cabin In The Sky" featuring one of Hollywood’s first all black cast in a main stream production [since 1929] starring Lena Horne, Eddie “Rochester” Anderson, Ethel Waters, Rex Ingram, Louis Armstrong, Duke Ellington, and Mantan "Birmingham" Moreland, just to name a few hits theaters on April 9, 1943.
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Lena Horne plays Selina Rogers in her third role as an actress in a film with the 1943 hit Andrew L. Stone’s all black musical “Stormy Weather” also featuring Cab Calloway, the Nicholas Brothers, Dooley Wilson, and starring Bill “Bo Jangles” Robinson who portrayed himself in this movie about his life and career in Hollywood. Bill’s film career included such films as 1932’s “Harlem Is Heaven”, 1934’s “King For A Day”, 1938’s “Rebecca From Sunnybrook Farm”, and the unforgettable moment when he danced up the stairs with a young Shirley Temple in the 1935 film “The Little Colonel” in which Robinson stated the stair sequence idea came to him in a dream where he dreamed he was made a lord by the King of England, and instead of walking up the stairs ... he danced up.
Well folks, this has been Newsflash with Betty Grey. Until next time, stay informed!
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Newsflash with Betty Grey | 1940s: Newsflash with Betty Grey - GARBO TALKS AND ROBINSON RUNS EDITION | 1940s: Newsflash with Betty Grey - FILM NOIR GOES RADIO BULLETIN | 1940s: Newsflash with Betty Grey - THE HORNE EDITION | 1940s: Newsflash with Betty Grey - THE JOANIE JOAN EDITION | 1940s: Newsflash with Betty Grey - THE GANG-STER EDITION | 1940s: Newsflash with Betty Grey - MUSIC BOX EDITION | 1940s: Newsflash with Betty Grey - THE CHRISTMAS EXPRESS | 1940s: Newsflash with Betty Grey - WAR OF THE WORLDS EDITION | 1940s: Newsflash with Betty Grey - WE CAN DO IT! EDITION | 1940s: Newsflash with Betty Grey - THE HOLLYWOOD CANTEEN EDITION