Product: Stormy Weather [VHS] (1980)
Rating: 4.0
Stormy Weather - a perfect storm
My parents used to rave about this film, about Lena Horne and the title song which became her signature tune. Finally I've caught up with it and the wait was worthwhile. This 1943 film has been beautifully restored and the soundtrack is clean as a whistle. I have never seen Fats Waller perform a whole song before let alone two. We see Cab Calloway in his prime, younger audiences catching up with him years later in "The Blues Brothers". The dancing by the original "Mr Bojangles", the Nicholas Brothers and the renowned Katherine Dunham Dance Troupe is beathtaking. Lena Horne is beautiful and her gowns accentuate her beauty. It is highly recommended but I must register a feeling of sadness seeing an all-black cast movie which was they way they had to go back then - some of the stage performers even having to wear blackface on top of their natural complexion.