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Cabin in the Sky (1943)

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• A scene showing Lena Horne singing "Ain't It the Truth" while taking a bath was cut, but later appeared in Studio Visit (1946).
  
  
• MGM recycled some of its tornado footage from The Wizard of Oz (1939) for a key scene in this movie.
  
  
• Apart from the "Shine" sequence, this was Vincente Minnelli's first sole directing assignment. Minnelli had been directing on Broadway, which gave this film a feel that had nothing of the typical "Hollywood Studio System" in it.
  
  

• "Cabin in the Sky", the original musical comedy, had been written by Lynn Root (lyrics and libretto) and composed by Vernon Duke and John La Touche. The producer was Albert Lewis in association with Vinton Freedley.
  
  
• Oscar Polk's last movie.
  
  
• Cabin In The Sky opened at the Martin Beck Theater on October 25, 1940 and ran for 156 performances.
  
  

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