There were practically no black films made by Hollywood studios until the late 1950’s; so when 20th Century Fox decided to make "Stormy Weather" back in 1943, it was a true novelty.
Though there has been debate on whether the film (along with MGM’s "Cabin in the Sky," directed by Vicente Minnelli) could be considered one of many “race” films of the period, considering that it has an all black cast, they were the only black films made during the 1940’s. But they both had the high gloss studio sheen and production values that race films from that time sorely lacked, because of their independent low budget origins.
The storyline for "Weather" is…
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