Stormy Weather (1943)
Director:
Andrew L. Stone
Tagline:
« They Set Basin Street to Broadway Ablaze With Sizzling Songs and Hot Rhythm! »
Actors:
Selina Rogers
Bill Williamson
Cab Calloway Orchestra
Dance Troupe
‘Fats’ Waller
Rating:
(3’209 votes)
(3’209 votes)
Quotes:
« Blackface Comedian #1: [Part One of the routine; Car breaks down] Whoa!
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« Blackface Comedian #2: What's wrong with it?
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« Blackface Comedian #1: Well, I'd…
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« Blackface Comedian #2: Where'd you have it fixed?
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« Blackface Comedian #1: I just had it worked on.
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« Blackface Comedian #2: Who worked on it?
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« Blackface Comedian #1: The man that's got the garage…
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« Blackface Comedian #2: Well, he ain't no good. The man you want is the man…
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« Blackface Comedian #1: I had him. He's the one that ruined it.
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« Blackface Comedian #2: Well, I see you got plenty water, but is you outta gas?
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« Blackface Comedian #1: No, it ain't that. I think maybe it's…
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« Blackface Comedian #2: Oh, it couldn't be that.
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« Blackface Comedian #1: Well, there ain't much wrong with it.
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« Blackface Comedian #2: What you need is some of them new gadgets. You know, the kind that you buy…
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« Blackface Comedian #1: I just bought some.
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« Blackface Comedian #2: Oh, not them. I mean the kind what fastens where they fits. A whole dozen'll cost about…
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« Blackface Comedian #1: That's too much money. I can't afford it. I got to get some that don't cost no more…
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« Blackface Comedian #2: You can't get 'em that cheap.
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« Blackface Comedian #1: Well, we can get the car fixed up good maybe for around…
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« Blackface Comedian #2: No, what you need is a new car.
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« Blackface Comedian #1: Yeah. The kind like my uncle had. He made a trip out…
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« Blackface Comedian #2: Did he go out there?
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« Blackface Comedian #1: Sure. I thought all the time he was gonna go…
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« Blackface Comedian #2: He did, but not that time.
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« Blackface Comedian #1: Well, what's he doin' now?
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« Blackface Comedian #2: Since he been back, he's been very busy gettin' ready for what he thinks…
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« Blackface Comedian #1: Is that so?
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« Blackface Comedian #2: Sure.
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« Blackface Comedian #1: Well, I guess like all bachelors, he's…
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« Blackface Comedian #2: No, no. Not him. He gonna get married.
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« Selina Rogers: [singing] Zulu man is feelin' blue, Hear his heart beat a little tattoo. Diga diga doo, diga doo doo, Diga diga doo, diga doo…
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« Blackface Comedian #1: [Part Two of the routine] Well, I guess like all bachelors, he's…
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« Blackface Comedian #2: No, no. Not him. He gonna get married.
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« Blackface Comedian #1: He is?
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« Blackface Comedian #2: Yeah, he's gonna marry the widow whose husband used to be…
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« Blackface Comedian #1: She's a fine lady.
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« Blackface Comedian #2: Mm-hmm.
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« Blackface Comedian #1: But listen – I heard that one time she…
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« Blackface Comedian #2: That was her daughter!
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« Blackface Comedian #1: Oh.
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« Blackface Comedian #2: You see, I'm keeping company with her.
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« Blackface Comedian #1: You is?
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« Blackface Comedian #2: Yeah, I been engaged to her ever since the time…
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« Blackface Comedian #1: I didn't know you knowed her that long.
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« Blackface Comedian #2: Sure.
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« Blackface Comedian #1: I worked with her brother. And one day on the job, the first thing I know…
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« Blackface Comedian #2: That was your fault. Now, what you should have done was…
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« Blackface Comedian #1: I did.
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« Blackface Comedian #2: You see that?
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« Blackface Comedian #1: Now that why I like talk to you.
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« Blackface Comedian #2: Yeah.
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« Blackface Comedian #1: 'Cause me and you can agree with one another.
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« Blackface Comedian #2: Sure.
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« Blackface Comedian #1: You know one thing. When I get the car fixed up, I'm gonna take you and your girl out for a ride sometime.
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« Blackface Comedian #2: That'll be great.
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« Blackface Comedian #1: Can you make it…
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« Blackface Comedian #2: I'll be busy then.
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« Blackface Comedian #1: When can you make it?
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« Blackface Comedian #2: Let's see. The best day for me will…
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« Blackface Comedian #1: That'll suits me. What hour?
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« Blackface Comedian #2: Anytime between…
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« Blackface Comedian #1: That's a little early, but we'll be there.
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« Blackface Comedian #2: All right, I'll be seein' ya.
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« Blackface Comedian #1: Later, bye-bye.
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« Blackface Comedian #2: Bon voyage.
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Runtime:78 minutes
Plots:
The relationship between an aspiring dancer and a popular songstress provides a retrospective of the great African-American entertainers of the early 1900s.
Dancing great Bill ‘Williamson’ sees his face on the cover of Theatre World magazine and reminisces: just back from World War I, he meets lovely singer Selina Rogers at a soldiers’ ball and promises to come back to her when he “gets to be somebody.” Years go by, and Bill and Selina’s rising careers intersect only briefly, since Selina is unwilling to “settle down.” Will she ever change her mind? Concludes with a big all-star show hosted by Cab Calloway.
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