Cabin in the Sky 1943 Ethel Waters Eng13

[@MariaCJ]

"I'm speaking my mind!" "And I ain't heard a sound." I love this movie so MUCH ❤️

[@johnhalbert3575]

I love this movie too ❤️ ❤️ ❤️

[@johnhalbert3575]

😊 😊 I'm very pls to know I'm not the only one that loves😍 👆 the song but when last did you play it 💖

[@GRTVO]

The film is wonderful.

[@cflo1023]

2:39 scene: ssss, (snap) BROWN aint it about time for you to get into that COOCH dance!?

[@amahra100]

"Don't you worry about that Pops, the main thing is you're paying for 'em." "And if I come across any more secondhand junk, I'll pass that on to you." I love her dialogue here.

[@melgood8]

2023 here. I love this classic. Beautiful cast. Awesome

[@peter53223]

Best movie ever. Talent beyond words.

[@Boophooh]

Petunia is the original reader/ shade thrower!!!!!

[@gjford1951]

Not really. But she is a distillation of previous shade throwers in the blues singing and Black vaudeville tradition.

[@hollisb.flemingii8197]

Corey Persons Corey back then all of these sisters could throw crazy shade, and not a cat fight, the shade alone was strong enough...not the reality stars like rhwoa and others barrow the same fight scenes from the old "DALLAS" and "DYNASTY" series...and as you notice not a curse word ever spoken, but the words that were spoken could still sting though...!

[@hornybodhisattva]

💅💅💅💅

[@slotwhiz1]

Facts

[@BlakeGildaphish76]

Petunia TURNED that club OUT!! LOL

[@cflo1023]

OUT!!!! She kills the WHOLE SCENE!!!! lol......sss, BROWN aint it about time for you to get into that cooch dance?!! lol

[@angelsweetie19]

What’s crazy is that Lena was suppose to do this musical dance scene, but broke her ankle a couple of weeks prior. Minnelli scrambled to rewrite this scene for Ethel. Just amazing talent they had back then.

[@justincooper1626]

And Ethel had allegedly worked some roots over the spot where Lena broke her ankle.

[@cflo1023]

Ethel did this same scene in the Broadway Production with dancer Archie Savage in John Bubbles' part. Ethel owns this whole scene, lol. KILLS IT.

[@michaelhorton1350]

Funny, it's almost hard to even SEE the other characters. Ethel captures and holds attention like no other performer in memory. Thanks for this wonderful post.

[@taylordowning2533]

This was a great sequence . I love to see people get their revenge and Ether Waters did it with style. I love Rochester and Lena too.

[@PennTrafford]

Wow, these lines are really complicated. Can you imagine movies today having long, complicated lines like these? There are no actors who could remember and deliver them.

[@blessedmslady7341]

My favorite scene in the entire movie 💯

[@akeemj7676]

I remember loving this movie as a child. What a gift it is to remember. Love Lena and Ethel!

[@elinorregina]

The only problem with this scene is that it only lasts 5 minutes.

[@blessedmslady7016]

🤗

[@etolerific]

And the first part when Lena sings is cut out

[@traciejohnson7802]

Agree!

[@johncooper3583]

Superb sequence. And the Lindy Hop with Waters and Sublett is a sensation. So joyous!

[@theresae5362]

Indeed! I can watch this scene over and over again with a smile.

[@CharloCrossley]

Ask the boys to put me in the mood so I can give out...I suddenly feel a musical urge!! --Love this!!

[@johnhalbert3575]

I love this movie too so much ♥️ ♥️ funny 😍😍love style

[@evapeace2385]

My favorite line in the whole movie! 😂😂😂

[@_CaliGirl]

Did she tell Lena to get into that "Cooch Dance" LOLLLLLL OMG. I love when she snaps her fingers at people! Hilarious. Lena was such a beautiful beautiful lady. Even in her old age she was gorgeous! And Ms. Ethel's voice was heavenly!

[@MauriceRivers415]

The irony of it all, especially since Ethel recorded "Shake That Thing" early in her career. The shade! 😂😂😂

[@SuperMusicology101]

Wonderful beautiful ladies in Ms.Waters and Ms Horn, Ethel and Lena!!!!!!!!

[@emolique]

I swear sometimes it feels like I was born into the wrong era! This really excites me! 😍😍😍 beautiful!!!

[@redbone8844]

I’m with you that’s why I watch all these old movies love it!!

[@Midnite21]

so love this movie I will never forget watching this with my mom on a nice summer night when I was like 9 or 10 I had her play it over and over lol.

[@momeetamee007]

chaun horne yes me too...it was on TBN in the Caribbean...I wanted to enter heaven like she did with sass and class and a big GRIn

[@peter53223]

Brilliant.

[@Dquelch8]

Wow!! I just loved and enjoyed this so much!

[@alvinwilliams9458]

I've must have watched this movie a hundred times....and this happens to be my favorite scene!!!! Thanks!!

[@headedsomewhere]

yea mine too , I loved how she snapped her finger at Lena #Boom

[@wheninrome345]

Mine too!!

[@wheninrome345]

"l'm speaking my mind!" "And l ain't heard a sound!!"

[@brendalyon7242]

Love this song and movie it was amazing ❤️☮️🙏

[@msbcheet6041]

Love this classic beautiful cinema!

[@johnhalbert3575]

I love this movie too so much ♥️ ♥️ funny 😍 😍 love style But when do you wash the movie last

[@sunnydayzie1202]

Lena Horne was great but Ethel owns this hands down.

[@peter53223]

Ethel Waters was so talented. Loved her.

[@cdubz265]

Ethel was a wild Scorpio, if reality tv existed back then, she would be the NeNe Leakes of her time.

[@josnaz1]

What a wonderful clip. Ms. Water was amazing--and she was natural in her acting. Ms. Horne was amazing too--and unforgetable.

[@BigMeach1]

I SO LOVE THIS MOVIE!! AND THIS SCENE IS THE SCENE STEALER!! WITHOUT THIS SCENE, THE MOVIE WOULD HAVE BEEN JUST LOVE...BUT THIS MADE THE MOVIE EXTRAORDINARY!! THE CHEMISTRY IS LOVE AND WHEN SHE "CLICKS" MS. THING...I HOLLER!!!

[@emolique]

😂♥️♥️♥️yess

[@hornybodhisattva]

She is not playing 💅💅💅

[@millibowe]

ONE OF MY FAVORITE MOVIES....JUST CAME ON THE OTHER NIGHT

[@antdell8730]

This is one of my all-time favorite movies. It has a great cast, Ethel Waters, Lena Horne, Eddie Anderson, etc. ❤.

[@rosaodongo564]

I just love the way Ethel laughs. Some one in Africa loves you.

[@africanviolet777]

I love this movie (especially the ending) :)

[@jamestyler7697]

I really hope that after Ethel Waters found religion in the late 50s, she reconciled with Lena. They were both not only phenomenally talented, but American originals and, most importantly, rarities in American entertainment of the period - so many black women entertainers met varying degrees of untimely or tragic endings in the 20th century; Billie Holliday, Bessie Smith, Josephine Baker, Mahalia Jackson, Sarah Vaughan, Nina Mae McKinney, Dorothy Dandridge, Hattie McDaniel, Mamie Smith, Ma Rainey, Louise Beavers, and Hazel Scott, just to name a few (or even Zora Neale Hurston). But Ethel and Lena both endured decades of discrimination to "come out on the other side" and happily lived full lives to advanced age, respected the world over. I'd like to think that eventually Waters realized that Lena wasn't out to "replace her," just that she admired the hell out of her and wanted to be as fabulous as she was because there were so few successful black women entertainers to emulate who had really "made it." They were two of a kind and will both be missed.

[@hilaryapril7043]

What religion are you referring to? Be specific about these women....was MS Waters too assertive for your male sensibities

[@amahra100]

It's understandable why Waters resented Lena. It was the old "divide a conquer." Lena, dressed in evening gowns, sang many songs Ethel had introduced, but when Waters first sang the same songs, the director made her dress as a maid or Mammie.

[@premanadi]

@@hilaryapril7043 She was VERY Christian in later years. Just read her Wikipedia page. There are tons of videos of her singing at Christian gatherings, she was very close to Billy Graham. This is no secret.

[@1234pouvez]

@@amahra100 The only Ether Waters song I KNOW About that Lena Horne sang is "Stormy Weather" which Ethel Waters introduced on record, but I don't think there is any film of her singing the song? She sang "AM I Blue" in the 1929 film On With The Show, but I don't think LENA HORNE ever sang that song. OF course, the fact that Lena Horne was young and Beautiful with a new M.G.M. contract may have caused some resentment.

[@jahlaune]

wow she played the hell out of that scene laughed till I cried

[@oluchioluwaseyi9950]

I saw this movie when I was little and could never think of the name of it. this movie was a joy to watch

[@johnhalbert3575]

I love this movie too so much ♥️ ♥️ funny 😍 😍 love style But when do you watch the movie last

[@coreycanada7104]

God this is so good!

[@hornybodhisattva]

The shade of it all wow mrs Petunia is everything ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️💅💅💅

[@Rotebuehl1]

A great movie turned at the peak of WW2! Gosh!!!

[@Shred_The_Weapon]

My name is #EricBenjaminGordon. #JohnAMeyer sent me here. Managing to do inside of five minutes what would normally take an opera 2 to 3 hours to do, encompassing an entire lifetime of experience.

[@barbarahenderson4736]

Back in them day's we still, shake , rattle and roll, everybody in that picture were bad-to-the-bone, sharp dressers, ☆☆☆☆☆☆☆☆☆☆ great.

[@barbarahenderson4736]

Rip to all the greats.

[@chaingangmarineX1]

Actually, Lena Horn and Ethel Waters disliked each other in actuality so because of their rivalry, that's what made their reactions so genuine, which I really liked. I want to direct a rendition of this play someday. I just love it that much. Anybody know where I can get a copy?

[@88948895611499]

i want to see this whole movie...it looks really great!

[@amahra100]

Amazon has the DVD. I watch mine at least once a year.

[@jeromerymer8510]

Cabin in the sky is a lovely movie

[@williampointer7712]

Much talent excellent

[@josnaz1]

Thanks for posting this.

[@gta1221]

4:38...I thought Ethel was going to break into a cartwheel! lol

[@barbaraannhenderson9049]

She knows she can Sang and dance kicks the legs higher than the sky !!!!

[@Melawa1]

I always loved this star studded movie.

[@sweetsweet81]

This lady is singer Crystal Water's (Gypsy Woman, 100% Pure Love) great aunt.

[@dylanwashington2419]

I was shocked and amazed when I caught wind of that info on TV1 "UNSUNG. WOW to say that your great aunt was one of the blueprints and founders of the American Singing Voice is incredible and an honor.

[@GrownByBounds]

I used to LOVE this movie when i was a little girl. Im only 20 but for some reason me and my sister used to always watch it. I guess it belonged to my mom or something.

[@Andy-zw5kx]

"If I run across anymore second hand junk I'll pass that on to you." Damn..

[@totisantiago1]

two Dames in one Screen - Ethel and Lena!!!

[@saheedjb]

Black films from this era were amazing!

[@davidnash8586]

Brilliant !

[@bioinformatics73]

🥰 She is so cute! ☺️

[@BlakeGildaphish76]

@2:39 gets me EVERY time! LMAO

[@MauriceRivers415]

Me, too.

[@reejuice2]

Love it

[@johnhalbert3575]

I love this movie too so much ♥️ ♥️ funny 😍 😍 love style But when do you wash the movie last

[@lilmoosic]

GOD I LOVE THIS FILM ❤️

[@ccaammiinniiito2]

In a bar room scene, Ethel Waters' Petunia unwittingly gave birth to the black gay signature, the snapping of the fingers for underscore and most dramatic emphasis. Petunia: "...and if I come across any more second hand junk, I'll pass it on to you (finger snap at a seated Georgia Brown)! Lord, have mercy! From then on, every black gay from Harlem to South Central Los Angeles became Petunia at one time or other another, with agitators signifying and egging on with, "Read, Miss Thing!"

[@hornybodhisattva]

She gives me life 💅💅💅💅⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️👠👠🥰🥰

[@rozinesampson1083]

This is a Beautiful Radiant Lady, I Love her Energy.

[@ladonte1980]

This was the 1st musical ive ever seen with an all black cast!

[@amahra100]

If you think this all-black cast was something, you need to watch "Stormy Weather." Cab Calloway, Nickolas Brothers, Bill Robinson, Lena Horn, Fats Wyller, and more. All in one movie. You will never be the same. Get it on Amazon.

[@elinorregina]

Ask the boys to put me in the mood so I can give out. I suddenly feel a musical urge.

[@cflo1023]

Love that line! LOVE this scene!

[@CMonMan1075]

*"Now you just be careful what"* *"you say to your wife in front"* *"of me"* 😂😂😂

[@dezeraejames7934]

That's what women today should probably be saying.

[@myrnadavis2409]

@@CMonMan1075 Is Jezebel a hot mess or what🤣! Sodom and Gomorrah on steroids!

[@Pentagonshark666]

Ethel was so damn beautiful tall lady.

[@starcrib]

just awesome....!!!!! 🇱🇷👍🏻🇱🇷👍🏻

[@Mina-ok5qm]

These are all treasures

[@MaliceInCandyland]

Oh snap. Literally.

[@beneaththecrust4661]

I didn't know Ethel get down like that.

[@ahmad.tillery.1987]

Flip Wilson reminds me of the man that plays "Little Joe"

[@monkmonk6068]

@Ahmad Tillery Eddie "Rochester" Anderson. . .the Jack Benny Show.

[@ahmad.tillery.1987]

@@monkmonk6068 Thanks for the info

[@monkmonk6068]

@@ahmad.tillery.1987 You are very welcome!

[@amahra100]

Me too. I thought I was the only one.

[@josnaz1]

Ha-ha: Lena was like, oh no you didn't snap your fingers in my face.

[@MsBrianabriana]

funny thing is they were beefin in real life knowing that this scene is epic

[@mirfallin4u]

ethel was bitter

[@DJMELLOWBWAX]

Fred Sanford knew what he was talkin bout Lena Horne FIIIIIIIIIINE

[@SoundBlackRecordings]

SNAP! Miss girl!

[@dylanwashington2419]

Vincent Minnelli directed Lena Horne to play down this scene because he knew Ms. Waters would take issue with favoritism because of their intimate relationship. So Lena did what was instructed and the rest is history.

[@Godsbutterfly4923]

"If I come across any more second hand junk I'll pass that on to you too" - Jesus loves ALL ✌

[@hornybodhisattva]

Brilliant 💅💅💅

[@fatheradamahlightofyahawas2860]

Greetings! & Salute... They had to endure sooooooo much... All they wanted to do is SHINE... Shalawan

[@starterry15]

RIP LENA HORNE

[@desi_blackgirl4949]

She's giving me queen latifia (spelled it wrong) vibes ms.waters ms waters 😣❤😮

[@124hl]

Ethel waters was edxtremly jealous of lena. Even though. Lena thought ethel was her idol. But lena and ethel worked well in this scene. But the real ethel was a trip

[@amahra100]

Waters had a right to be upset. The studios treated Lana better because she was light-skinned. Ethel was forced to sing only in maids or Mammie costumes. Even though it wasn't Lena's fault, I can understand Waters's frustration.

[@elinorregina]

I LOVE it when Petunia finally goes over to the "dark side"!

[@amahra100]

I don't think she really crossed over to the dark side; she was trying to make Little Joe jealous.

[@elinorregina]

@@amahra100 Whichever it was, it's fun to watch

[@iagiag5312]

Crazy

[@kendrickjones3115]

there's a show on Adult Swim called "Your pretty face is going to Hell" that pretty much borrowed its entire premise from this movie!!! I'm pretty sure they haven't given proper credit where its due!

[@aabiang3897]

Could it be that Bob Fosse learned one or two dance moves from Bubbles? People always accusing MJ of "stealing" from Fosse because he never gave him any credits but I think that MJ learned from Bubbles who taught Astair as well as many other dancers. And MJ gave Bubbles credits. He also named is favorite pet "Bubbles".

[@dezeraejames7934]

MJ also got the moonwalk from Bill Bailey who was also in the movie.

[@ebonyjones4143]

😍😍😍

[@mirfallin4u]

the fact ethel couldn’t stand lena 😭😭😭

[@cymonehicks2386]

💜💜💜💜💜

[@nicolesumner1069]

Lena Horne campaigned for the title role in Pinky and would have played Ethel Waters' granddaughter, but for Hollywood's racist casting views in 1949- they gave the role to a white woman. Waters was nominated for an Oscar for Best Supporting Actress in Pinky.

[@johnhalbert3575]

I love this movie too so much ♥️ ♥️ funny 😍 😍 love style But when do you wash the movie last

[@vipermad358]

God I love Ethel Waters so much!🥰

[@thamarquisevansshowpresent9814]

That's not James Earl Jones! He would have been 9 years old....

[@1voyher1]

2:10 a guy appears out of nowhere what is the story there?

[@sweetsweet81]

This is a Christian movie

[@BigChant88]

Petunia dont play .

[@cymonehicks2386]

💎💎💎💎💎

[@unclealand]

Was Ethyl Waters doing Mae West in this scene?

[@HumbleHarry]

Back then in Hollywood, it certainly defied convention to have an older, overweight African American actress play the part of a glamorous woman with sex appeal, but no-- Ethel Waters was not imitating Mae West in this scene. If anything, what the scene portrays is the fictional Petunia Jackson playing the very real Ethel Waters in a dream sequence from this all-black musical fantasy. Miss Waters was a distinct and dynamic stage, recording and screen presence in her own right, and didn't need to imitate anybody.

[@jadoncarter3949]

I can see alot of the Mae West isms as well so your right on for thinking that but a lot of who Mae West was, she got from blacks. Mae hung out in harlem a lot during the 20 ' s and 30 ' s and a lot of her style came from the women and men she seen in the bars and clubs and she wasn't afraid to admit it either. She took it and created her own style. Hollywood had never seen a white women act like that before Mae. But Ethel is doing a character all her own.

[@amahra100]

No, Ethel was doing Ethel.

[@shieldsup2076]

0:32 LOL

[@zarawoods6973]

Anyone think Lena Horne resembles Alicia Keys

[@BLUEOHIO]

I'm part black and white male and happy being part black and white and love this movie and this beautiful movie open so many doors and legend Lena Horne so fuc00king beautiful!!

[@beneaththecrust4661]

Ok so you are part white and part black. I'm curious as to why you felt a need to point that out.

[@beccasbull8528]

Madam X what does it matter? If I said I am Irish would that be a problem? It's a comment section he shared something about himself so what! you should leave him alone, and not be so hypersensitive and critical! what happen to a little courtesy and graciousness? I am curious as to why you care so much! He is proud of his hearitage,so what!

[@beneaththecrust4661]

Beccas Bull are you insecure about your post?

[@beccasbull8528]

Madam X lol why would I be insecure about my post?Are you insecure about your rudeness so you need to change the subject?

[@beccasbull8528]

Madam X I am waiting with itching ears to have your high and mighty patooty tell why I am so insecure about my post? I am glued just waiting for your big all knowing response! Lay it on me Big Dog! Tell me big mama! Tell me how that cow ate the cabbage!

[@49browning]

why dont we see film like this instead of all those rubbish repeats

[@REESCOMUSIC4EVER]

That's James Earl Jones (he represents "Good". "Evil" appears a couple minutes later from behind the bar when Ethel starts to sing). If you see the entire movie it all makes sense.

[@myrnadavis2409]

That's Rex Ingram

[@REESCOMUSIC4EVER]

@@myrnadavis2409 Thanks for correcting me on the actor! I had it completely wrong! Kenneth Spencer actually represents "Good". He's wearing the military General uniform on the staircase.

[@myrnadavis2409]

I'm sorry maybe I was thinking of Rex Ingram who plays God in the green pastures🙂​@@REESCOMUSIC4EVER

[@mothernature6353]

This is a black occult classic

[@garrettemerald]

Lmao @ dude watching Petunia 0:28.