Director: Vincente Minnelli

Writer: Joseph Schrank

From a play by: Lynn Root, John LaTouche, and Vernon Duke

Producer: Arthur Freed

Keywords: Musical, Gambling

Little Joe is a gambler and hasn't been on the best of behavior in his life; he abruptly receives a second chance to save his soul. Great musical numbers. Led by Ethel Waters and performed by an exceptional cast of many of the biggest names in black entertainment, legends still today. Vincente Minnelli's directorial debut. Received an Oscar nomination for Best Original Song, "Happiness Is a Thing Called Joe."

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Name	Occupation	Birth	Death	Known for
Eddie Anderson	Actor	18-Sep-1905	28-Feb-1977	Rochester on The Jack Benny Show
Louis Armstrong	Jazz Musician	4-Aug-1901	6-Jul-1971	Jazz trumpeter
Willie Best	Actor	27-May-1913	27-Feb-1962	Sleep 'n' Eat
Duke Ellington	Jazz Musician	29-Apr-1899	24-May-1974	It Don't Mean a Thing If It Ain't Got That Swing
Lena Horne	Singer	30-Jun-1917	9-May-2010	Stormy Weather
Butterfly McQueen	Actor	7-Jan-1911	22-Dec-1995	Gone with the Wind
Mantan Moreland	Actor	3-Sep-1902	28-Sep-1973	Birmingham Brown
Ethel Waters	Singer	31-Oct-1896	1-Sep-1977	Sweet Mama Stringbean

CAST

-Starring
Ethel Waters	...   Petunia Jackson
Eddie Anderson	...   Little Joe Jackson
Lena Horne	...   Georgia Brown
With
Louis Armstrong	...   The Trumpeter
Rex Ingram	...   Lucius / Lucifer, Jr.
Duke Ellington	...   Himself
and His Orchestra	...   Themselves
The Hall Johnson Choir	...   Choir
Kenneth Spencer	...   Rev. Greene / The General
John W. Sublett	...   Domino Johnson
Oscar Polk	...   The Deacon / Fleetfoot
Mantan Moreland	...   First Idea Man
Willie Best	...   Second Idea Man
Fletcher Rivers	...   Third Idea Man
Leon James	...   Fourth Idea Man
Bill Bailey	...   Bill
Ford L. Washington	...   Messenger Boy
Butterfly McQueen	...   Lily
Ruby Dandridge	...   Mrs. Kelso
Nicodemus	...   Dude
Ernest Whitman	...   Jim Henry

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