YouTube screen-grab Stormy Weather (1943) is a 20th Century Fox musical, one of two Hollywood musicals with a Black cast released that year, the other was MGM's Cabin In The Sky. The film was made strictly to showcase some of the leading African-American performers in an era … [Read more...]
Death Certificate Shocker: Was the Late Ja’Net Dubois the Secret Love Child of ’30s Jazz Legend Cab Calloway?
In weird showbiz news nobody saw coming: The family of Good Times star Ja'Net Dubois is claiming on her death certificate that her secret biological father was none other than jazz legend Cab Calloway (You know: Of "Minnie the Moocher" … [Read more...]
#Flashback43: Here’s THE Greatest Dance Number Ever Filmed. Don’t Believe It? Watch
In a dance performance for the ages, the Nicholas Brothers, dazzle with their acrobatic routine to Cab Calloway’s hit, Jumpin’ Jive. Not only that, but the routine was (supposedly) unrehearsed and what's on film was the first take! It's from the 1943 musical, Stormy Weather. … [Read more...]
