The 1943 film “Stormy Weather” is a rare major studio glimpse into jazz nightlife. The film is loosely based on the life of Bill “Bojangles” Johnson who was the pioneering tap dancer that crossed over into entertaining white America in the 1930s.
The plot is threadbare — Johnson engages in a tempestuous romance with singer Lena Horne — but gloriously taking up the bulk of the screen time are fourteen classic song-and-dance routines, including Fats Waller presenting “Ain’t Misbehavin’,” an on-fire Cab Calloway doing “The Jumpin’ Jive,” Lena Horne deftly crooning the title song, and the Nicholas Brothers tearing up the dance floor with an aerobatic routine guaranteed to leave you reeling. Dir: Andrew L. Stone, 1943, 35mm, 78 min.
WHEN: 8:00PM
ADMISSION: $10 General Admission
WHERE: The Cinefamily at The Silent Movie Theatre
ADDRESS: 611 N. Fairfax Avenue, Los Angeles, Ca 90036
PHONE: (323) 655-2510
CONTACT: www.cinefamily.org
