Stormy Weather

"Stormy Weather" is a 1933 song written by Harold Arlen and Ted Koehler. Ethel Waters first sang it at The Cotton Club night club in Harlem. It became a hit record and inspired the following movie.

Film Adaptation

Stormy Weather is a 1943 musical film which tells in flashback the story of a famous dancer who meets a young singer, both on the rise, whose lives intersect only briefly over the years.

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The movie was adapted by Frederick J. Jackson, Ted Koehler and H.S. Kraft from the story by Jerry Horwin and Seymour B. Robinson. It was directed by Andrew L. Stone.

Related Topics:
Frederick J. Jackson - Ted Koehler - H.S. Kraft - Jerry Horwin - Seymour B. Robinson - Andrew L. Stone

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In 2001 the United States Library of Congress deemed the film "culturally significant" and selected it for preservation in the National Film Registry.

Related Topics:
2001 - Library of Congress - National Film Registry

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Cast

• Lena Horne - Selina Rogers
• Bill "Bojangles" Robinson - Bill Williamson
• Cab Calloway - himself
• Katherine Dunham - herself
• Fats Waller - himself
• Fayard Nicholas - himself (as Nicholas Brothers)
• Harold Nicholas - himself (as Nicholas Brothers)
• Ada Brown - herself
• Dooley Wilson - Gabe Tucker