Museum object · Time-based Media - Moving Images
Cabin in The Sky
1943
Washington, District of Columbia, United States, North and Central America
Source catalog description
This description refers to material held by Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture. Visual details below describe the original material.
A musical comedy with the title Cabin in The Sky. It consists of three (3) reels of black-and white 16mm acetate film with optical sound. The film follows Little Joe Jackson (Eddie Anderson) who has a gambling problem and is killed in a shootout with gangsters. While on his death bed, Little Joe is visited by agents of God and Satan who both entice him to heaven and hell respectively. God grants Little Joe six more months on Earth to prove himself worthy and enter heaven.
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Catalog reference: 2017.55.59.1abc