In the film, "Stormy Weather" The relationship between an aspiring dancer and a popular songstress provides a retrospective of the great African American entertainers of the early 1900s. Bill Williamson (Bill Robinson), a struggling performer, meets a beautiful vocalist named Selina Rogers (Lena Horne). Bill promises her that they will be together after he becomes a success. However, he and Selina both skyrocket to fame and lose contact. Fortunately, Bill just might get one more chance to woo Selina at a huge musical stage show. Popular entertainers of the 1940s, including Fats Waller and Cab Calloway, perform as themselves in the film.
Release date: July 21, 1943 (USA)
Director: Andrew L. Stone
Production company: 20th Century Fox
Music composed by: Harold Arlen, Cab Calloway, Fats Waller, Cyril J. Mockridge, More
Screenplay: Ted Koehler, Seymour B. Robinson, H. S. Kraft, Frederick J. Jackson
Audio Source:
https://youtu.be/TPgnj5upihQ
