Cabin in the Sky
Beverly Hills, CA: Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer [MGM], 1943. Vintage keybook set design photograph from the 1943 film, showing the exterior of a nightclub advertising a one-night-only performance by Duke Ellington and his band. Property Department stamp and annotations in manuscript pencil on the verso.
Based on the 1940 Broadway musical. A compulsive gambler killed in a nightclub shooting is visited by God and the Devil, who agree to give him six months to atone for his earthly misdeeds and decide the fate of his eternal soul. A star-studded affair, featuring jazz great Louis Armstrong as one of Satan's minions and a showcase musical number by Ellington and his orchestra.
10 x 8 inches. Near Fine.
[Book #166020]
Price: $750.00