Tempestade de Ritmos (1943)
1h 18min
Sinopse
Em sua casa, Bill conta a seus sobrinhos como começou sua carreira como bailarino. Assim, retorna aos anos nos quais licenciou-se como soldado da banda de seu regimento, no final da Primeira Guerra, de seus trabalhos humildes como garçom, e seus primeiros êxitos em números musicais. Filme integramente interpretado por atores negros, rodado durante a Segunda Guerra. A leve trama serve como uma perfeita armação para integrar luxuosos números musicais, como o do bolo, o número africano com sapateados sobre os tambores com guerreiros zulus; brilha especialmente o último, que dá título ao filme. Há um magnífico sentido de humor, que interveem famosos personagens do mundo do espetáculo interpretando a si mesmos, como Cab Calloway. Foi o último filme de Bill Robinson. Números de sapateados inimagináveis. Obra-prima musical inigualável.
Elenco
Lena Horne
Selina Rogers
Bill Robinson
Bill Williamson
Cab Calloway
Cab Calloway
Katherine Dunham
Katherine Dunham
Fats Waller
'Fats' Waller
Fayard Nicholas
Dancer
Harold Nicholas
Dancer
Ada Brown
Singer
Dooley Wilson
Gabe Tucker
Doris Ake
Dancer (uncredited)
Juliette Ball
Dancer (uncredited)
Lucille Battle
Dancer (uncredited)
Matthew Beard
Stagehand (uncredited)
Talley Beatty
Dancer (uncredited)
Lennie Bluett
Dancer / Nightclub Patron (uncredited)
Anise Boyer
Singer (uncredited)
Teddy Buckner
Band Member (uncredited)
Judy Carol
Chorus Girl (uncredited)
Benny Carter
Trumpeter (uncredited)
Janet Collins
Dancer (uncredited)
Vivian Dandridge
Dancer (uncredited)
Robert Felder
Cab Calloway, Jr. (uncredited)
Louise Franklin
Dancer (uncredited)
Ruby Golden
Fat Girl (uncredited)
Suzette Harbin
Dancer / Nightclub Patron (uncredited)
Avanelle Harris
Dancer (uncredited)
Kathleen Hartsfield
Hatcheck Girl / Dancer (uncredited)
Maggie Hathaway
Dancer (uncredited)
Charles Hawkins
Dancer (uncredited)
Coleman Hawkins
Saxophonist (uncredited)
Cleo Herndon
Dancer (uncredited)
Johnny Horace
Member The Shadracks (uncredited)
Illinois Jacquet
Band Member (uncredited)
Mae E. Johnson
May Johnson (uncredited)
Jo Jones
Drummer (uncredited)
Johnny Lee
Lyles (uncredited)
Jeni Le Gon
Dancer (uncredited)
Rosalie Lincoln
Dancer (uncredited)
F.E. Miller
Skit (uncredited)
Taps Miller
Trumpeter (uncredited)
Millie Monroe
Dancer (uncredited)
Tommie Moore
Dancer / Nightclub Patron
Florence O'Brien
Tucker's Gold-Digging Girlfriend (uncredited)
Neva Peoples
Nightclub Dancer (uncredited)
Henry Phace Roberts
Dancer (uncredited)
Ruth Scott
Dancer (uncredited)
Zutty Singleton
Band Member (uncredited)
Ned Stanfield
Member The Shadracks (uncredited)
Nick Stewart
Cousin Jake (uncredited)
Johnny Thomas
Dancer (uncredited)
Lena Torrence
Chorus Girl (uncredited)
Emmett 'Babe' Wallace
Chick Bailey (uncredited)
Ernest Whitman
Jim Europe (uncredited)
Artie Young
Dancer (uncredited)
Equipe
Andrew L. Stone
Director
James B. Clark
Editor
Cyril J. Mockridge
Music
William LeBaron
Producer
Leon Shamroy
Director of Photography
Ted Koehler
Screenplay
Frederick J. Jackson
Screenplay
Joseph C. Wright
Art Direction
Helen Rose
Costume Design
James Basevi
Art Direction
Fred J. Rode
Set Decoration
Jerry Horwin
Original Story
Seymour B. Robinson
Original Story
Thomas Little
Set Decoration
H.S. Kraft
Adaptation