Cabin in the Sky + The Beginnings of Bebop—Treasures from the Yale Film Archive
Schedule
Thu, 06 Feb, 2025 at 07:00 pm
UTC-05:00Location
Humanities Quadrangle, Room L01, 320 York Street, New Haven, CT | New Haven, CT
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CABIN IN THE SKY (Vincente Minnelli, 1943, 35mm, 98 mins)THE BEGINNINGS OF BEBOP (Willie Ruff, 1981, 16mm, 26 mins)
New prints! Enjoy a night of ‘40s music on film, beginning with THE BEGINNINGS OF BEBOP, a guided tour of New York’s historic jazz hotspots led by Dizzy Gillespie. Next on the bill: Minnelli’s feature film debut, a musical fantasy about a gambler with one last chance to redeem his soul. The all-Black cast includes Eddie “Rochester” Anderson, Ethel Waters, Rex Ingram, Louis Armstrong, Duke Ellington, Butterfly McQueen, Bill Bailey, and more. Prints from the Yale Film Archive.
Full schedule: bit.ly/yalefilmarchivescreenings
The “Treasures from the Yale Film Archive” series is presented with support from Paul L. Joskow ’70 M.Phil., ’72 Ph.D.
FREE AND OPEN TO THE PUBLIC.
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