List of the best Lena Horne movies: Stormy Weather(1943), Cabin in the Sky(1943), Ziegfeld Follies(1946), Till the Clouds Roll By(1946), Broadway Rhythm(1944), The Wiz(1978), Two Girls and a Sailor(1944) ... ...
Musical
USA
1943
77 Minutes
Lena Horne Bill Robinson The Nicholas Brothers Dooley Wilson Nat Stanfield Johnny Horace Babe Wallace
dancer singer fats waller cab calloway soldier winsome spectacular music hall stage reunion aspirations performance rags to riches unlikely romance fame rise underdog love quest 1940s
The relationship between an aspiring dancer and a popular songstress provides a retrospective of the great African American entertainers of the early 1900s.
Musical
USA
1943
98 Minutes
Georgia Brown
Ethel Waters Busby Berkeley Eddie Anderson Lena Horne Louis Armstrong Rex Ingram Kenneth Spencer John "Bubbles" Sublett Oscar Polk Mantan Moreland Willie Best
gambler wife sexy woman angel demon best friend amusing heartwarming playful bar church family home heaven purgatory gambling fidelity good deeds religion afterlife rivalry
A compulsive gambler dies during a shooting, but he'll receive a second chance to reform himself and to make up with his worried wife.
Musical
USA
1946
110 Minutes
Singer in the "Love" Segment
George Sidney William Powell Charles Walters Vincente Minnelli Judy Garland Fred Astaire Lucille Ball Fanny Brice Lena Horne
singer dancer actor actress comedian spirited spectacular charming lighthearted theater new york city song and dance show business love 1940s
The late, great impresario Florenz Ziegfeld Jr. looks down from Heaven and ordains a new revue in his grand old style.
Musical, Biography
USA
1946
132 Minutes
Julie in "Show Boat"
Robert Walker Van Heflin Lucille Bremer Dorothy Patrick Judy Garland Kathryn Grayson Lena Horne Tony Martin Dinah Shore Frank Sinatra June Allyson
composer mentor daughter producer sweetheart singer charming confident moving new york city theater ship london countryside nightclub songwriting ambition broadway romance competition
Biography of songwriter and Broadway pioneer, Jerome Kern (Robert Walker). Unable to find immediate success in the U.S., Kern sought recognition abroad. He journeyed to England where his dreams of success became real and where he met his future wife Eva Leale (Dorothy Patrick).
Musical
USA
1944
114 Minutes
Fernway de la Fer
George Murphy Ginny Simms Charles Winninger Gloria DeHaven Nancy Walker Ben Blue Lena Horne Eddie Anderson
producer actress vaudevillian daughter dancer amusing spectacular spirited new york city theater theater production family feud broadway song and dance quest rivalry 1940s
A reluctantly retired vaudevillian clashes with his producer son who thinks his father's entertainment is passe and audiences need something more sophisticated. Meanwhile the producer's father and sister secretly produce their own show.
Musical, Kids & Family
USA
1978
133 Minutes
Glinda the Good
Diana Ross Michael Jackson Richard Pryor Nipsey Russell Ted Ross Mabel King Theresa Merritt Thelma Carpenter Lena Horne Carlton Johnson
teacher wizard scarecrow witch lion tin man charming spectacular oz harlem, n.y. household emerald city journey singing fantasy world returning home courage search adventure discovery
An adaptation of "The Wizard of Oz" that tries to capture the essence of the African-American experience.
Musical, Romance
1944
124 Minutes
Van Johnson June Allyson Gloria DeHaven Jimmy Durante Tom Drake Henry Stephenson Henry O'Neill Ben Blue Frank Sully Donald Meek Lena Horne
singer sister wealthy man sailor vaudevillian amusing spectacular charming emotional nightclub apartment backstage canteen new york city warehouse world war ii home front sibling rivalry sister relationship love triangle
A sailor (Van Johnson) from a rich family meets a nightclub-singing sister act (June Allyson, Gloria DeHaven) in wartime New York.