Cast
Ethel Waters
Petunia Jackson
Eddie 'Rochester' Anderson
Joseph 'Little Joe' Jackson
Lena Horne
Georgia Brown
Louis Armstrong
The Trumpeter
Rex Ingram
Lucius / Lucifer Jr.
Kenneth Spencer
The General / Rev. Greene
John 'Bubbles' Sublett
Domino Johnson
Oscar Polk
The Deacon / Fleetfoot
Mantan Moreland
First Idea Man
Willie Best
Second Idea Man
Fletcher Rivers
Third Idea Man
Leon James Poke
Fourth Idea Man
Bill Bailey
Bill
Ford Washington Lee
Messenger Boy
Butterfly McQueen
Lily
Ruby Dandridge
Mrs. Kelso
Nick Stewart
Dude
Ernest Whitman
Jim Henry
Jules Adger
Specialty Dancer in Hell Sequence (uncredited)
Doris Ake
Dancer / Jim Henry Paradise Patron (uncredited)
Juliette Ball
Jim Henry's Paradise Patron (uncredited)
Lennie Bluett
Dancer / Jim Henry's Paradise Patron (uncredited)
Bernard Bradley
Specialty Dancer in Hell Sequence (uncredited)
Daisy Bufford
Dancer / Jim Henry's Paradise Patron (uncredited)
Jas. Burch
Specialty Dancer in Hell Sequence (uncredited)
Curry Lee Calmes
Specialty Dancer in Hell Sequence (uncredited)
Rita Christiani
Specialty Dancer in Hell Sequence / Jitterbugger (uncredited)
Vivian Dandridge
Dancer / Jim Henry's Paradise Patron (uncredited)
June Decuire
Specialty Dancer in Hell Sequence (uncredited)
Dorothea Durham
Dancer / Jim Henry's Paradise Patron (uncredited)
Duke Ellington
Duke Ellington (uncredited)
Byron Ellis
Specialty Dancer in Hell Sequence (uncredited)
Joel Fluellen
Mr. Kelso / Jim Henry's Paradise Patron (uncredited)
Louise Franklin
Dancer / Jim Henry's Paradise Patron (uncredited)
William Gillespie
Soloist in 'Little Black Sheep' (uncredited)
Suzette Harbin
Dancer / Jim Henry's Paradise Patron (uncredited)
Avanelle Harris
Dancer / Jim Henry's Paradise Patron (uncredited)
Kathleen Hartsfield
Dancer at Jim Henry's Paradise (uncredited)
Maggie Hathaway
Dancer / Jim Henry's Paradise Patron (uncredited)
Cleo Herndon
Dancer / Jim Henry's Paradise Patron (uncredited)
Lawaune Ingram
Specialty Dancer in Hell Sequence (uncredited)
Bobby Johnson
Specialty Dancer in Hell Sequence (uncredited)
Glenn Leedy
Boy in Church (uncredited)
Meade 'Lux' Lewis
Whistling Solo in 'Take a Chance on Love' (uncredited)
Juanita Moore
Nightclub Patron / Churchgoer (uncredited)
Tommie Moore
Dancer / Jim Henry's Paradise Patron (uncredited)
Jieno Moxzer
Specialty Dancer in Hell Sequence (uncredited)
Florence O'Brien
Dancer / Jim Henry's Paradise Patron (uncredited)
Neva Peoples
Dancer / Jim Henry Patron (uncredited)
Amanda Randolph
Churchgoer (uncredited)
Louise Ritchie
Specialty Dancer in Hell Sequence (uncredited)
Henry Phace Roberts
Dancer / Jim Henry's Paradise Patron (uncredited)
Carmencita Romero
Dancer / Jim Henry's Paradise Patron (uncredited)
Clinton Rosemond
Doctor (uncredited)
Archie Savage
Dancer / Jim Henry's Paradise Patron (uncredited)
Edward C. Short
Soloist in 'Little Black Sheep' (uncredited)
Johnny Thomas
Dancer / Jim Henry's Paradise Patron (uncredited)
Ernestine Wade
Churchgoer (uncredited)
Arthur Walker
Soloist in 'Little Black Sheep' (uncredited)
Artie Young
Specialty Dancer in Hell Sequence (uncredited)
Juano Hernández
Neighbor (uncredited)
Crew
Vincente Minnelli
Director
(Directing)
Joseph Schrank
Screenplay
(Writing)
Lynn Root
Novel
(Writing)
Arthur Freed
Producer
(Production)
Ford Dabney
Songs
(Sound)
Mercer Ellington
Music
(Sound)
Harold Arlen
Songs
(Sound)
Vernon Duke
Songs
(Sound)
E.Y. Harburg
Lyricist
(Writing)
Ted Fetter
Lyricist
(Writing)
Duke Ellington
Music
(Sound)
Cecil Mack
Lyricist
(Writing)
George Stoll
Original Music Composer
(Sound)
Roger Edens
Original Music Composer
(Sound)
George Bassman
Original Music Composer
(Sound)
Hall Johnson
Original Music Composer
(Sound)
Irene
Costume Supervisor
(Costume & Make-Up)
Sidney Wagner
Director of Photography
(Camera)
Harold F. Kress
Editor
(Editing)
Edwin B. Willis
Set Decoration
(Art)
Albert Lewis
Associate Producer
(Production)
Cedric Gibbons
Art Direction
(Art)
Douglas Shearer
Sound Director
(Sound)
Marc Connelly
Writer
(Writing)
John La Touche
Lyricist
(Writing)