Today wraps up the posts about my recent Vincente Minnelli Marathon. I hope you got at least a taste of the director’s wide-ranging filmography. This was one of my most rewarding cinematic deep dives because I got to really immerse myself in the films of the 40s and 50s, two decades I haven’t explored nearly enough.

My final clip comes from Minnelli’s first film, the 1943 all-Black musical Cabin in the Sky. The beautiful Lena Horne appears in the film as Georgia Brown, the town’s notorious temptress, and ‘Honey in the Honeycomb’ is one of her two musical numbers.

Another was cut because it featured Horne in a bubble bath, a bridge too far for the censors. Bastards! Fortunately, the outtake is available on YouTube.

And I’ll leave you with my ranking of all 33 Minnelli films, which I compiled as I watched them in order. As with all lists, the order here could change depending on my mood, though I feel pretty confident about the top ten (and the bottom five).

33. The Sandpiper
32. Yolanda and the Thief
31. Brigadoon
30. Goodbye Charlie
29. A Matter of Time
28. The Four Horsemen of the Apocalypse
27. Kismet
26. Ziegfeld Follies
25. An American in Paris
24. Undercurrent
23. I Dood It
22. Gigi
21. Designing Woman
20. Two Weeks in Another Town
19. On a Clear Day You Can See Forever
18. Madame Bovary
17. Lust for Life
16. Cabin in the Sky
15. The Long, Long Trailer
14. Father’s Little Dividend
13. Tea and Sympathy
12. Some Came Running
11. The Cobweb
10. The Courtship of Eddie’s Father
9. Father of the Bride
8. The Pirate
7. The Bad and the Beautiful
6. The Reluctant Debutante
5. Home from the Hill
4. The Band Wagon
3. Bells Are Ringing
2. The Clock
1. Meet Me in St. Louis