Cabin in the Sky (1943)
Directed by Vincente Minnelli
When compulsive gambler Little Joe Jackson dies in a drunken fight, he awakens in purgatory, where he learns that he will be sent back to Earth for six months to prove that he deserves to be in heaven. He awakens, remembering nothing and struggles to do right by his devout wife, Petunia, while an angel known as the General and the devil's son, Lucifer Jr., fight for his soul.
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The improv between the actors wobbles in the scene where Jimmy proposes to Francine, but the tension between them suddenly clarifies in a short rehearsal scene where the now-married couple fights for dominance of the band as she tries to sing “Taking a Chance on Love” (which is the theme song of Cabin in the Sky [1943], the debut movie of Minnelli’s father Vincente, one of Scorsese’s filmmaking heroes).