In the classic 1933 song “Stormy Weather,” the bad weather serves as a metaphor for a woman’s emotional state as she pines for her boyfriend. It was first sung by Ethel Waters at the Cotton Club in Harlem, and would later inspire the 1943 musical film of the same name starring Lena Horne. Loosely based on the life and career of Bill “Bojangles” Robinson, Stormy Weather recounts the story of a musician’s rise to fame and the relationships he cultivates along the way. The film is only 77 minutes long but it features 20 musical numbers. Among the most notable of these is the performance of the Nicholas Brothers who tap-dance to “Jumpin’ Jive” by Cab Calloway and His Orchestra, contributing a Black vernacular to the tradition of dance as expression on screen. Their spectacular routine here proved that high-energy dance could be exploratory and elegant in keeping with evolving Black music genres in film. The poster showcases Lena Horne, evidence of her growing success and her performance of the title song. Distributed by 20th Century Fox, Stormy Weather was the second film with an all-Black cast released by a major Hollywood studio that year (the other one was Cabin in the Sky, also starring Horne).