Cabin in the Sky HirschfeldOriginal movie trade ad for a film, Cabin in the Sky. From the 1920s, film studios would commission the finest artists of the day to create elaborate trade ads, which were sent to cinemas in an effort to get them to book that specific movie. Cabin in the Sky is an African American musical directed by Vincente Minnelli and one of the first major all black star movies produced by a major studio, intended to be shown to both white and black audiences.