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New Orleans is a 1947 American musical romance film starring Arturo de Córdova and Dorothy Patrick, and directed by Arthur Lubin. [1] Though it features a rather conventional plot, the film is noteworthy both for casting jazz legends Billie Holiday as a singing maid romantically involved with bandleader Louis Armstrong, and extensive playing of New Orleans-style Dixieland jazz: over twenty ...
The Fantastic Flying Books of Mr. Morris Lessmore. Fast Charlie. Father Hood. Father of Invention. Fighting with My Family. Film adaptations of Uncle Tom's Cabin. Fire with Fire (2012 film) The First 9½ Weeks. The Flame of New Orleans.
In 1947, Armstrong played himself in the movie New Orleans opposite Billie Holiday, which chronicled the demise of the Storyville district and the ensuing exodus of musicians from New Orleans to Chicago. In the 1959 film The Five Pennies, Armstrong played himself, sang, and played
Title Director Cast Genre Notes 13 Rue Madeleine: Henry Hathaway: James Cagney, Richard Conte, Annabella: Thriller: 20th Century Fox: Adventure Island: Sam Newfield: Rhonda Fleming, Rory Calhoun, Paul Kelly
The Badge. The Baltimore Bullet. Beasts of the Southern Wild. Beautiful Creatures (2013 film) Beauty & the Briefcase. The Beguiled (2017 film) Bending the Rules. Benji (2018 film) The Best of Me (2014 film)
Billie Holiday. Billie Holiday (born Eleanora Fagan; April 7, 1915 – July 17, 1959) was an American jazz and swing music singer. Nicknamed " Lady Day " by her friend and music partner, Lester Young, Holiday made a significant contribution to jazz music and pop singing. Her vocal style, strongly influenced by jazz instrumentalists, inspired a ...
Capacity. 1,200. Construction. Opened. 1947. Renovated. 2011. The Joy Theater, named after owner Joy Houck, is a theater and historic landmark built in 1947 on Canal Street in downtown New Orleans, Louisiana. Renovations in 2011 transformed the former movie palace into a multi-purpose theater for live music, stand-up comedy, private functions ...
Mark James Robert Essex(August 12, 1949[4]– January 7, 1973) was an American serial sniper and black nationalistknown as the "New Orleans Sniper"who killed a total of nine people, including five police officers, and wounded twelve others, in two separate attacks in New Orleanson December 31, 1972, and January 7, 1973.