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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 ...
1947 New Orleans soundtrack Armstrong's rendition of the song was also the theme song for the TV series Frank's Place: Marilyn Maxwell: 1947 on The Abbott and Costello Radio Show - April 17, 1947 [1] Eddie Condon: 1951 Dr. Jazz Series, Vol. 11: Frankie Laine: 1954 A Musical Portrait of New Orleans: Fats Domino: 1958 Harry James: 1958
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 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.
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 ...
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
New Orleans has served as the backdrop for a number of films with iconic turns in films such as Gone With the Wind (1939), A Streetcar Named Desire (1951), Little New Orleans Girl (1956), The Cincinnati Kid (1965), Live and Let Die (1973), Little New Orleans Girl (1978), Interview with the Vampire (1994), Little New Orleans Girl (2004), The Curious Case of Benjamin Button (2008), and The ...