New Orleans
(DVD)
Contributors
Published
NYC [i.e. New York] : Kino International, c2000.
Physical Desc
1 DVD (110 min.) : sd., b&w, 4 3/4 in.
Status
Arroyo Grande Library - Adult DVD - Adult Audiovisual
Fiction
1 available
Fiction
1 available
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Published
NYC [i.e. New York] : Kino International, c2000.
Format
DVD
Language
English
Notes
General Note
"The all-musical tribute to the birth of jazz"
General Note
Originally released as a motion picture by United Artists in 1947.
General Note
"Featuring nine musical numbers."
General Note
"Also included on this DVD are two musical shorts from Paramount Studios (A rhapsody in black and blue featuring Armstrong and Symphony in black with Holiday and Duke Ellington) as well as an essay on the making of New Orleans, which originated as a project for Orson Welles"--Container.
General Note
Some containers read 90 minutes (this excludes the musical shorts).
Creation/Production Credits
Director of photography, Lucien Andriot ; musical director, Nat W. Finston.
Participants/Performers
Arturo de Cordova, Dorothy Patrick, Louis Armstrong and his band, Billie Holiday, Woody Herman and his orchestra, Original New Orleans Ragtime Band (Louis Armstrong, Zutty Singleton, Barney Bigard, Kid Ory, Bud Scott, Red Callendar, Charlie Beal and Meade Lux Lewis).
Description
Nick, the proprietor of a Bourbon Street gambling joint, an artistic haven for African-American musicians who gather and jam from dusk til dawn, falls in love with an opera-singing socialite. After losing his nightclub Nick tries over the course of many years to get jazz the respect and audience it deserves.
Target Audience
MPAA rating: Not rated.
System Details
DVD.
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