Louis Armstrong
- 2011
Bert Stern – Original Madman
Bert Stern – Original MadmanSep. 02, 2011 HD
The untold and intimate life story of one of the greatest American photographers of all time, Bert Stern. After working alongside Stanley Kubrick ...
Genre: Documentary,History
Actors:Audrey Hepburn, Brigitte Bardot, Louis Armstrong, Marilyn Monroe, Scarlett Johansson, Twiggy
- 1966
A Man Called Adam
A Man Called Adam6.5 Mar. 16, 1966 HD
A famous jazz trumpeter finds himself unable to cope with the problems of everyday life.
Actors:Cicely Tyson, Frank Sinatra Jr., Ja'net DuBois, Johnny Brown, Lola Falana, Louis Armstrong, Mel Tormé, Peter Lawford, Sammy Davis Jr.
- 1961
Paris Blues
Paris BluesSep. 27, 1961 HD
During the 1960s, two American jazz musicians living in Paris meet and fall in love with two American tourist girls and must decide between music ...
Actors:André Luguet, Barbara Laage, Diahann Carroll, Joanne Woodward, Louis Armstrong, Marie Versini, Moustache, Serge Reggiani
- 1960
Jazz on a Summer’s Day
Jazz on a Summer’s DayMar. 28, 1960 HD
Set at the 1958 Newport Jazz Festival, this documentary mixes images of water and the town with performers and audience. The film progresses from ...
Genre: Documentary,Music
Actors:Anita O'Day, Chico Hamilton, Chuck Berry, Dinah Washington, George Shearing, Gerry Mulligan, Jack Teagarden, Jimmy Giuffre, Louis Armstrong, Mahalia Jackson
- 1959
The Five Pennies
The Five Pennies7.1 Jun. 18, 1959 HD
Dixieland cornetist Red Nichols runs into opposition to his sound, but breaks through to success. He marries a warm, patient woman and even finds ...
Actors:Barbara Bel Geddes, Bob Crosby, Bobby Troup, Danny Kaye, Harry Guardino, Louis Armstrong, Ray Anthony, Shelly Manne, Susan Gordon, Tuesday Weld
- 1959
The Beat Generation
The Beat Generation5.5 Jul. 03, 1959 HD
A group of beatniks unwittingly harbor a serial rapist. A cop goes after him after his wife is attacked.
Genre: Crime
Actors:Cathy Crosby, Fay Spain, Jackie Coogan, James Mitchum, Louis Armstrong, Mamie Van Doren, Margaret Hayes, Ray Anthony, Steve Cochran
- 1948
A Song Is Born
A Song Is Born6.9 Oct. 19, 1948 HD
The story of seven scholars in search of an expert to teach them about swing music. They seem to have found the perfect candidate in winsome ...
Actors:Benny Goodman, Charlie Barnet, Danny Kaye, Ford Washington Lee, John 'Bubbles' Sublett, Lionel Hampton, Louis Armstrong, Mel Powell, Tommy Dorsey, Virginia Mayo
- 1943
Cabin in the Sky
Cabin in the Sky7.1 Mar. 24, 1943 HD
When compulsive gambler Little Joe Jackson dies in a drunken fight, he awakens in purgatory, where he learns that he will be sent back to Earth ...
Actors:Eddie 'Rochester' Anderson, Ethel Waters, John 'Bubbles' Sublett, Kenneth Spencer, Lena Horne, Louis Armstrong, Mantan Moreland, Oscar Polk, Rex Ingram, Willie Best
- 1937
Every Day’s a Holiday
Every Day’s a HolidayDec. 18, 1937 HD
When a turn-of-century confidence trickster poses as a famous French chanteuse to avoid arrest, she manages to expose the crooked police chief ...
Genre: Comedy
Actors:Adrian Morris, Charles Butterworth, Charles Winninger, Chester Conklin, Edmund Lowe, John 'Skins' Miller, Lloyd Nolan, Louis Armstrong, Mae West, Walter Catlett
- 1936
Pennies from Heaven
Pennies from Heaven6.6 Nov. 25, 1936 HD
Larry Poole, in prison on a false charge, promises an inmate that when he gets out he will look up and help out a family. The family turns out to ...
Actors:Bing Crosby, Donald Meek, Edith Fellows, John Gallaudet, Louis Armstrong, Madge Evans, Nana Bryant, Nydia Westman, Tom Dugan, William Stack
- 1932
A Rhapsody in Black and Blue
A Rhapsody in Black and BlueMar. 20, 1932 HD
A husband who listens to jazz instead of mopping the floor is brained with a mop by his wife; he dreams he’s King of Jazzmania, a land of ...
Genre: Music
- 2022
Louis Armstrong’s Black & Blues
Louis Armstrong’s Black & Blues7.4 Oct. 27, 2022 HD
An intimate and revealing look at the world-changing musician, presented through a lens of archival footage and never-before-heard home ...
Genre: Documentary
Actors:Archie Shepp, Count Basie, Dan Morganstern, Dwight D. Eisenhower, Louis Armstrong, Lucille Armstrong, Nas, Steve Allen, Wynton Marsalis
- 2024
Soundtrack to a Coup d’Etat
Soundtrack to a Coup d’Etat7.8 Sep. 11, 2024 HD
Jazz and decolonization are intertwined in a powerful narrative that recounts one of the tensest episodes of the Cold War. In 1960, the UN became ...
Genre: Documentary,History,Music
Actors:Abbey Lincoln, Andrée Blouin, Dizzy Gillespie, John Coltrane, Louis Armstrong, Malcolm X, Max Roach, Nikita Khrushchev, Nina Simone, Patrice Lumumba