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Summary:

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.

Contributors:

Levey, Jules, 1896-1975 , producer

Lubin, Arthur, 1901-1995 , director

Paul, Elliot, 1891-1958 , screenwriter, author

Hyland, Dick Irving, 1906-1976 , screenwriter

Biberman, H. J. (Herbert J.) , author

Córdova, Arturo de, 1908-1973 , performer

Patrick, Dorothy , performer

Armstrong, Louis, 1901-1971 , performer

Holiday, Billie, 1915-1959 , performer

Herman, Woody, 1913-1987 , performer

Singleton, Zutty, 1898-1975 , performer

Bigard, Barney , performer

Ory, Kid, 1886-1973 , performer

Scott, Bud, 1890-1949 , performer

Callender, Red , performer

Beal, Charlie, 1908-1991 , performer

Lewis, Meade, 1905-1964 , performer

Andriot, Lucien, 1892-1979 , director of photography

Finston, Nathaniel , musical director

Ellington, Duke, 1899-1974

Kino International Corporation , issuing body, http://id.loc.gov/vocabulary/relators/isb

Languages:

English

Language Notes:

Item content: English

Included Works:

Symphony in black [by Ellington, D.]

Rhapsody in black and blue

Subjects:

Jazz — Drama

Paul, Elliot, 1891-1958 — Film adaptations

Biberman, H. J. (Herbert J.) — Film adaptations

African American jazz musicians — Drama

Music videos

Paul, Elliot, 1891-1958

Biberman, H. J. (Herbert J.)

Jazz

African American jazz musicians

United States

Genres:

Musical films

Feature films

Short films

Music videos

Drama

Film adaptations

System Details:

DVD, NTSC.

Performers:

Cast: 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).

Production Credits:

Director of photography, Lucien Andriot ; musical director, Nat W. Finston ; original story by Elliot Paul and Herbert J. Biberman.

Performance Medium:

Big band

General Notes:

Originally released as a motion picture by United Artists in 1947.
"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.

Audience:

MPAA rating: Not rated.

Physical Description:

1 videodisc (110 min.) : sound, black and white ; 4 3/4 in.

Physical Characteristics:

plastic; metal; monochrome

Audio Characteristics:

digital; stereo

Video Characteristics:

NTSC

Digital Characteristics:

video file; DVD video

Call Numbers:

MDVD 01000

Other Standard Numbers:

Universal Product Code: 738329015923
Publisher Number, Kino on Video: K159 DVD

OCLC Numbers:

44422631