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Subgenre Sampler
Paris Blues (1961)- Dir. Martin Ritt
Feat. Paul Newman, Sidney Poitier, Joanne Woodward… - Undernourished romantic drama has Newman and Poitier as Jazz musicians on holiday in Paris forced to decide whether to stay or return to the U.S. for…
Brel (Jacques Brel - Comme Quand On Était Beau) (1959-1973)- Feat. Jacques Brel
- Comprehensive French boxed set of the television performances of the ground–breaking and influential Belgian singer and songwriter, Jacques…
Five Pennies, The (1959)- Dir. Melville Shavelson
Feat. Danny Kaye, Barbara Bel Geddes, Louis Armstrong… - Cheery Red Nichols biopic with Danny Kaye turning in a heartfelt performance as the famed jazz trumpter. Contains many soapy moments between Kaye…
Jazz On a Summer's Day (1959)
- Dir. Bert Stern
- The definitive jazz concert film, shot at the Newport Festival in 1958 captures the sights and sounds and buzz of another time and place as well as…
Sound of Jazz, The - Complete Edition (1957)- A classic document of 1950s jazz history, this TV special carried an exceptional line–up playing 10 tracks. Personal include Billie Holiday,…
Benny Goodman Story, The (1956)- Dir. Valentine Davies
Feat. Steve Allen, Donna Reed - Biopic of swing band leader Benny Goodman from age 10 (in 1919) to his landmark Carnegie Hall band concert in 1938. Not exactly historically…
Man with the Golden Arm, The (1955)- Dir. Otto Preminger
Feat. Frank Sinatra, Kim Novak - Cardsharp Frank Sinatra, is fresh out of 'the joint' with dreams of being a jazz drummer. Heroin though, is keeping him down, trapped in a…
Pete Kelly's Blues (1955)- Dir. Jack Webb
Feat. Jack Webb, Janet Leigh, Edmond O'Brien… - Musical set in 1920's Kansas which blends jazz, gangsters and political corruption. Directed by and starring Jack Webb as a cornet player who is…
Young Man With a Horn (Young Man of Music) (1949)- Dir. Michael Curtiz
Feat. Kirk Douglas, Doris Day, Lauren Bacall… - Sharp biopic based on legendary jazz trumpeteer Bix Beiderbecke (played here by Kirk Douglas), who rose from obscurity to possess one of the most…
Glenn Miller Story, The (1945)- Dir. Anthony Mann
Feat. James Stewart, June Allyson, Louis Armstrong… - A creditable star–biography of the big–band leader and trombonist, which, verging on the overly sentimental, is saved by its reverance to…
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