Rent New Orleans (1947)
3.5 of 5 from 52 ratings
1h 30min
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- Synopsis:
This is a song filled tribute to New Orleans the town where jazz was bom, performed by its greatest proponents. Arturo De Cordova plays Nick, the owner of a Bourbon street gambling joint who after falling in love with a socialite (Dorothy Patrick) wishes to raise his respectability and begins a campaign to thrust the disreputable music known as jazz onto the mainstream American stage. The film features over nine classic musical numbers including The Armstrong All Stars A Louis Armstrong and Billie Holiday duet "The Blues Are Brewin'' and rare solos by Kid Ory and Barney Bigard. Featured songs "Do You Know What It Means To Miss New Orleans", "Endie", " Beagle Street Blues", " Tiger Rag", "Honky Tonk Train Blues", " King Porter Stomp" and many others. A long overdue addition to the cannon of classic jazz films. - Actors:
- Arturo de Córdova, Dorothy Patrick, Marjorie Lord, Irene Rich, Richard Hageman, Jack Lambert, John Alexander, Bert Conway, Joan Blair, Louis Armstrong and His Band, Billie Holiday, Woody Herman, Woody Herman and His Orchestra, Louis Armstrong, Zutty Singleton, Barney Bigard, Kid Ory, Bud Scott, George 'Red' Callender, Charlie Beal
- Directors:
- Arthur Lubin
- Producers:
- Jules Levey
- Writers:
- Elliot Paul, Dick Irving Hyland, Herbert J. Biberman
- Studio:
- Blackhorse Entertainment
- Genres:
- Classics, Drama, Music & Musicals
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