Movies: Louis Armstrong

"This film presents rare documentary footage of presidential inaugurations, from William McKinley in 1897 to Lyndon Johnson in 1965. The film conveys the strength, stability, and continuity of the U.S. government. Included in the program are highligh...

The memories of a woman, condensed into four periods....

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During a decade rife with paranoia, in the middle of the McCarthy era, Music Inn was a bold experiment. Halfway between the Second World War and The Civil Rights Movement, Phil and Stephanie Barber created an oasis in the Berkshire Hills in Western M...

"Frankie Laine: An American Dreamer" is a feature-length documentary. In this entertaining look at the legendary singer's life, hosted by two-time Grammy award singer Lou Rawls, Frankie tells his own story. Classic archive footage of the great perfor...

Betty Boop and friends meet Louis Armstrong on a jungle safari....

In this 1957 biography film of the jazz-great Louis "Satchmo" Armstrong, he and his band tour the world as American good-will ambassadors bring jazz at its best to the people of the world. Within the film, the life of Louis Armstrong is portrayed thr...

1955 - the year when The rip hunter is buried in snow for eight days before his ski pole with a movie ticket is discovered. Ingrid Bergman gets bad reviews as Joan of Arc, and James Dean dies in a 185 km/h car crash. The knappupgänget, with Povel Ram...

A documentary featuring archive footage to celebrate the 100th birth of jazz legend Louis Armstrong....

1941 Soundies musical short starring Louis Armstrong...

Documenting Louis Armstrong's appearance at the 1970 Newport Jazz Festival....

Best known for his unique style on the jazz trumpet (and his famously inflated cheeks), Louis Armstrong became an enduring figure in pop culture thanks to his distinctively phrased bass singing and engaging personality. Produced by Armstrong in the 1...

Ella and Louis found Ella Fitzgerald and Louis Armstrong accompanied by the Oscar Peterson Quartet. The studio album came out when both figures were at high points in their careers commercially. The recording sessions getting started in August 1956, ...

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After having his shoes polished, a deadbeat runs away without paying for this task. Deceived, it is up to the shoeshine boy to chase the crook in order to charge him for the service he has just provided....

Louis Armstrong and his Sleepy Time Down South....

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Louis Armstrong live in Stockholm 1962 features a TV appearance by Armstrong from 1962 -- working on trumpet and vocals with a small group that includes Trummy Young on trombone -- and which features Monica Zetterlund guesting on vocals on one number...

First broadcast on the centenary of his birth, legendary jazz trumpeter and vocalist Louis Armstrong in performance....