Louis Armstrong
Eyaziwa Nge: Acting
Usuku lokuzalwa: 1901-08-04
Indawo yokuzalwa: New Orleans, Louisiana, USA
Obeye aziwe njengo: Louis Daniel Armstrong, Satchmo , Pops
Ex-Flame
A woman's uncontrollable jealousy over her husband's former girlfriend results in her losing not only her house but her young son is taken away from...
Khulula : 1930.11.19Ukuthandwa : 1.293
Benny Goodman - Adventures In The Kingdom Of Swing
This biography of musical legend Benny Goodman contains testimonials from various contemporaries and scholars, and offers several clips of the man in...
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Saluti e baci
Carlo Mastelli, the young radio presenter of "New Voices" has run short of ideas and his program is likely to be suspended from the radio schedule if...
Khulula : 1953.08.13Ukuthandwa : 2.059
High Society
After a divorce with her childhood friend, arrogant socialite Tracy Lord is remarrying but her ex-husband in still in love with her. Meanwhile, a...
Khulula : 1956.07.17Ukuthandwa : 20.123
Paris Blues
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 and...
Khulula : 1961.09.27Ukuthandwa : 6.477
The Beat Generation
A group of beatniks unwittingly harbor a serial rapist. A cop goes after him after his wife is attacked.
Khulula : 1959.07.03Ukuthandwa : 4.255
Going Places
A sports store clerk poses as a famous jockey as an advertising stunt, but gets more than he bargained for.
Khulula : 1938.12.31Ukuthandwa : 1.33
A Song Is Born
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...
Khulula : 1948.10.19Ukuthandwa : 4.969
The Five Pennies
Dixieland cornetist Red Nichols runs into opposition to his sound, but breaks through to success. He marries a warm, patient woman and even finds...
Khulula : 1959.06.18Ukuthandwa : 3.202
The Glenn Miller Story
A vibrant tribute to one of America's legendary bandleaders, charting Glenn Miller's rise from obscurity and poverty to fame and wealth in the early...
Khulula : 1954.01.04Ukuthandwa : 10.49
Satchmo: The Life of Louis Armstrong
Satchmo. Theer are few people in this country - or around the world - who will not recognize that name. Louis Armstrong embodied twentieth-century...
Khulula : 1992.01.01Ukuthandwa : 0.438
The Strip
Drummer Stanley Maxton moves to Los Angeles with dreams of opening his own club, but falls in with a gangster and a nightclub dancer and ends up...
Khulula : 1951.08.31Ukuthandwa : 4.381
Cabin in the Sky
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 for...
Khulula : 1943.04.09Ukuthandwa : 5.721
Birth of the Blues
Jeff grows up near Basin Street in New Orleans, playing his clarinet with the dock workers. He puts together a band, the Basin Street Hot-Shots,...
Khulula : 1941.11.07Ukuthandwa : 2.514
Dark Eyes
Arguably Russia’s most famous folk song, Dark Eyes has captured hearts around the world for the past 100 years. This portrait explores the...
Khulula : 2021.12.31Ukuthandwa : 2.753
Pillow to Post
With a war on and most men being drafted, Howard Oil Supply Company has no salesmen left. So daughter Jean hits the road and does not make one sale....
Khulula : 1945.06.09Ukuthandwa : 5.438
Why America
A film about America between the world wars that attempts to capture and interpret the vital moving forces in American society that caused the United...
Khulula : 1970.04.08Ukuthandwa : 1.801
Louis Armstrong: Live in '59
_Jazz Icons: Louis Armstrong_ is one of the only known complete Armstrong concerts from the 1950s to be captured on film. This 55-minute set, filmed...
Khulula : 2006.06.07Ukuthandwa : 0.875
When the Boys Meet the Girls
A playboy helps a young woman turn her father's Nevada ranch into a haven for divorcees.
Khulula : 1965.10.10Ukuthandwa : 5.753
Good Evening Ev'rybody: In Celebration of Louis Armstrong
Documenting Louis Armstrong's appearance at the 1970 Newport Jazz Festival.
Khulula : 2008.06.01Ukuthandwa : 2.034
Louis Armstrong in Concert
First broadcast on the centenary of his birth, legendary jazz trumpeter and vocalist Louis Armstrong in performance.
Khulula : 2021.08.06Ukuthandwa : 0.532
On the Road with Duke Ellington
Documentary portrait of the legendary jazz bandleader. Preserved by the Academy Film Archive in partnership with The Film Foundation in 2000.
Khulula : 1974.12.31Ukuthandwa : 0.368
Jam Session
A young woman from Kansas (Ann Miller) arrives in Hollywood with hopes of a movie career.
Khulula : 1944.04.13Ukuthandwa : 2.321
Mahalia Jackson: The Power and the Glory
Documentary narrated by Paul Winfield, this documentary follows the course of Mahalia Jackson's extraordinary life - from her humble beginnings as a...
Khulula : 1997.01.01Ukuthandwa : 0.884
Atlantic City
In 1915, Atlantic City is a sleepy seaside resort, but Brad Taylor, son of a small hotel and vaudeville house proprietor, has big plans: he thinks it...
Khulula : 1944.09.15Ukuthandwa : 3.499
Ella Fitzgerald and Louis Armstrong: Ella and Louis & Ella and Louis Again
Ella and Louis found Ella Fitzgerald and Louis Armstrong accompanied by the Oscar Peterson Quartet. The studio album came out when both figures were...
Khulula : 2013.05.13Ukuthandwa : 0.88
Pennies from Heaven
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 be...
Khulula : 1936.11.25Ukuthandwa : 5.055
Glory Alley
A New Orleans boxer backs out of a bout and leaves his girlfriend for Korea.
Khulula : 1952.06.06Ukuthandwa : 3.016
Satchmo the Great
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...
Khulula : 1957.10.04Ukuthandwa : 1.535
Doctor Rhythm
Dr. Bill Remsen pretends to be a policeman, and ends up being assigned to guard Judy Marlowe. Amazingly, he falls in love with her.
Khulula : 1938.05.06Ukuthandwa : 4.106
A Man Called Adam
A famous jazz trumpeter finds himself unable to cope with the problems of everyday life.
Khulula : 1966.03.16Ukuthandwa : 3.281
Louis Armstrong: The Louis Armstrong Show
Best known for his unique style on the jazz trumpet (and his famously inflated cheeks), Louis Armstrong became an enduring figure in pop culture...
Khulula : 2005.01.01Ukuthandwa : 0.506
Shine
Louis Armstrong performs with Nicodemus on this Soundie from 1942.
Khulula : 1942.06.01Ukuthandwa : 1.173
I'm in the Revue
Good-natured and devout, a French house painter takes the train to Rome, where he has decided to go on a pilgrimage. There he meets a scatterbrained...
Khulula : 1950.02.18Ukuthandwa : 2.779
The Best Of Louis Armstrong: Satchmo At His Best
The Stars In Concert DVD series presents the best performances of legendary artists who have secured a well-deserved place in music history. On this...
Khulula : 2009.01.02Ukuthandwa : 0.38
Swingin' on Nothin'
1941 Soundies musical short starring Louis Armstrong
Khulula : 1942.01.01Ukuthandwa : 0.289
The Story Of The Blues
The story of The Blues traces the four main traditions of blues music: Form Blues, Blues, Urban Blues and Blues Electric. The blues has evolved and...
Khulula : 2004.06.30Ukuthandwa : 1.863
Louis Armstrong's Black & Blues
An intimate and revealing look at the world-changing musician, presented through a lens of archival footage and never-before-heard home recordings...
Khulula : 2022.10.27Ukuthandwa : 3.986
Hello, Dolly!
Dolly Levi is a strong-willed matchmaker who travels to Yonkers, New York in order to see the miserly "well-known unmarried half-a-millionaire"...
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I'll Be Glad When You're Dead You Rascal You
Betty Boop and friends meet Louis Armstrong on a jungle safari.
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Hallo Satchmo
In 1965, during eminent trumpeter Louis Armstrong’s visit to Prague, Jan Spata then a young promising documentary filmmaker, created the...
Khulula : 1965.04.30Ukuthandwa : 1.29
The Sound of 007
Pull back the curtain on the remarkable history of six decades of James Bond music, from Sean Connery’s Dr No through to Daniel Craig’s...
Khulula : 2022.10.04Ukuthandwa : 7.028
Coldplay: Music of the Spheres - Live Broadcast from Buenos Aires
Experience the stunning spectacle of Coldplay’s record-breaking Music Of The Spheres world tour at your local cinema with this spectacular...
Khulula : 2022.10.28Ukuthandwa : 4.433
Cole Porter in Hollywood: True Love
A short documentary about the making of the 1956 film, High Society. Hosted by Celeste Holm.
Khulula : 2003.12.15Ukuthandwa : 3.277
Billie Holiday: The Ultimate Collection
This remarkable DVD includes rare TV and film performances, an especially rare radio interview with Mike Wallace, an audio-only rehearsal session...
Khulula : 2005.10.25Ukuthandwa : 0.997
…Sings Musicals
BBC archive performances from musicals, including Ella Fitzgerald singing Mack the Knife, Captain Sensible performing a classic from South Pacific...
Khulula : 2012.01.15Ukuthandwa : 0.973
Artists & Models
An ad man gets his model girlfriend to pose as a debutante for a new campaign.
Khulula : 1937.08.04Ukuthandwa : 1.286
The Harlem Renaissance
Chronicling the Harlem Renaissance era, this retrospective documentary tracks the origins of the soulful music of the period, along with the...
Khulula : 2004.01.01Ukuthandwa : 0.877
Louis Armstrong in Copenhagen
After a decade performing in and recording with the top hot jazz bands of New Orleans, Chicago and New York, legendary trumpeter and vocalist Louis...
Khulula : 1934.01.01Ukuthandwa : 0.77
New Orleans
A gambling hall owner relocates from New Orleans to Chicago and entertains his patrons with hot jazz by Louis Armstrong, Billie Holiday, Woody...
Khulula : 1947.04.18Ukuthandwa : 4.334
Frankie Laine: An American Dreamer
"Frankie Laine: An American Dreamer" is a feature-length documentary. In this entertaining look at the legendary singer's life, hosted by two-time...
Khulula : 2006.01.23Ukuthandwa : 2.012
Here Comes the Groom
Foreign correspondent Pete Garvey has 5 days to win back his former fiancée, or he'll lose the orphans he adopted.
Khulula : 1951.09.20Ukuthandwa : 1.685
Bing Crosby: Rediscovered
Bing Crosby was, without a doubt, the most popular and influential multi-media star of the first half of the twentieth century, pulling audiences in...
Khulula : 2014.12.02Ukuthandwa : 4.205
The Magic of Bing Crosby
Rosemary Clooney, Michael Feistein, and wife Kathryn Crosby celebrate the voice and singing style of crooner Bing Crosby through clips from his...
Khulula : 1991.10.29Ukuthandwa : 1.099
Every Day's a Holiday
When a turn-of-century confidence trickster poses as a famous French chanteuse to avoid arrest, she manages to expose the crooked police chief and...
Khulula : 1937.12.18Ukuthandwa : 4.543
Louis Armstrong: 100th Anniversary 1901-2001
A documentary featuring archive footage to celebrate the 100th birth of jazz legend Louis Armstrong.
Khulula : 2001.08.04Ukuthandwa : 1.026
Bluesland: A Portrait in American Music
Blues as a genre shaped the sound of jazz in the early 20th century and directly led to the creation of rock 'n' roll in the '50s. The scales,...
Khulula : 1993.11.02Ukuthandwa : 2.382
A Rhapsody in Black and Blue
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 soapsuds...
Khulula : 1932.03.20Ukuthandwa : 1.282
Show-Business at War
A multi-studio effort to show the newsreel audience the progress of the Hollywood war effort.
Khulula : 1943.05.21Ukuthandwa : 5.426
The Jazz Ambassadors
The Cold War and Civil Rights collide in this remarkable story of music, diplomacy and race. Beginning in 1955, when America asked its greatest jazz...
Khulula : 2018.05.04Ukuthandwa : 1.13
Disneyland After Dark
Taking a look at Disneyland following nightfall, including nighttime entertainment and appearances by many celebrities of the day.
Khulula : 1962.04.15Ukuthandwa : 0.668
That's Entertainment, Part II
Gene Kelly and Fred Astaire present more golden moments from the MGM film library, this time including comedy and drama as well as classic musical...
Khulula : 1976.05.16Ukuthandwa : 6.012
Jazz Ball
A made-for-TV musical revue, compiled from soundies and film and TV performances by jazz greats from the 1930s to the 1950s.
Khulula : 1956.01.01Ukuthandwa : 0.622
Bert Stern: Original Madman
The untold and intimate life story of one of the greatest American photographers of all time, Bert Stern. After working alongside Stanley Kubrick at...
Khulula : 2011.09.02Ukuthandwa : 1.531
The Best Of Danny Kaye - The Television Years
Legendary showman Danny Kaye's greatest moments have been handpicked by Kaye's daughter, Dena, in this lighthearted compilation. Highlights ranging...
Khulula : 1993.07.01Ukuthandwa : 2.756
It's Black Entertainment
A star-studded tribute (from the creators of That's Entertainment) to the contributions of Afro-Americans in film over the last century. Vanessa...
Khulula : 2002.02.08Ukuthandwa : 1.621
Music Inn
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...
Khulula : 2007.05.03Ukuthandwa : 0.604
Jazz on a Summer's Day
Set at the 1958 Newport Jazz Festival, this documentary mixes images of water and the town with performers and audience. The film progresses from day...
Khulula : 1960.03.28Ukuthandwa : 3.966
Louis Armstrong - Live In Stockholm 1962
Louis Armstrong live in Stockholm 1962 features a TV appearance by Armstrong from 1962 -- working on trumpet and vocals with a small group that...
Khulula : 2007.02.20Ukuthandwa : 0.375
The Wonderful World of Louis Armstrong
Louis Armstrong is one of the most recognizable figures in jazz, with his incomparable trumpet playing and beaming smile. This video profiles...
Khulula : 1999.08.27Ukuthandwa : 0.949
The Edsel Show
Bing Crosby and Frank Sinatra host a program that's wall-to-wall music.
Khulula : 1957.10.13Ukuthandwa : 2.002
Bix: Ain't None of Them Play Like Him Yet
Through interviews, archival footage, photos and classic tunes, learn about the remarkable career and troubled life of legendary jazz cornetist Bix...
Khulula : 1982.12.25Ukuthandwa : 2.664
Soundtrack to a Coup d'État
In 1960, United Nations: the Global South ignites a political earthquake, musicians Abbey Lincoln and Max Roach crash the Security Council, Nikita...
Khulula : 2024.09.11Ukuthandwa : 3.431