New Orleans (film)
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| Directed by | Arthur Lubin |
| Produced by |
Jules Levey Herbert Biberman |
| Screenplay by |
Elliot Paul Dick Irving Hyland |
| Story by |
Elliot Paul Herbert J. Biberman |
| Starring |
Arturo de Córdova Dorothy Patrick Marjorie Lord Billie Holiday Louis Armstrong Woody Herman |
| Music by | Nat W. Finston Woody Herman |
| Cinematography | Lucien Andriot |
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Majestic Productions
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| Distributed by | United Artists |
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Release date
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Running time
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90 minutes |
| Country | United States |
| Language | English |
New Orleans is a 1947 American musical romance film featuring Billie Holiday as a singing maid and Louis Armstrong as a bandleader; supporting players Holiday and Armstrong perform together and portray a couple becoming romantically involved. During one song, Armstrong's character introduces the members of his band, a virtual Who's Who of classic jazz greats, including trombonist Kid Ory, drummer Zutty Singleton, clarinetist Barney Bigard, guitar player Bud Scott, bassist George "Red" Callender, pianist Charlie Beal, and pianist Meade Lux Lewis. Also performing in the film is cornetist Mutt Carey and bandleader Woody Herman. The music, however, takes a back seat to a rather conventional plot. The movie stars Arturo de Cordova and Dorothy Patrick, features Marjorie Lord, and was directed by Arthur Lubin.
New Orleans has its origins in an abandoned component of an unfinished RKO Pictures feature film by Orson Welles — "The Story of Jazz" segment of It's All True. A history of jazz alternatively titled "Jam Session", the section of the film was being written by Elliot Paul in 1941 under contract to Welles. The story of Louis Armstrong was to have been central to that segment of It's All True.
An additional connection to Welles is that several members of the film's Original New Orleans Ragtime Band — Kid Ory, Mutt Carey, Bud Scott, Barney Bigard and Zutty Singleton — had first been brought together in 1944, for his CBS Radio series, The Orson Welles Almanac.
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