Fats WallerFilmography

Born:: May 21, 1904 in New York, NY
Occupation:: Actor, Composer (Music Score), Featured Music

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Fats Waller: This Joint Is Jumpin'

Actors: Fats Waller, Maurice Waller, Eddie Barefield, Marshall Royal, Sammy Price

Synopsis: This documentary celebrates the work of jazz legend Fats Waller. Loved ones and musicians discuss the man's music while the filmmakers include performances of songs like "Got Religion In My Soul," "I'm Gonna Sit Right Down & Write Myself a Letter," and "Honeysuckle Rose." ~ Perry Seibert, All Read More

2008
Sigh!

Crew: Composer (Music Score)

Actors: Joe Cobden, Sarah Manninen, Alain Goulem

2008
Jumpin' and Jivin', Vol. 1

Synopsis: Jump, jive, and bebop to some of the biggest hits of 1940s and 50s with this collection of musical shorts featuring such timeless talents as Cab Calloway, Count Basie, Dizzy Gillespie, and Fats Waller. ~ Jason Buchanan, All Movie Guide Read More

2007
Soundies: A Musical History

Synopsis: Soundies: A Musical History collects a number of short musical films that played on a film jukebox called Panoram in the 1940s. Many consider these films to be the very first music videos, and this documentary includes appearances by some of the most beloved musical artists of all time including Read More

2007
Music Classics, Vol. 9

Synopsis: The 1940s was a monumental decade for the United States. Amid World War II, economic recovery, and the start of the Cold War, American music provided a soundtrack to a generation. The Music Classics line from MPI Home Video attempts to offer the chance to relieve the era with a ten-volume series Read More

1998
Jazz Classics for Fingerstyle Guitar, Vol. 2

1997
Jazztime Tale

Crew: Featured Music

Actors: Ruby Dee

1992
Music and Comedy Masters Series

Synopsis: Review the history of black show-business. Music, dance and comic routines are featured in this six volume set. ~ All Movie Guide Read More

1991
Soundies, Vol. 4: Harlem Highlights

Synopsis: See some of the most popular black musicians of the 1940s, including Bill "Bojangles" Robinson, in this collection of soundies. ~ All Movie Guide Read More

1990
Stage Bands on Film

1989
Harlem Roots, Vol. 2: The Headliners

Synopsis: In the second of the Harlem Roots series, Harlem Roots, Vol. 2: The Headliners, Storyville Films presents another collection of "Soundies," short musical films that appeared on a jukebox machine called a Panoram. The headliners here are Louis Armstrong and His Band, Fats Waller, and Louis Jordan. Read More

1988
Piano Legends

Synopsis: This video celebrates the lives and music of some of America's most talented jazz pianists. The program is hosted by Chick Corea, himself a piano master. He takes the viewer on a trip through times and styles of keyboard artists. There is the elegant piano style of Art Tatum, as well that of Read More

1987
Fats Waller and Friends

Synopsis: A music performance video that includes all of the sound-films of Fats Waller in performance. He made them in 1941. They include the songs "Your Feet's Too Big," "Ain't Misbehavin'," "Honeysuckle Rose" and "The Joint Is Jumpin'." The tape includes seven performances by other artists. ~ All Movie Read More

1986
Eraserhead

Crew: Featured Music

Actors: Jack Nance, Charlotte Stewart, Jeanne Bates, Allen Joseph, Judith Anna Roberts

Synopsis: Filmed intermittently over the course of a five-year period, David Lynch's radical feature debut stars Jack Nance as Henry Spencer, a man living in an unnamed industrial wasteland. Upon learning that a past romance has resulted in an impending pregnancy, Henry agrees to wed mother-to-be Mary (Charlotte Stewart Read More

1977
Bang!

Crew: Featured Music

Actors: Hakan Serner, Yvonne Lombard, Eva von Hanno, Susan Hampshire

Synopsis: In this drama, Hinder (Hakan Serner) is a middle-aged music teacher who has suddenly realized that time is passing him by. He has two unfulfilled dreams in life: to finish his major symphonic composition, and to have a genuinely successful love affair. ~ Clarke Fountain, All Movie Guide Read More

1976
Juke Box Saturday Night: All Star Golden Classics

Synopsis: This musical presentation features the stars of the '30s, '40s and '50s. Some performers are the Ink Spots, Bobby Darin, Peggy Lee, Sammy Davis Jr. and the bands of Benny Goodman, Charlie Barnet and Lionel Hampton. ~ All Movie Guide Read More

1952
Stormy Weather

Actors: Lena Horne, Bill "Bojangles" Robinson, Fats Waller, Dooley Wilson, Cab Calloway

Synopsis: Built around the premise of a Big Stage Show, Stormy Weather affords rare "mainstream" leading roles to some of the era's greatest African-American entertainers Lena Horne, Bill "Bojangles" Robinson, Dooley Wilson, Cab Calloway, Katherine Dunham, Fats Waller, and the Nicholas Brothers. The Read More

1943
Ain't Misbehavin'

Actors: Fats Waller, Myra Johnson

1941
King of Burlesque

Actors: Warner Baxter, Alice Faye, Jack Oakie, Arline Judge, Mona Barrie

Synopsis: Warner Baxter plays the ambitious producer of a burlesque show who rises to the big time on Broadway. Alice Faye is the loyal burleycue singer who helps make Baxter a success. His head turned by sudden fame, Baxter falls under the spell of a society woman (Mona Barrie) who has theatrical Read More

1936
Hooray for Love

Actors: Ann Sothern, Gene Raymond, Thurston Hall, Pert Kelton

Synopsis: Obviously filmed on a tight budget, RKO Radio's Hooray for Love nevertheless has as much sheer entertainment value as any high-priced Busby Berkeley spectacular. Gene Raymond plays Doug, a college boy who aspires to become a Broadway producer. With reluctant songstress Pat (Ann Sothern) as his Read More

1935

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Fats WallerFilmography

Fats Waller: This Joint Is Jumpin'

Sigh!

Jumpin' and Jivin', Vol. 1

Soundies: A Musical History

Music Classics, Vol. 9

Jazz Classics for Fingerstyle Guitar, Vol. 2

Jazztime Tale

Music and Comedy Masters Series

Soundies, Vol. 4: Harlem Highlights

Stage Bands on Film

Harlem Roots, Vol. 2: The Headliners

Piano Legends

Fats Waller and Friends

Eraserhead

Bang!

Juke Box Saturday Night: All Star Golden Classics

Stormy Weather

Ain't Misbehavin'

King of Burlesque

Hooray for Love

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