As one of the most successful variety shows in the history of U.S. television, The Dean Martin Show distinguished itself via...
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2011
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This release compiles a number of songs by the legendary Louis Armstrong. Taken over the course of four different decades,...
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2008
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The Best of the Johnny Cash Show captures a number of memorable performances from the variety show hosted by the country...
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2007
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Take a voyage through the history of European jazz in this musical meditation on the origins, growth, and exciting shifts in...
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2006
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A guy eager to leave some bad luck behind unexpectedly walks into a series of disasters in this comedy. Dino Condito...
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Featured Music
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2004
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Legendary trumpeter Louis Armstrong performs seven classic tunes in this release comprised of footage from television...
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2004
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Golden Age of Jazz Volume 1 contains nearly two-dozen short films of performances by some of the most legendary figures in...
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2004
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Sinatra: The Classic Duets features the beloved crooner singing with a variety of other famous performers including...
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2002
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The biggest names in 20th Century music perform with one of the greatest improvisational players in jazz history as film...
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2002
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In this release featuring three of the Goodyear Tyre Company's five short jazz films, The Louis Armstrong All Stars, The...
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1999
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Mahalia Jackson was arguably the finest and most important performer in the history of gospel music; her rich and expressive...
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1997
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1997
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This biography of musical legend Benny Goodman contains testimonials from various contemporaries and scholars, and offers...
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1993
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In the mid-1920's, just as jazz was firmly establishing itself as America's dominant popular music form, new advancements in...
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1993
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Two vocalists are captured performing some of their famous songs. "Jumpin' the Blues" and "Symphony in Black" are featured...
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1992
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This video documents the evolution of jazz. It began in 19th century New Orleans, where the slaves first introduced the...
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Musical Performer
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1991
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Billie Holiday is recognized as one of the greatest blues and jazz vocalists of all time. This program tells her story....
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Musical Performer
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1991
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Review the history of black show-business. Music, dance and comic routines are featured in this six volume set. ~ Rovi...
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1991
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This is a comprehensive documentary of one of the 20th century's most influential jazz performers, the legendary...
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1990
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The upbeat big band sounds and performances of the 1940s, originally called "Soundies," which were viewed on a Panoram...
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1990
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1989
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In the second of the Harlem Roots series, Harlem Roots, Vol. 2: The Headliners, Storyville Films presents another collection...
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1988
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Musical Performer
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1987
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1986
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1985
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This eight part series follows the roles music has played in the development of mankind's culture and societies. ~ Rovi...
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1983
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"Bix" Beiderbecke (1903-1931) was one of the best (and self-taught) cornetists in U.S. jazz history, playing at a time when...
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1981
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This documentary about the history of popular music in America focuses on the evolution of jazz music that took place...
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1976
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1971
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This music release offers a never-before-seen concert performance by jazz legend Louis Armstrong at the 1970 Newport Jazz...
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1970
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Twenty-seven-year-old Barbra Streisand seemed an inappropriate choice for middle-aged, match-making widow Dolly Levi, but her...
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Orchestra Leader
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1969
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Use the music to discover the man. ~ Rovi...
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1968
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A star-studded cast invigorates this film of a jazz trumpeter (Sammy Davis Jr.) who experiences both the prejudices of the...
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Willie "Sweet Daddy" Ferguson
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1966
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Narrative takes a back seat to music in this loose remake of Girl Crazy, as Harve Presnell plays a footloose young...
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Himself
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1965
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One of the world's best-loved performers, Louis "Satchmo" Armstrong, headlines this exclusive concert, performed and shot in...
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Vocals,Trumpet
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1964
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1962
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1961
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This musical documentary features Louis Armstrong and a host of others. "Take The A Train" is one highlight. ~ Rovi...
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1961
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The second film of director Martin Ritt with both Paul Newmanand Sidney Poitier, it's set in a city that has long been a...
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Wild Man Moore
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1961
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Set within the popular bohemian coffee houses of the late '50s where beatniks gathered to recite poetry and perform, this...
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Songwriter, Himself
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1959
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The Five Pennies is the life story of influential jazz cornetist Red Nichols, played here by a remarkably straight-faced...
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Himself
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1959
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This fictional story tells of a South American dancer and her daughter who wants to marry a man from Hamburg. Mom decided to...
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1959
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Jazz on a Summer's Day is a priceless record of the 1958 Jazz Festival at Newport, Rhode Island. It just doesn't get better...
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1959
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Produced for the Armed Forces overseas, this is a holiday spectacular created for Christmas. Fifty of the top stars of...
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1958
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1958
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A star-studded television special that introduced the Edsel to the American people. The Edsel was a new Ford model of the...
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1957
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Can there be any question as to the identity of the subject in Satchmo the Great. An expansion of an earlier TV special,...
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1957
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A music performance video, an old TV special of performances of Porter's music. ~ Rovi...
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1956
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1956
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For its first broadcast of the 1956-57 season, the monthly CBS variety anthology Ford-Star Jubilee offered a full-color...
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1956
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This evening of musical magic includes some of the greatest jazz artists and their exciting performances. ~ Rovi...
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1956
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1955
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The Glenn Miller Story traces Miller's rise from pit-orchestra trombone player to leader of the most successful big band of...
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1954
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Authentic New Orleans locations enhance the overall enjoyment of the prizefight melodrama Glory Alley. A mere few seconds...
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1952
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This musical presentation features the stars of the '30s, '40s and '50s. Some performers are the Ink Spots, Bobby Darin,...
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1952
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Here Comes the Groom was the second collaboration between director Frank Capra and star Bing Crosby. Though not as "socially...
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1951
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Two Italian films directed by Mario Soldati were released in Europe within two days of each other. The first was the...
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1951
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1950
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A Song is Born is a musical remake of the 1941 comedy Ball of Fire, with the same producer (Sam Goldwyn) and director...
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1948
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In this western a singing cowboy and his side-kick rescue a pretty gal who runs a stagecoach and finds herself in trouble. ~...
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1948
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Hired to catch a killer horse named Midnight, Jimmy Wakely and sidekick Cannonball (Dub Taylor) get themselves in trouble...
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1948
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New Orleans is Republic Pictures' spin on such "musical origin" films as Birth of the Blues and Dixie. Covering nearly four...
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1947
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Yes, even Ida Lupino occasionally starred in screwball comedies during the 1930s and 1940s. Pillow to Post casts Lupino as...
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1945
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Within its brisk 78 minutes, Jam Session manages to accommodate the singing, dancing and acting talents of Ann Miller, a...
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1944
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Definitely no relation to the 1980 Louis Malle film of the same name, 1944's Atlantic City is a tuneful Republic musical, not...
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1944
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1943
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MGM knew it would take a bath on its all-black musical Cabin in the Sky (few Southern theaters of 1943 would touch the film),...
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The Trumpeter
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1943
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Louis Armstrong steals the show as the groom to Jeepers Creepers, a skittish racehorse that can only settle down and run when...
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1939
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Bing Crosby plays the melodic medico of the title. To help cover for his ailing policeman pal (Andy Devine), Crosby takes the...
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1938
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Jack Benny had one of his first starring film roles in this breezy comedy with plenty of music. Benny plays Mac Brewster, an...
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1937
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Paramount spent a record one million dollars on its 1937 Mae West vehicle Every Day's a Holiday. La West portrays a...
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1937
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In his only visit to Columbia Pictures, Paramount's resident crooner Bing Crosby stars in a sentimental musical drama. In...
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Henry
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1936
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1935
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Jazz trumpeter and singer Louis Armstrong is the star of A Rhapsody in Black and Blue, one of numerous musical shorts...
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Himself
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1932
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Francis Albert Sinatra (1915-1998) went a long way for a kid from Hoboken, NJ. He became one of the world's most admired...
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The release Louis Armstrong and Friends compiles rare kinescope footage of the legendary titular bluesman performing, culled...
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The 1940s was a monumental decade for the United States. Amid World War II, economic recovery, and the start of the Cold...
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