Louis Jordan Filmography

Occupation:: Actor
Biography:: A famous black saxophonist and bandleader, he appeared with his band in Follow the Boys. ~ All Movie Guide...Read More

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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
Hey Everybody, It's Louis Jordan and His Tympany Five

2007
Louis Jordan & His Tympany Band: Films & Soundies

Synopsis: This program contains 35 songs performed by jazz saxophonist Louis Jordan who scored 57 R&B chart hits between 1945 and 1951. A few of the songs presented here include Honey Chile and That Chicken's Too Young To Fry. ~ Cammila Albertson, All Movie Guide Read More

2003
Louis Jordan & the Tympany Five

Synopsis: This DVD features musical pioneer Louis Jordan in some of his best filmed performances, including "Moe," "Caldonia," "Brother, Brother Beware," "Honey Chile," "Tillie," and "Fuzzy Wuzzy,". Nat King Cole, Dinah Washington, Louis Armstrong, Sammy Davis, Jr., and Cab Calloway guest star. ~ Tracie Read More

2000
Masters of American Music: Bluesland - A Portrait of American Music

Synopsis: Bluesland: A Portrait of American Music presents a swinging look at the history and highlights of a rich musical heritage. Rare footage and concert films fill out this 90-minute documentary. As the soundtrack for the downtrodden, the blues has blossomed in folk circles. The characters that Read More

1993
Louis Jordan & His Tympany Five

Synopsis: Jazz great Louis Jordan and his Tympany Five perform a variety of selections from their scores to Beware (1946), Reet, Petite and Gone (1947), and Look Out Sister (1948) in this Storyville Films release. ~ Jason Buchanan, All Movie Guide Read More

1992
Outside in Sight: The Music of the United Front

Synopsis: Enjoy the jazz sounds of the United Front quartet from San Francisco. ~ All Movie Guide Read More

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
Black Jazz and Blues

1983
Regreso De Un Espia

Synopsis: This film, dubbed into Spanish, tells the tale of CIA operatives attempting to stop a nuclear disaster. ~ All Movie Guide Read More

1966
Look-Out Sister

Actors: Louis Jordan, Suzette Harbin, Monte Hawley, Glenn Allen, Tom Southern

Synopsis: Though atrociously directed, the all-black Look Out Sister is saved by its exuberant musical numbers. Bandleader Louis Jordan imagines that he's in charge of a dude ranch. Posing as a rootin' tootin' gunslinger, Jordan saves Suzette Harbin from the mustache-twirling machinations of Monty Hawley. Read More

1948
Reet, Petite and Gone

Synopsis: The all-black Reet, Petite and Gone revives a plot that had already been worn out in mainstream "white" films. A singer's father dies, leaving her a fortune. A shifty attorney arranges things so that the singer is left out in the cold. The attorney meets with foul play, and the singer is the prime Read More

1947
Beware

Actors: Valerie Black

Synopsis: One of the few all-black productions of the 1940s to garner attention in the "white" trade press, Beware is a vehicle for bandleader Louis Jordan, here cast as a college alumnus named Lucius Brokenshire Jordan. Thanks to the economic duplicity of its benefactor's grandson, Jordan's alma mater runs Read More

1946
Louis Jordan & Friends

Synopsis: A collection which includes "Caldonia," "Some of These Days," and "Is You Is or Is You Ain't My Baby?" ~ All Movie Guide Read More

1945