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Actors: Sarah Vaughan
Synopsis: Classic performance footage of some of the great women of jazz from the 1930s and '40s appears on this home-video collection. The Swing Era: Sarah Vaughan features rare film clips of Vaughan lending her superlative voice to five songs, including "The Nearness of You," "You're Not the Kind," and Read More
Synopsis: As the queen of the bebop, Sarah Vaughan's popularity was unmatched for several decades. Her constantly evolving vocal style insured her a place in some of the world's greatest big bands. In her mature years, Vaughan proved singers merely get better with age. Sarah Vaughan: The Divine One Read More
Synopsis: "Watermelon Man," "I Can't Give You Anything But Love," "Just Friends," "Send in the Clowns," "Bimsha's Swing," "I Can't Get Started," "Round Midnight," "Bags' Groove" and "Take the A Train" are performed in this collection from Vaughan, Dizzy Gillespie, Herbie Hancock, Don Cherry, Maynard Ferguson Read More
Crew: Musical Performer
Synopsis: This video documents the evolution of jazz. It began in 19th century New Orleans, where the slaves first introduced the rhythms of African music. Story of Jazz follows the developement of jazz music from the blending together of African rhythms, European and American folk, and classical styles. Read More
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
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
Synopsis: Lady Sings the Blues was the dramatized life story of legendary songstress Billie Holliday. Ladies Sing the Blues is a documentary containing film footage aplenty of the real Holliday. In addition, the film offers rare clips of such blues greats as Dinah Washington, Bessie Smith, Lena Horne, Peggy Lee Read More
Actors: Don Cherry, Maynard Ferguson
Synopsis: Sarah Vaughan, Dizzy Gillespie, and Chuck Mangione are the stars in this performance at the historic Storyville club in the French Quarter of New Orleans. Once part of the infamous red-light district of the city, Storyville has hosted many of the great names in music. To the delight of the live Read More
Synopsis: Four of the twentieth-century's most beloved singers are featured in this installment in the Jazz Legends series from Storyville Films. "I May Be Wrong" by Peggy Lee, "The Nearness of You" by Sarah Vaughn, "Imagination" by June Christy, and "April Showers" by Mel Torme are just a few of the Read More
Synopsis: The Swing era conjures up images of sophisticated ladies, debonair gentlemen, and the big bands who entertained them with a certain élan. This program is the second volume in a series that captures that elegant era on film, with a look at the big bands. This episode features the unforgettable Read More
Crew: Singer
Actors: Bruce Boxleitner, Linda Evans, Genie Francis, Lee Grant, Joel Higgins
Synopsis: The perfume business is dramatized in this soap opera-like made-for-television movie. Based on the novel by Meredith Rich, Genie Francis (who played the infamous Laura on General Hospital) stars as Tiger Hayes, a woman who decides to start her own fragrance company. Typical soap dramas abound in Read More
Actors: Count Basie
Synopsis: The legendary jazz musician Count Basie performs in his concert that originally aired as a special on CBS cable TV in 1981. He perform just under two-dozen songs including such standards as "Sweet Georgia Brown," "Don't Get Around Much Anymore," "It Don't Mean a Thing," "Fascinating Rhythm," and Read More
Actors: Anne Costello, Bob Kaliban, Mark McDermott, Missy Hope, Nathan Berg, Allen Swift
Synopsis: Celebrate Christmas with all the characters from "Family Circus," and join in the fun when a very unusual present is delivered for Christmas. ~ All Movie Guide Read More
Synopsis: In this drama, a beautiful woman with a taste for married men begins looking at her life in a new way. ~ Sandra Brennan, All Movie Guide Read More
Actors: Stuart Whitman, May Britt, Henry Morgan, Peter Falk, Sarah Vaughan, David J. Stewart
Synopsis: This true crime story was hardly "ripped from today's headlines," since the events took place some 20 to 30 years before the movie was released. Still, Murder, Inc. is not afraid to name names, notably those of syndicate boss Louis "Lepke" Buchalter (David J. Stewart) and killer Abe Reles (Peter Falk Read More
Synopsis: Filmmakers Joseph Kohn and Leonard Reed assemble this patchwork collection of kinescopes featuring such legendary musicians as Sarah Vaughn, Count Basie, Cab Calloway, Nipsey Russell, and Lionel Hampton. Master of Ceremonies Willie Bryant offers a stirring rendition of "Bad Bad Whiskey". ~ Jason Read More
Synopsis: This video offers a feast of legendary musical acts from 1940's. Shot in the Apollo Theatre in Harlem, this film features Sarah Vaughan, Lionel Hampton, Nat "King" Cole, and Count Basie. ~ All Movie Guide Read More
Actors: Ginny Simms, Tom Drake, Jane Nigh, Michael O'Shea, Lenny Kent
Synopsis: Evidently Monogram had high hopes for the modestly produced Disc Jockey, else why would the studio release the film through its "prestige" subsidiary Allied Artists? Songstress Ginny Simms stars as Vickie Peters, an unknown selected for stardom by radio deejay Mike Richards (Michael O'Shea). It is Read More
Synopsis: This 1985 concert by jazz vocalist Sarah Vaughn features such jazz songs as Poor Butterfly and East of the Sun. ~ Cammila Albertson, All Movie Guide Read More
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