78
GreatGoodWatch scoreSummary
A made-for-TV musical revue, compiled from soundies and film and TV performances by jazz greats from the 1930s to the 1950s.
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Critics vs audiences
Only audience scores so far
Audiences 77GoodWatch 79
IMDb7.7
Running time
56 min
Shorter than 9 in 10 music movies, −50 min on the typical 106
typical 10656Half of all music movies run 94–120 min.
Reach
Streams in 4 countries, rent or buy in 9 more
Released
1956
January 1, 1956
70 years ago
Genres
MusicDocumentaryLanguage
English
Original language
Made in
- United States
21 of 21
Cab CallowaySelf (archive footage)
Duke EllingtonSelf (archive footage)
Louis ArmstrongSelf (archive footage)
Betty HuttonSelf (archive footage)- LWLawrence WelkSelf (archive footage)
Rudy ValleeSelf (archive footage)
Bob CrosbySelf (archive footage)
Sammy Davis Jr.Self (archive footage)
Jimmy DorseySelf (archive footage)
Ina Ray HuttonSelf (archive footage)
Red NicholsSelf (archive footage)
Russ MorganSelf (archive footage)- IJIsham JonesSelf (archive footage)
- HKHal KempSelf (archive footage)
- HBHenry BusseSelf (archive footage)
Gene KrupaSelf (archive footage)
Peggy LeeSelf (archive footage)
Louis PrimaSelf (archive footage)
Artie ShawSelf (archive footage)- BRBuddy RichSelf (archive footage)
Johnnie DavisSelf (archive footage)
Directing · 1
- Leslie M. Roush Director
Writing · 1
- Charles Leonard Writer
Production · 1
- Alvin Ganzer Producer
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