Movies: Louis Jordan
- 2002
It's Black Entertainment (2002)
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A star-studded tribute (from the creators of That's Entertainment) to the contributions of Afro-Americans in film over the last century. Vanessa Williams traces the struggles and triumphs of the superstars of music and film. Among the many artists fe...
- 1946
Swing Parade of 1946 (1946)
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A struggling young singer falls for a nightclub owner whose father, a millionaire, is trying to shut it down....
- 1999
Hitchcock, Selznick and the End of Hollywood (1999)
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Paying homage to two of Hollywood's central icons, the film creates an unparalleled portrait of two very different personalities amidst the demise of the studio system....
- 1947
Reet, Petite, and Gone (1947)
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Old-time musical star Schyler Jarvis, now wealthy, is dying; his last act is a visionary plan for the future happiness of his son, swing bandleader Louis Jarvis, and Honey Carter, daughter of his long-lost love. But crooked lawyer Talbot has a nefari...
- 1947
Look-Out Sister (1947)
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A famous bandleader, suffering from overwork and exhaustion, goes to a sanitarium for a rest. While there he dreams of being out west at a dude ranch, where he finds himself involved in the beautiful owner's struggle to keep her ranch from falling in...
- 1946
Beware (1946)
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Ware College is a small Black college in Ware, Ohio. Once prominent, it is now low in attendance, low in enrollment and low on money; and at a meeting with instructors Drury and Annabelle Brown, Dean Hargreaves reveals that CEO Benjamin Ware III, gra...
- 1945
Caldonia (1945)
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Louis Jordan, with his band, sings and performs the title song, "Caldonia,", and "Honey Child," "Tillie" and 'Buzz Me", wowing the jitter-buggers, zoot suits and bobby-soxers of the mid-1940s, all built around a wisp of a plot dealing with the diffic...
- 1944
Jordan Jive (1944)
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Louis Jordan's Orchestra perform Jordan Jive. Setting is a canteen, with the orchestra and audience in US military uniform. The Swing Maniacs go through some extremely strenuous acrobatic dancing....
- 2004
The Harlem Renaissance (2004)
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Chronicling the Harlem Renaissance era, this retrospective documentary tracks the origins of the soulful music of the period, along with the challenges many of the genre's artists faced when trying to gain recognition within conventional society. Inc...
- 1944
G.I. Jive (1944)
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Louis Jordan and his Tympany Five perform "G.I. Jive"...
- 1942
The Outskirts of Town (1942)
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After a presumably hard day at work, Dudley Dickerson plunks down at the kitchen table and sings a dry lament about his wife’s roving eye. Meanwhile, his aforementioned better half, Theresa Harris, flirts hilariously with a series of deliverymen....
- 1946
Swingtime Jamboree (1946)
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Compilation film of various African-American performers and acts....
- 1944
Jumpin' at the Jubilee (1944)
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Soundies short film featuring Louis Jordan and His Tympany Five performing "Jumpin' at the Jubilee"...
- 1944
Ration Blues (1944)
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A Soundie with Louis Jordan and his Orchestra....
- 1945
Buzz Me (1945)
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A Soundie with Louis Jordan and His Tympany Five....
- 1942
Old Man Mose (1942)
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Soundie of Louis Jordan performing "Old Man Mose."...
- 1943
Down, Down, Down (1943)
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A Soundie with Louis Jordan and His Tympany Five....
- 1942
Movies of Local People - Chapel Hill 1937-1941 (1942)
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The Hollywood Theater presents Movies of Local People. Photographed in and around Chapel Hill, N.C. April 16-17 1941...
- 1943
Five Guys Named Moe (1943)
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Louis Jordan and band plays "Five Guys Named Moe"....
- 2000
Louis Jordan & The Tympany Five (2000)
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This rare collection of early music videos -- known as "soundies" -- from the 1930s and '40s features jazz legend Louis Jordan and his band performing their hits, including collaborations with Louis Armstrong, Cab Calloway and Nat King Cole. Songs ar...