Louis Armstrong Movies

A documentary featuring archive footage to celebrate the 100th birth of jazz legend Louis Armstrong.

A young woman from Kansas (Ann Miller) arrives in Hollywood with hopes of a movie career.

This biography of musical legend Benny Goodman contains testimonials from various contemporaries and scholars, and offers several clips of the man in...

A made-for-TV musical revue, compiled from soundies and film and TV performances by jazz greats from the 1930s to the 1950s.

Documentary portrait of the legendary jazz bandleader. Preserved by the Academy Film Archive in partnership with The Film Foundation in 2000.

Louis Armstrong live in Stockholm 1962 features a TV appearance by Armstrong from 1962 -- working on trumpet and vocals with a small group that...

Betty Boop and friends meet Louis Armstrong on a jungle safari.

Nina and Frederik were the big names in international showbiz in the 1950s with their rousing calypso rhythms. That's why "Kærlighedens Melodi"...

Taking a look at Disneyland following nightfall, including nighttime entertainment and appearances by many celebrities of the day.

Arguably Russia’s most famous folk song, Dark Eyes has captured hearts around the world for the past 100 years. This portrait explores the...

Bing Crosby and Frank Sinatra host a program that's wall-to-wall music.

Two rival Berlin revue theaters are vying for their big breakthrough. With top stars like jazz legend Louis Armstrong, the Kessler twins, and Bill...

The memories of a woman, condensed into four periods.

Ella and Louis found Ella Fitzgerald and Louis Armstrong accompanied by the Oscar Peterson Quartet. The studio album came out when both figures were...

First broadcast on the centenary of his birth, legendary jazz trumpeter and vocalist Louis Armstrong in performance.

In 1965, during eminent trumpeter Louis Armstrong’s visit to Prague, Jan Spata then a young promising documentary filmmaker, created the...

A woman's uncontrollable jealousy over her husband's former girlfriend results in her losing not only her house but her young son is taken away from...

During a decade rife with paranoia, in the middle of the McCarthy era, Music Inn was a bold experiment. Halfway between the Second World War and The...