Movies: Ella Fitzgerald

  • 1955
    Pete Kelly's Blues

    Pete Kelly's Blues (1955)

    Pete Kelly's Blues

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    In 1927, a Kansas City, Missouri cornet player and his band perform nightly at a seedy speakeasy until a racketeer tries to extort them in exchange for protection....

    Pete Kelly's Blues
  • 2012
    Music According to Tom Jobim

    Music According to Tom Jobim (2012)

    Music According to Tom Jobim

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    Half a century ago, Brazilian composer and musician Antonio Carlos "Tom" Jobim (1927-1994) introduced bossa nova to a worldwide audience with "The Girl from Ipanema." This relaxed, cool, sensuous music blended jazz and samba. After recording an album...

    Music According to Tom Jobim
  • 1942
    Ride 'Em Cowboy

    Ride 'Em Cowboy (1942)

    Ride 'Em Cowboy

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    Two peanut vendors at a rodeo show get in trouble with their boss and hide out on a railroad train heading west. They get jobs as cowboys on a dude ranch, despite the fact that neither of them knows anything about cowboys, horses, or anything else....

    Ride 'Em Cowboy
  • 2022
    Rat Pack

    Rat Pack (2022)

    Rat Pack

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    In the 1950s, a small group of artists monopolized the attention of the cameras and the public. Frank Sinatra, Dean Martin, Sammy Davis Jr., Joey Bishop and Peter Lawford together form the "rat pack": they sing the most popular hits of the moment, st...

    Rat Pack
  • 1960
    Let No Man Write My Epitaph

    Let No Man Write My Epitaph (1960)

    Let No Man Write My Epitaph

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    Nick Romano lives in a poor tenement building on the south side of Chicago with his well-meaning but drug-addicted mother, Nellie. She encourages him to pursue his piano-playing talent in hopes that it will bring him a better life. Nellie's neighbors...

    Let No Man Write My Epitaph
  • 2014
    Bing Crosby: Rediscovered

    Bing Crosby: Rediscovered (2014)

    Bing Crosby: Rediscovered

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    Bing Crosby was, without a doubt, the most popular and influential multi-media star of the first half of the twentieth century, pulling audiences in with his intimate, laid-back voice and innate charm. Narrated by Stanley Tucci and directed by Robert...

    Bing Crosby: Rediscovered
  • 2019
    Ella Fitzgerald: Just One of Those Things

    Ella Fitzgerald: Just One of Those Things (2019)

    Ella Fitzgerald: Just One of Those Things

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    Ella Fitzgerald was a 15-year-old street kid when she won a talent contest in 1934 at the Apollo Theatre in Harlem. Within months she was a star. Over the next six decades, her sublime voice would transform the tragedies of her own life and the troub...

    Ella Fitzgerald: Just One of Those Things
  • 1967
    Frank Sinatra: A Man and His Music + Ella + Jobim

    Frank Sinatra: A Man and His Music + Ella + Jobim (1967)

    Frank Sinatra: A Man and His Music + Ella + Jobim

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    Man and His Music + Ella + Jobim is a 1967 television special starring Frank Sinatra, Ella Fitzgerald, and Antonio Carlos Jobim, accompanied by Nelson Riddle and his orchestra. A truly memorable television event, the third annual special finds Frank ...

    Frank Sinatra: A Man and His Music + Ella + Jobim
  • 2019
    The Apollo

    The Apollo (2019)

    The Apollo

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    The history of New York City's Apollo Theater in Harlem is given the full treatment....

    The Apollo
  • 1958
    St. Louis Blues

    St. Louis Blues (1958)

    St. Louis Blues

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    Will Handy grows up in Memphis with his preacher father and his Aunt Hagar. His father intends for him to use his musical gifts only in church, but he can't stay away from the music of the streets and workers. After he writes a theme song for a local...

    St. Louis Blues
  • 1990
    Sammy Davis, Jr. 60th Anniversary Celebration

    Sammy Davis, Jr. 60th Anniversary Celebration (1990)

    Sammy Davis, Jr. 60th Anniversary Celebration

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    Celebrating Sammy Davis Jr 's 60th anniversary in show business, including musical,comic and dancing performers....

    Sammy Davis, Jr. 60th Anniversary Celebration
  • 1995
    Oscar Peterson: Music in the Key of Oscar

    Oscar Peterson: Music in the Key of Oscar (1995)

    Oscar Peterson: Music in the Key of Oscar

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    This riveting music documentary traces the history of Jazz piano legend Oscar Peterson, from his early days as Montreal's teenage Boogie-Woogie sensation through his meteoric rise to international celebrity with Norman Granz and the ground-breaking J...

    Oscar Peterson: Music in the Key of Oscar
  • 1979
    Norman Granz’ Jazz in Montreaux presents Ella and Basie '79—

    Norman Granz’ Jazz in Montreaux presents Ella and Basie '79—"The Perfect Match" (1979)

    Norman Granz’ Jazz in Montreaux presents Ella and Basie '79—"The Perfect Match"

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    The two musical masters swing out....

    Norman Granz’ Jazz in Montreaux presents Ella and Basie '79—
  • 2004
    The Legendary Nat King Cole

    The Legendary Nat King Cole (2004)

    The Legendary Nat King Cole

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    The life and career of one of America's leading cultural figures, told through video clips and rare photos....

    The Legendary Nat King Cole
  • 2017
    JFK: The Lost Inaugural Gala

    JFK: The Lost Inaugural Gala (2017)

    JFK: The Lost Inaugural Gala

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    Documentary about the star-studded pre-inaugural gala that took place on January 19, 1961 to celebrate John F. Kennedy's election....

    JFK: The Lost Inaugural Gala
  • 1965
    Ella Fitzgerald Swings

    Ella Fitzgerald Swings (1965)

    Ella Fitzgerald Swings

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    Presenting the world's greatest jazz singer accompanied by The Tommy Flanagan Trio....

    Ella Fitzgerald Swings
  • 2002
    It's Black Entertainment

    It's Black Entertainment (2002)

    It's Black Entertainment

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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...

    It's Black Entertainment
  • 2023
    They All Came Out to Montreux

    They All Came Out to Montreux (2023)

    They All Came Out to Montreux

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    Utilizing a wealth of archival footage featuring Prince, Aretha Franklin, Miles Davis and more, They All Came Out to Montreux is an affectionate story about how Claude Nobs turned his Swiss town into the home for one of the world’s biggest jazz festi...

    They All Came Out to Montreux
  • 1962
    President Kennedy's Birthday Salute

    President Kennedy's Birthday Salute (1962)

    President Kennedy's Birthday Salute

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    President Kennedy's birthday celebration was held at the third Madison Square Garden on May 19, 1962, and more than 15,000 people attended, including numerous celebrities. The event was a fundraising gala for the Democratic Party. Features Marilyn Mo...

    President Kennedy's Birthday Salute
  • 1979
    Ella Fitzgerald - Live At The North Sea Jazz Festival

    Ella Fitzgerald - Live At The North Sea Jazz Festival (1979)

    Ella Fitzgerald - Live At The North Sea Jazz Festival

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    Ella Fitzgerald - Live At The North Sea Jazz Festival...

    Ella Fitzgerald - Live At The North Sea Jazz Festival