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    A Song Is Born 1948 POSTER

    A Song Is Born

    1948

    English

    6.9

    7

    50%

    75%

    Action

    Comedy

    Music

    musical

    Musical

    Romance

    screwball comedy

    Howard Hawks Howard Hawks Director Ford Washington Lee Ford Washington Lee as Buck Louis Armstrong Louis Armstrong as Louis Armstrong Ben Welden Ben Welden as Monte Juanita Moore Juanita Moore as Woman at Chocolate Club
    The story of seven scholars in search of an expert to teach them about swing music. They seem to have found the perfect candidate in winsome nightclub singer Honey Swanson. But Honey's gangster boyfriend doesn't want to give her up.
    Every Day's a Holiday 1937 POSTER

    Every Day's a Holiday

    1937

    English

    6.1

    3

    60%

    Action

    brooklyn bridge

    Comedy

    con artist

    con woman

    madison square garden

    Musical

    new york city

    pre-code

    A. Edward Sutherland A. Edward Sutherland Director Edgar Dearing Edgar Dearing as Cop John Indrisano John Indrisano as Henchman Louis Armstrong Louis Armstrong as Louis Armstrong Irving Bacon Irving Bacon as Quartet member
    When a turn-of-century confidence trickster poses as a famous French chanteuse to avoid arrest, she manages to expose the crooked police chief and smooth the path for the reform mayoral candidate.
    The Beat Generation 1959 POSTER

    The Beat Generation

    1959

    English

    5.5

    2

    beat generation

    beatnik

    beatnixploitation

    Crime

    Drama

    poetry

    rapist

    subculture

    Thriller

    Charles F. Haas Charles F. Haas Director James Mitchum James Mitchum as Art Jester Margaret Hayes Margaret Hayes as Joyce Greenfield Louis Armstrong Louis Armstrong as Louis Armstrong Ray Danton Ray Danton as Stan Hess
    A group of beatniks unwittingly harbor a serial rapist. A cop goes after him after his wife is attacked.
    High Society 1956 POSTER

    High Society

    1956

    English

    6.9

    15

    87%

    82%

    Action

    Comedy

    divorcee

    jazz singer or musician

    musical

    Musical

    rhode island

    Romance

    screwball comedy

    socialite

    Charles Walters Charles Walters Director Celeste Holm Celeste Holm as Liz Imbrie Louis Armstrong Louis Armstrong as Louis Armstrong Ruth Lee Ruth Lee as Ruth - Jazz Festival Organizer Sidney Blackmer Sidney Blackmer as Seth Lord
    With socialite Tracy Lord about to remarry, her ex-husband - with the help of a sympathetic reporter - has 48 hours to convince her that she really still loves him.
    The Five Pennies 1959 POSTER

    The Five Pennies

    1959

    English

    7.1

    4

    92%

    92%

    Biography

    Drama

    Music

    Melville Shavelson Melville Shavelson Director Susan Seaforth Hayes Susan Seaforth Hayes as Girl at Birthday Party Kenneth Gibson Kenneth Gibson as Hotel Guest Louis Armstrong Louis Armstrong as Louis Armstrong Ned Glass Ned Glass as Murray
    Dixieland cornetist Red Nichols runs into opposition to his sound, but breaks through to success. He marries a warm, patient woman and even finds time to raise a family. Then tragedy strikes when their daughter contracts polio.
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