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Jul 27, 2022 · Stars: Nat 'King' Cole, Eartha Kitt, Cab Calloway, Ella Fitzgerald and Ruby Dee. "The glitter and glory story of the man whose rhythm and blues beat became all America's heartbeat!" Based upon...
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- Raindog's House of Oddities
American Underdog: Directed by Andrew Erwin, Jon Erwin. With Zachary Levi, Anna Paquin, Hayden Zaller, Ser'Darius Blain. The story of NFL MVP and Hall of Fame quarterback Kurt Warner, who went from stocking shelves at a supermarket to becoming an American Football star.
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- Biography, Drama, Romance
- Andrew Erwin, Jon Erwin
- 2021-12-25
Jul 24, 2020 · The movie (written by Ted Sherdeman and Robert Smith) boils the entire story of his life down to one central conflict—the one between secular and sacred music, and the corresponding life-style ...
St. Louis Blues: Directed by Allen Reisner. With Nat 'King' Cole, Eartha Kitt, Cab Calloway, Ella Fitzgerald. The story of W. C. Handy, the undisputed father of the blues.
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- Biography, Drama, Music
- Allen Reisner
- 1958-04-07
- By Keller Whalen
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- The Music
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- Epilogue
St. Louis Blues (1958) is a movie production that was filled with promise, a film biography of W.C. Handycovering the obstacles and successes of a great American, a musical with a magnificent canon of songs, and the on-screen assembly of many of the most talented mid-century African-American performers. But it’s a missed opportunity – simply not a ...
Nat ‘King’ Cole and W.C. Handy in an undated photograph. The idea for the film was first marketed by producer George Garabedian who ultimately was not attached to the picture. As early as 1954 he had the rights covered and the studios contacted, but couldn’t elicit any interest for an all-Black musical (Down Beat, April 3, 1958). Paramountfinally g...
In the fall of 1957, Little Rock High Schoolwas being integrated, the NAACP and the National Guard were involved, President Eisenhower and Governor Faubus were at odds, and the United States was at a crossroads in race relations. Black celebrities were speaking out and showing support more than ever. A tense time to be sure, but Hollywood was not r...
“There’s only two kinds of music in the world, the devil’s and the Lord’s,” says the Reverend Handy (Juano Hernandez). Early on, Cole had described the movie this way: “It’s boy meets girl, boy loses girl, boy writes blues.” That’s a very accurate resumé of the plotline. Young Will Handy is a talented organist and pianist, but he is intrigued by th...
Sheet music for “St Louis Blues” published to coincide with the film. “St. Louis Blues” (pronounced Loo’-iss, not Loo’-ee) is an iconic and immensely popular song by W.C. Handy first published in 1914. By 1957, Handy’s royalties for the song were still a remarkable $50,000 annually. In an interview, Cab Calloway said his two favorite songs were “St...
At W.C. Handy’s funeral, Cootie Williams blew a trumpet solo on the hymn “Holy City.” A crowd of 150,000 heard the eulogy by Rev. Adam Clayton Powell, Jr. Mourners attending included Marian Anderson, Irving Berlin, Eubie Blake, Cozy Cole, Oscar Hammerstein, Langston Hughes, Noble Sissle and Ed Sullivan. The mayor of St. Louis, Raymond Tucker, with ...
St. Louis Blueswas a flop at the box office. I hate to see that evening sun go down. “Life is something like this trumpet. If you don't put anything in it you don't get anything out.”-- W.C. Handy. Cab Calloway’s acting career survived the film. He went on to an excellent supporting dramatic role in The Cincinnati Kid (1965) with Steve McQueen, and...
American Underdog is a 2021 American biographical sports film about National Football League (NFL) quarterback Kurt Warner. Directed by Andrew and Jon Erwin, the film follows Warner's journey as an undrafted player who ascended to winning Super Bowl XXXIV. [1]
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