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A businessman (Arturo de Cordova) relocates to Chicago and entertains his patrons with jazz by Louis Armstrong.
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James Agee The Nation The movie is a crime. Not only is it horribly inept and unimaginative in everything that does not center on jazz; the jazz itself is too often cut short, or smothered as background for pictures which fail to carry it out. Jun 28, 2021 Full Review Dennis Schwartz Dennis Schwartz Movie Reviews One of those films where the story gets in the way of the performers, and that's a darn shame because the performers are Satchmo Armstrong and Billie Holiday. Rated: C+ May 12, 2006 Full Review Emanuel Levy EmanuelLevy.Com Rated: 3/5 Jul 26, 2005 Full Review Read all reviews

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anabel g If only for the music and to hear Billie Holiday at her best. The script is dreadful; the acting good to terrible; costuming almost laughable. However, some of the New Orleans scenes are excellent; showing us Basin Street before it became a tourist destination. Still, Billie Holiday; I repeat, Billie Holiday. Also Louis Armstrong and his Band; Woody Herman and his band, and some lovely classical music. And, Billie Holiday. Rated 3.5 out of 5 stars 03/31/23 Full Review Audience Member Billie Holiday is singing in "New Oreans" from 1947 Rated 5 out of 5 stars 02/04/23 Full Review Audience Member The script and ham acting don't work, but as a simple vehicle for Jazz and Blues, it does Rated 3.5 out of 5 stars 01/17/23 Full Review ashley h New Orleans is a decent film. It is about a gambling hall owner who relocates from New Orleans to Chicago. Arturo de Cordova and Dorothy Patrick give good performances. The screenplay is a little slow in places. Arthur Lubin did an alright job directing this movie. I liked this motion picture because of the drama and music. Rated 3 out of 5 stars 03/31/23 Full Review Audience Member For a movie about the birth of Jazz, there sure are a lot of rich white folks talking throughout this movie. Not to say that there is anything wrong with movies about rich white folks, Wall Street was a great movie, one of my favorites of all time. The music in New Orleans was good, but not worth sifting through all of the wooden chemistry of the protagonists. Rated 1.5 out of 5 stars 02/10/23 Full Review Audience Member Join my page here on Flixter and check out my In Tribute to Louis Armstrong CD. Rated 4.5 out of 5 stars 01/19/23 Full Review Read all reviews
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Synopsis A businessman (Arturo de Cordova) relocates to Chicago and entertains his patrons with jazz by Louis Armstrong.
Director
Arthur Lubin
Production Co
Majestic Productions Inc.
Genre
Musical
Original Language
English
Release Date (Theaters)
Apr 18, 1947, Original
Release Date (DVD)
Jun 11, 2007
Runtime
1h 29m
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