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Satchmo the Great (1957)

ALL 10/04/1957 (en) Music, Documentary 63 Min
  • Release
    10/04/1957
  • Production
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  • Original title
    Satchmo the Great
  • Original language
    en
  • Production Cost
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Overview

In this 1957 biography film of the jazz-great Louis "Satchmo" Armstrong, he and his band tour the world as American good-will ambassadors bring jazz at its best to the people of the world. Within the film, the life of Louis Armstrong is portrayed through the music. One of the outstanding scenes in this "biography/docudrama" shows blind songwriter W. C. Handy, with tears streaming down his face, as Armstrong, backed by Leonard Bernstein leading the New York Philharmonic Orchestra, play Handy's immortal "St. Louis Blues."

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  2. Story

  3. Editor



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Satchmo the Great (1957) 63 Min

ALL 10/04/1957 (en)
Music, Documentary
  • Release 10/04/1957
  • Production
  • Original title Satchmo the Great
  • en
  • Revenue0.00

Overview

In this 1957 biography film of the jazz-great Louis "Satchmo" Armstrong, he and his band tour the world as American good-will ambassadors bring jazz at its best to the people of the world. Within the film, the life of Louis Armstrong is portrayed through the music. One of the outstanding scenes in this "biography/docudrama" shows blind songwriter W. C. Handy, with tears streaming down his face, as Armstrong, backed by Leonard Bernstein leading the New York Philharmonic Orchestra, play Handy's immortal "St. Louis Blues."

  1. Director

  2. Story

  3. Editor

  4. Edward R. Murrow, Fred W. Friendly

    Producer



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