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| Arturo de Córdova | ... | Nick Duquesne (as Arturo De Cordova) | |
| Dorothy Patrick | ... | Miralee Smith | |
| Marjorie Lord | ... | Grace Voiselle | |
| Irene Rich | ... | Mrs. Rutledge Smith | |
| John Alexander | ... | Colonel McArdle | |
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Richard Hageman | ... | Henry Ferber |
| Jack Lambert | ... | Biff Lewis | |
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Bert Conway | ... | Tommy Lake |
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Joan Blair | ... | Constance Vigil |
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John Canady | ... | Undetermined Secondary Role |
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Louis Armstrong and His Band | ... | Louis Armstrong and His Band |
| Billie Holiday | ... | Endie | |
| Woody Herman and His Orchestra | ... | Woody Herman and His Orchestra | |
| Louis Armstrong | ... | Louis Armstrong (as Original New Orleans Ragtime Band) | |
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Zutty Singleton | ... | Drummer (as Original New Orleans Ragtime Band) |
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A gambling hall owner relocates from New Orleans to Chicago and entertains his patrons with hot jazz by Louis Armstrong, Billie Holiday, Woody Herman, and others.
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billie holiday | classical versus jazz | place name in title | arc de triomphe paris | impresario |Taglines:
It's the Lowdown of Wicked Old Basin Street! And the Music That Made It Wicked!Parents Guide:
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Country:
USALanguage:
EnglishRelease Date:
18 April 1947 (USA) See more »Also Known As:
New Orleans See more »Filming Locations:
New Orleans, Louisiana, USACompany Credits
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Mono (Western Electric Recording)Color:
Black and WhiteAspect Ratio:
1.37 : 1
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(1947)
by Louis Alter and Edgar De Lange (as Eddie Delange)
Played by Louis Armstrong (uncredited) and His Band an sung by Billie Holiday (uncredited)
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One & only time Billie Holliday performs in a film. See more »Goofs
In the first scene there is a shot of Basin Street, and the year 1917. We hear West End Blues playing, which was not recorded until 1928. See more »Soundtracks
The Blues Are Brewin'(1947)
by Louis Alter and Edgar De Lange (as Eddie Delange)
Played by Louis Armstrong (uncredited) and His Band an sung by Billie Holiday (uncredited)
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Just the musicians alone make this a worthwhile movie...jazz musicians like Louis Armstrong, Billie Holiday, Kid Ory, Barney Bigard, Meade 'Lux' Lewis, Woody Herman, Zutty Singleton, and others have close-ups, and a number of them have speaking parts. There are nine musical numbers featured in the movie also.