[Dixielandjazz] Dixieland Movies

[Patrick Cooke]

Dan wrote:
       >> But what I'm thinking of is mainly movies that have dixieland
bands playing and/or appearing in them.<<

       There was a movie called "Pretty Baby".  The setting was in
Storyville in New Orleans (pre-1917).  It is the story of a trick baby (born
and raised in a brothel).  The girl was played by a young Brooke Shields,
and the mother was played by Susan Sarandon.  The madam was a grotesque
Frances Faye.
        The movie was put together from parts of Al Rose's book "Storyville,
New Orleans.  There are a lot of brothel scenes, and the background music is
all early New Orleans.  The only musician you see is the piano player
(professor), but there are some good New Orleans musicians on the
soundtrack.  Their names are mentioned in the credits, but I don't recall
them.
        Pat Cooke

----- Original Message -----
From: "Dan Augustine" <ds.augustine@mail.utexas.edu>
To: "Dixieland Jazz Mailing List" <dixielandjazz@ml.islandnet.com>
Sent: Friday, July 26, 2002 9:37 AM
Subject: [Dixielandjazz] Dixieland Movies


> Folks--
>     OK, i give up.  I'm lazy.  I liked watching the movie "The Gig", and
it kind of whetted my appetite for movies with dixieland/OKOM bands in them.
I'm not all that interested in movies with big bands (Duke Ellington, etc.),
just movies (either fiction or documentaries) of OKOM.
>     Anybody know of any lists on the internet or in books i could look at?
I just discovered that Turk Murphy's band played in (and he appeared in) the
movie called "Alabama's Ghost", which apparently is some kind of
horror-flick.  And i know about "Pete Kelly's Blues", "New Orleans", and the
Woody Allen films, plus some documentaries with/of Louis Armstrong.  Plus,
of course, there are the films of performances from various festivals over
the years.
>     But what i'm thinking of is mainly movies that have dixieland bands
playing and/or appearing in them.  I'd love to see the Assunto Dukes, for
example, but have never heard of their being in a movie.
>     Any info out there?  Thanks.
>
>     Dan
>
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