Billie Holiday
Bekend om: Acting
Verjaardag: 1915-04-07
Geboorteplaats: Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA
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The Emperor Jones
Unscrupulously ambitious, Brutus Jones escapes from jail after killing a guard and, through bluff and bravado, finds himself the emperor of a...
Vrijlating : 1933.09.29Populariteit : 2.132
Sarah Vaughan & Other Jazz Divas
Here's a perfect chance to compare and contrast a clutch of the greatest jazz divas in the history of the genre. "Sassy" Sarah Vaughan appears along...
Vrijlating : 2005.01.01Populariteit : 1.316
The Long Night of Lady Day
This acclaimed documentary depicts the sad life of the greatest of all jazz singers, Billie Holiday, a life engraved with personal tragedy and...
Vrijlating : 1984.01.25Populariteit : 3.553
Billie on Billie
This film about the life of Billie Holiday is as mesmerising and exquisite as her legendary singing voice, featuring interviews with the legendary...
Vrijlating : 2002.01.20Populariteit : 2.782
'Sugar Chile' Robinson, Billie Holiday, Count Basie and His Sextet
Short film featuring performances by Frank "Sugar Chile" Robinson, Billie Holiday and Count Basie and his sextet. From the Cinema Apart Collection.
Vrijlating : 1951.01.03Populariteit : 0.69
Strange Fruit
In 1937, after seeing a photo depicting the lynching of a black man in the south, Bronx-born high school teacher Abel Meeropol wrote a poem entitled...
Vrijlating : 2002.05.20Populariteit : 2.882
Billie Holiday: Strange Fruit
Performance footage of Billie Holiday may admittedly be scant, but this issue compiles into a single release, song cuts from some of Holiday's live...
Vrijlating : 2007.11.05Populariteit : 0.376
Billie Holiday: The Ultimate Collection
This remarkable DVD includes rare TV and film performances, an especially rare radio interview with Mike Wallace, an audio-only rehearsal session...
Vrijlating : 2005.10.25Populariteit : 0.997
Lady Day: The Many Faces of Billie Holiday
Lady Day: The Many Faces of Billie Holiday integrates film and video performances, recordings, words from her controversial autobiography (read by...
Vrijlating : 1990.03.01Populariteit : 0.89
New Orleans
A gambling hall owner relocates from New Orleans to Chicago and entertains his patrons with hot jazz by Louis Armstrong, Billie Holiday, Woody...
Vrijlating : 1947.04.18Populariteit : 4.334
Billie Holiday: A Sensation
A documentary about the legendary jazz singer Billie Holiday (1915-1959). There exist many myths and legends about the Jazz Singer Billie Holiday...
Vrijlating : 2015.04.07Populariteit : 1.074
Brother, Can You Spare a Dime?
Period music, film clips and newsreel footage combined into a visual exploration of the American entertainment industry during the Great Depression.
Vrijlating : 1975.08.06Populariteit : 3.58
Symphony in Black: A Rhapsody of Negro Life
A rising nineteen-year-old singer by the name of Billie Holiday made her screen debut in this musical landmark, which features Duke Ellington and his...
Vrijlating : 1935.09.12Populariteit : 2.216
It's Black Entertainment
A star-studded tribute (from the creators of That's Entertainment) to the contributions of Afro-Americans in film over the last century. Vanessa...
Vrijlating : 2002.02.08Populariteit : 1.621
The Apollo
The history of New York City's Apollo Theater in Harlem is given the full treatment.
Vrijlating : 2019.04.24Populariteit : 5.831
Queens of Jazz: The Joy and Pain of the Jazz Divas
The documentary tracks the diva's difficult progress as she emerges from the tough, testosterone-fuelled world of the big bands of the 30s and 40s,...
Vrijlating : 2013.05.10Populariteit : 1.281
Billie
‘Lady Day’ was one of the greatest jazz vocalists the world ever heard. In 1971, journalist Linda Lipnack Kuehl set out to write the...
Vrijlating : 2020.09.30Populariteit : 3.109