Louis Jordan
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Reet, Petite, and Gone
Old-time musical star Schyler Jarvis, now wealthy, is dying; his last act is a visionary plan for th...
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Swing Parade of 1946
A struggling young singer falls for a nightclub owner whose father, a millionaire, is trying to shut...
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Beware
Ware College is a small Black college in Ware, Ohio. Once prominent, it is now low in attendance, lo...
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Jumpin' at the Jubilee
Soundies short film featuring Louis Jordan and His Tympany Five performing "Jumpin' at the Jubilee"...
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Jordan Jive
Louis Jordan's Orchestra perform Jordan Jive. Setting is a canteen, with the orchestra and audience ...
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The Harlem Renaissance
Chronicling the Harlem Renaissance era, this retrospective documentary tracks the origins of the sou...
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Look-Out Sister
A famous bandleader, suffering from overwork and exhaustion, goes to a sanitarium for a rest. While ...
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Hitchcock, Selznick and the End of Hollywood
Paying homage to two of Hollywood's central icons, the film creates an unparalleled portrait of two ...
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Bluesland: A Portrait in American Music
Blues as a genre shaped the sound of jazz in the early 20th century and directly led to the creation...
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Louis Jordan & The Tympany Five
This rare collection of early music videos -- known as "soundies" -- from the 1930s and '40s feature...
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It's Black Entertainment
A star-studded tribute (from the creators of That's Entertainment) to the contributions of Afro-Amer...
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Caldonia
Louis Jordan, with his band, sings and performs the title song, "Caldonia,", and "Honey Child," "Til...
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Swing Era - Louis Jordan
One of the chief progenitors of the R&B idiom and a pioneer of the small-combo "jump" blues style so...
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Follow the Boys
During World War II, all the studios put out "all-star" vehicles which featured virtually every star...
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