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Total trailers found: 22
Hitchcock, Selznick and the End of Hollywood Trailer (1999)
23 January 1999
Paying homage to two of Hollywood's central icons, the film creates an unparalleled portrait of two very different personalities amidst the demise of the studio system.
It's Black Entertainment Trailer (2002)
08 February 2002
A star-studded tribute (from the creators of That's Entertainment) to the contributions of Afro-Americans in film over the last century.
Swing Parade of 1946 Trailer (1946)
19 March 1946
A struggling young singer falls for a nightclub owner whose father, a millionaire, is trying to shut it down.
Bluesland: A Portrait in American Music Trailer (1993)
02 November 1993
Blues as a genre shaped the sound of jazz in the early 20th century and directly led to the creation of rock 'n' roll in the '50s.
Jordan Jive Trailer (1944)
14 August 1944
Louis Jordan's Orchestra perform Jordan Jive. Setting is a canteen, with the orchestra and audience in US military uniform.
Reet, Petite, and Gone Trailer (1947)
01 January 1947
Old-time musical star Schyler Jarvis, now wealthy, is dying; his last act is a visionary plan for the future happiness of his son, swing bandleader Louis Jarvis, and Honey Carter, daughter of his long-lost love.
Louis Jordan & The Tympany Five Trailer (2000)
01 January 2000
This rare collection of early music videos -- known as "soundies" -- from the 1930s and '40s features jazz legend Louis Jordan and his band performing their hits, including collaborations with Louis Armstrong, Cab Calloway and Nat King Cole.
Swingtime Jamboree Trailer (1946)
01 January 1946
Compilation film of various African-American performers and acts.
Jumpin' at the Jubilee Trailer (1944)
17 April 1944
Soundies short film featuring Louis Jordan and His Tympany Five performing "Jumpin' at the Jubilee"
The Harlem Renaissance Trailer (2004)
01 January 2004
Chronicling the Harlem Renaissance era, this retrospective documentary tracks the origins of the soulful music of the period, along with the challenges many of the genre's artists faced when trying to gain recognition within conventional society.
Caldonia Trailer (1945)
01 August 1945
Louis Jordan, with his band, sings and performs the title song, "Caldonia,", and "Honey Child," "Tillie" and 'Buzz Me", wowing the jitter-buggers, zoot suits and bobby-soxers of the mid-1940s, all built around a wisp of a plot dealing with the difficulties of production in Harlem.
Look-Out Sister Trailer (1947)
01 March 1947
A famous bandleader, suffering from overwork and exhaustion, goes to a sanitarium for a rest. While there he dreams of being out west at a dude ranch, where he finds himself involved in the beautiful owner's struggle to keep her ranch from falling into the hands of the villain, who wants either her or her ranch (or, preferably, both).
Five Guys Named Moe Trailer (1943)
24 January 1943
Louis Jordan and band plays "Five Guys Named Moe".
Movies of Local People - Chapel Hill 1937-1941 Trailer (1942)
01 January 1942
The Hollywood Theater presents Movies of Local People. Photographed in and around Chapel Hill, N.C. 1
Swing Era - Louis Jordan Trailer (2003)
01 January 2003
One of the chief progenitors of the R&B idiom and a pioneer of the small-combo "jump" blues style soa
Beware Trailer (1946)
03 July 1946
Ware College is a small Black college in Ware, Ohio. Once prominent, it is now low in attendance, low in enrollment and low on money; and at a meeting with instructors Drury and Annabelle Brown, Dean Hargreaves reveals that CEO Benjamin Ware III, grandson of the college's founder, claims the estate of his late grandfather is now also destitute, which they believe is untrue and a result of Annabelle's having spurned his affections.
The Outskirts of Town Trailer (1942)
19 October 1942
After a presumably hard day at work, Dudley Dickerson plunks down at the kitchen table and sings a dry lament about his wife’s roving eye.
