Jazz Ball (1956)

  • NR
  • 01/01/1956 (US)
  • Music, Documentary
  • 56m

Overview

A made-for-TV musical revue, compiled from soundies and film and TV performances by jazz greats from the 1930s to the 1950s.

Leslie M. Roush

Director

Charles Leonard

Writer

Cast

Cab Calloway's headshot

Cab Calloway

Self (archive footage)
Duke Ellington's headshot

Duke Ellington

Self (archive footage)
Louis Armstrong's headshot

Louis Armstrong

Self (archive footage)
Betty Hutton's headshot

Betty Hutton

Self (archive footage)
Lawrence Welk's headshot

Lawrence Welk

Self (archive footage)
Rudy Vallee's headshot

Rudy Vallee

Self (archive footage)
Bob Crosby's headshot

Bob Crosby

Self (archive footage)
Sammy Davis Jr.'s headshot

Sammy Davis Jr.

Self (archive footage)

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