Movies: Gary Giddins

  • 2014
    Bing Crosby: Rediscovered

    Bing Crosby: Rediscovered (2014)

    Bing Crosby: Rediscovered

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    Bing Crosby was, without a doubt, the most popular and influential multi-media star of the first half of the twentieth century, pulling audiences in with his intimate, laid-back voice and innate charm. Narrated by Stanley Tucci and directed by Robert...

    Bing Crosby: Rediscovered
  • 1998
    Saxophone Colossus

    Saxophone Colossus (1998)

    Saxophone Colossus

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    Tenor saxophone master Sonny Rollins has long been hailed as one of the most important artists in jazz history, and still, today, he is viewed as the greatest living jazz improviser. In 1986, filmmaker Robert Mugge produced Saxophone Colossus, a feat...

    Saxophone Colossus
  • 2015
    Mary Lou Williams: The Lady Who Swings the Band

    Mary Lou Williams: The Lady Who Swings the Band (2015)

    Mary Lou Williams: The Lady Who Swings the Band

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    Jazz pianist Mary Lou Williams was a genius ahead of her time. From child prodigy to "Boogie-Woogie Queen" to groundbreaking composer to mentoring some of the greatest musicians of all time, she never ceased to astound those who heard her play. But f...

    Mary Lou Williams: The Lady Who Swings the Band
  • 2019
    In Full Swing

    In Full Swing (2019)

    In Full Swing

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    A documentary on the making of the 1936 film Swing Time, featuring interviews with jazz and film critic Gary Giddens, dance critic Brian Seibert, and Dorothy Fields biographer Deborah Grace Winer. This is an all-encompassing feature covering the evol...

    In Full Swing
  • 2017
    A New Dimension in Noir: Filming Inferno in 3D

    A New Dimension in Noir: Filming Inferno in 3D (2017)

    A New Dimension in Noir: Filming Inferno in 3D

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    Documentary about the use of 3-D technology in Inferno (1953) and the advent of CinemaScope, in 1953 in the film The Robe (1953)....

    A New Dimension in Noir: Filming Inferno in 3D
  • 1992
    Satchmo: The Life of Louis Armstrong

    Satchmo: The Life of Louis Armstrong (1992)

    Satchmo: The Life of Louis Armstrong

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    Satchmo. Theer are few people in this country - or around the world - who will not recognize that name. Louis Armstrong embodied twentieth-century American culture. He revolutionized the world of music and became one of the nation's most influential ...

    Satchmo: The Life of Louis Armstrong
  • 2008
    Killer Instincts: Richard Widmark and Ida Lupino at Twentieth Century Fox

    Killer Instincts: Richard Widmark and Ida Lupino at Twentieth Century Fox (2008)

    Killer Instincts: Richard Widmark and Ida Lupino at Twentieth Century Fox

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    Brief overview of the two actors at the Fox Studio....

    Killer Instincts: Richard Widmark and Ida Lupino at Twentieth Century Fox
  • 2008
    Thank Heaven! The Making of 'Gigi'

    Thank Heaven! The Making of 'Gigi' (2008)

    Thank Heaven! The Making of 'Gigi'

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    Documentary on the making of Gigi...

    Thank Heaven! The Making of 'Gigi'
  • 2018
    Zuza Homem de Jazz

    Zuza Homem de Jazz (2018)

    Zuza Homem de Jazz

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    What is the influence of Jazz on Brazilian music and the influence of Brazilian music on Jazz? The documentary Zuza Homem de Jazz draws a parallel between the two universes, featuring the renowned Brazilian musicologist Zuza Homem de Mello as the pro...

    Zuza Homem de Jazz
  • 1999
    The Wonderful World of Louis Armstrong

    The Wonderful World of Louis Armstrong (1999)

    The Wonderful World of Louis Armstrong

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    Louis Armstrong is one of the most recognizable figures in jazz, with his incomparable trumpet playing and beaming smile. This video profiles Armstrong from his humble beginnings in New Orleans through his career as America's Ambassador of Good Will....

    The Wonderful World of Louis Armstrong
  • 2008
    'S Wonderful: Creating An American in Paris

    'S Wonderful: Creating An American in Paris (2008)

    'S Wonderful: Creating An American in Paris

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    This recently produced behind-the-scenes documentary digs into Gershwin's original work, the genesis of the cinematic adaptation, casting, the shoot, and the eventual reception of the film....

    'S Wonderful: Creating An American in Paris
  • 1989
    Celebrating Bird: The Triumph of Charlie Parker

    Celebrating Bird: The Triumph of Charlie Parker (1989)

    Celebrating Bird: The Triumph of Charlie Parker

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    A documentary about the legendary Jazz player Charlie (Bird) Parker....

    Celebrating Bird: The Triumph of Charlie Parker
  • 1969
    Miles Goes Modal

    Miles Goes Modal (1969)

    Miles Goes Modal

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    In 2006, jazz trumpeter Jon Faddis and critic Gary Giddins discuss the iconic Miles Davis and the critical time in his career when the score for ELEVATOR TO THE GALLOWS was recorded....

    Miles Goes Modal