Movies: Woody Herman
- 1948
Winter Meeting (1948)
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A repressed poetess and an embittered war hero help each other cope with their problems....
- 1942
What's Cookin'? (1942)
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J. P. Courtney wants to update the music on the radio program he sponsors, but his wife, Agatha Courtney, is the final authority and addicted to the classics and won't allow him to replace Professor Bistell and his symphonic orchestra. Conspiring wit...
- 1974
Frank Sinatra: The Main Event (1974)
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Charged with the electricity of a heavyweight prizefight, " The Main Event " was filmed live at Madison Square Garden, a venue usually reserved for sporting events and rock 'n' roll concerts. Sinatrra dazzies the crowd with contemporay numbers as " Y...
- 1947
New Orleans (1947)
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A gambling hall owner relocates from New Orleans to Chicago and entertains his patrons with hot jazz by Louis Armstrong, Billie Holiday, Woody Herman, and others....
- 1943
Wintertime (1943)
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Nora and her uncle get railroaded into spending the night at a broken-down hotel in Canada. After Nora falls for the handsome owner, she convinces her uncle to invest in the inn and modernize it. After the hotel opens, Nora's uncle faces financial ru...
- 1944
Sensations of 1945 (1944)
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As dancer Ginny Walker performs on stage, a veiled woman in the audience stands up, accuses Ginny of stealing her husband and then fires a gun at her. After Ginny collapses and is taken to her dressing room, the woman, Julia Westcolt, a friend of Gin...
- 1999
Louis Prima: The Wildest! (1999)
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Documentary about the mid-20th century Vegas bandleader and trumpeter Louis Prima, who showed the world what a rock show could be....
- 1964
Woody Herman's Swinging Herd live in England (1964)
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- 1938
Woody Herman & His Orchestra (1938)
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Woody Herman's orchestra plays five tunes, and guest performers sing and dance....
- 2009
Jazz Icons: Woody Herman Live in '64 (2009)
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Woody Herman features a blistering one-hour concert from 1964 showcasing one of the very hottest line-ups of the “Swinging Herd,” including trumpeter Bill Chase, trombonist Phil Wilson and the amazing saxophonist Sal Nistico on the front line, as wel...
- 1947
Rhapsody in Wood (1947)
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Woody Herman spins a fairy tale about how his Woodchopper Grandpappy Herman chopped the wood necessary to form the clarinet Woody inherited and uses. Grandpappy formed it and put out magical enchanting sounds like the Pied Piper....
- 2012
Woody Herman: Blue Flame - Portrait of a Jazz Legend (2012)
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The life, music and legacy of bandleader and clarinetist Woody Herman is explored in this documentary that includes interviews with the master, himself, along with musicians and jazz historians such as Dan Morgenstern, Terry Gibbs, Joe Lovano, Jeff H...