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Film Analysis: Louis Armstrong And Billie Holiday
I watched a music film called New Orleans that featured Louis Armstrong and Billie Holiday. The film was produced in 1947 and centered around ragtime music in New Orleans and the separation of socialites that converge on the city. The film was a romantic musical between and up and coming opera singer and a casino owner situated squarely in the middle of the ragtime world.
I really enjoyed the music aspect and the contradicting of styles between classical and jazz. The culmination at the end in the hall with the main actress Marjorie Lord and Woody Herman. Combining the two styles into one was pretty intriguing since the two styles of music were at odds the entire film.
The jazz artist in this film were some of the best of the time and really
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