Aug 6th     
New Orleans**
(US 1947)                             
United Artists/Majestic. 90m. bw

A classically trained singer is lured by the emerging jazz scene in unfashionable New Orleans.
Enjoyable musical history with plenty of guest musicians, obstructed the rest of the time by sub-plots.

Written by: Elliot Paul, Dick Irving Hyland, Herbert Biberman.
Producers: Jules Levey, Herbert Biberman.
Director: Arthur Lubin.
Starring: Louis Armstrong (and band), Billie Holiday, Arturo de Cordova, Dorothy Patrick, Richard Hageman, Irene Rich, Woody Herman, Shelley Winters.
Photography: Lucien Andriot.
Music: Nat W. Finston, Woody Herman, and others.

NEW ORLEANS. A one and only acting role on film for Billie Holiday, with Dorothy Patrick.