Louis Armstrong Movies

"This film presents rare documentary footage of presidential inaugurations, from William McKinley in 1897 to Lyndon Johnson in 1965. The film conveys...

Chronicling the Harlem Renaissance era, this retrospective documentary tracks the origins of the soulful music of the period, along with the...

Taking a look at Disneyland following nightfall, including nighttime entertainment and appearances by many celebrities of the day.

A New Orleans boxer leaves the ring to fight his inner demons.

Good-natured and devout, a French house painter takes the train to Rome, where he has decided to go on a pilgrimage. There he meets a scatterbrained...

In 1965, during eminent trumpeter Louis Armstrong’s visit to Prague, Jan Spata then a young promising documentary filmmaker, created the...

In this 1957 biography film of the jazz-great Louis "Satchmo" Armstrong, he and his band tour the world as American good-will ambassadors bring jazz...

A journey into the BBC archives unearthing glorious performances and candid interviews from the golden age of jazz. Featuring some of the greatest...

A film about America between the world wars that attempts to capture and interpret the vital moving forces in American society that caused the United...

Bing Crosby and Frank Sinatra host a program that's wall-to-wall music.

An ad man gets his model girlfriend to pose as a debutante for a new campaign.

Satchmo. There are few people in this country - or around the world - who will not recognize that name. Louis Armstrong embodied 20th-century...

Betty Boop and friends meet Louis Armstrong on a jungle safari.

A young woman from Kansas (Ann Miller) arrives in Hollywood with hopes of a movie career.

Best known for his unique style on the jazz trumpet (and his famously inflated cheeks), Louis Armstrong became an enduring figure in pop culture...

Documentary portrait of the legendary jazz bandleader. Preserved by the Academy Film Archive in partnership with The Film Foundation in 2000.

Louis Armstrong and his Sleepy Time Down South.

Louis Armstrong live in Stockholm 1962 features a TV appearance by Armstrong from 1962 -- working on trumpet and vocals with a small group that...