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Kiss Me, Stupid
Kiss Me, Stupid (1964)
, 2h6
Directed by Billy Wilder
Origin USA
Genres Comedy, Romance
Themes Films about music and musicians, Films about sexuality, Erotic films, Films about prostitution, Films about classical music and musicians, Jazz films, Musical films, Films based on plays, Erotic thriller films
Actors Dean Martin, Kim Novak, Ray Walston, Felicia Farr, Cliff Osmond, Barbara Pepper

While driving his Dual-Ghia from Las Vegas to Los Angeles, lecherous, heavy-drinking pop singer Dino (Dean Martin) is forced to detour through Climax, Nevada. There he meets the amateur songwriting team of Barney Millsap (Cliff Osmond), a gas station attendant, and piano teacher Orville J. Spooner (Ray Walston), a man easily given to jealousy. Hoping to interest Dino in their songs, Barney disables the "Italian" sports car and tells Dino he will need to remain in town until new parts arrive from Milan. (Dual-Ghia was actually an American marque, mating a Dodge frame, drivetrain, and engine with Italian coachwork.
All Night Long
All Night Long (1962)
, 1h31
Directed by Basil Dearden
Origin United-kingdom
Genres Drama, Musical
Themes Films about music and musicians, Théâtre, Jazz films, Musical films, Films based on plays, Films based on works by William Shakespeare
Actors Patrick McGoohan, Keith Michell, Richard Attenborough, Betsy Blair, Bernard Braden, Harry Towb

The musician Aurelius Rex and his wife Delia, a retired singer, are the recipients of an anniversary party in London thrown by a wealthy music promoter, Rod Hamilton.
Paris Blues
Paris Blues (1961)
, 1h38
Directed by Martin Ritt, Bernard Farrel
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Comedy-drama, Musical, Romance
Themes Films about music and musicians, Films about racism, Le blues, Jazz films, Musical films
Actors Paul Newman, Joanne Woodward, Sidney Poitier, Diahann Carroll, André Luguet, Barbara Laage

On his way to see Wild Man Moore (Louis Armstrong) at the train station, Ram Bowen (Paul Newman), a jazz musician, encounters Connie Lampson, (Diahann Carroll), a newly arrived tourist, and invites her to see him perform that night at Club 33. Connie isn't interested but her friend, Lillian (Joanne Woodward) insists they go to see him. After Ram finishes performing with his friend Eddie (Sidney Poitier) offers to take both women to breakfast. When Ram suggests that he and Connie go off and have a private breakfast together she is offended and Ram is angered at being rejected. However Lillian, undeterred that Ram prefers her friend, pursues him and the two sleep together while Connie and Eddie spend the night walking around Paris.
Too Late Blues
Too Late Blues (1961)
, 1h43
Directed by John Cassavetes
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Musical
Themes Films about music and musicians, Jazz films, Musical films
Actors Bobby Darin, Stella Stevens, Vince Edwards, Seymour Cassel, Nick Dennis, John Cassavetes

"Ghost" Wakefield is the leader of a struggling jazz band. At a party he meets the attractive singer Jess, who is in a relationship with the Ghost's agent, Benny. At Ghost's insistence she becomes a member of the band, and he begins a relationship with her, antagonizing Benny.
The Connection
The Connection (1961)
, 1h50
Directed by Shirley Clarke
Origin USA
Genres Drama
Themes Films about music and musicians, Théâtre, Jazz films, Musical films, Films based on plays
Actors Warren Finnerty, William Redfield, Garry Goodrow, Carl Lee, James Anderson, Roscoe Lee Browne

Conçu comme un "documentaire fictif", la caméra suit les pas d'un jeune réalisateur tournant un film avec des musiciens de jazz et des artistes toxicomanes qui attendent chacun leur dealer d'héroïne : celui-ci se trouve être une même et unique personne, formant donc le lien (the connection) entre tous les protagonistes.
Shadows
Shadows (1960)
, 1h
Directed by John Cassavetes
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Romance
Themes Films about music and musicians, Jazz films
Actors Ben Carruthers, Lelia Goldoni, Bobby Darin, Rupert Crosse, Seymour Cassel, John Cassavetes

Le film s'ouvre dans un bar, où des garçons tentent de trouver des filles pour la nuit. Benny, au caractère un peu difficile et sensible sur son identité afro-américaine, a besoin d'argent qu'il demande à son frère Hugh plus métis. Benny est un jeune homme révolté, qui tente de jouer de la trompette, mais erre surtout de bars en bars à travers les rues de Greenwich Village et de Broadway, à la fin des années cinquante, avec ses amis Dennis et Tom, tout en acceptant des compromis avec son art pour vivre.
The Cry of Jazz
The Cry of Jazz (1959)
, 34minutes
Origin USA
Genres Documentary, Musical
Themes Films about music and musicians, Documentary films about music and musicians, Documentaire sur une personnalité, Documentary films about cities, Jazz films, Musical films
Actors Melinda Dillon

The Cry of Jazz is set in Chicago at the meeting of a jazz appreciation club of musicians and intellectuals, both Black and White. It is broken up into seven parts. Parts one, three, five, and seven center around conversations between the jazz club members. Parts two, four, and six are done in a documentary style and utilize footage of life in Chicago as well as of Sun Ra’s band performing the music. Alex, the film’s main character, serves as narrator during these sections. Although the film is nominally about jazz, jazz is utilized primaily as a metaphor through which to understand the African American experience.
Porgy and Bess
Porgy and Bess (1959)
, 2h18
Directed by Otto Preminger
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Musical theatre, Musical, Romance
Themes Films about music and musicians, Films about classical music and musicians, Jazz films, Musical films, Films based on plays, Films based on operas
Actors Sidney Poitier, Dorothy Dandridge, Sammy Davis Jr., Pearl Bailey, Diahann Carroll, Brock Peters

Set in the early 1900s in the fictional Catfish Row section of Charleston, South Carolina, which serves as home to a black fishing community, the story focuses on the titular characters, crippled beggar Porgy, who travels about in a goat-drawn cart, and the drug-addicted Bess, who lives with stevedore Crown, the local bully. While high on cocaine supplied by Sportin' Life, Crown kills Robbins after the latter vanquishes him in a craps game; Bess urges Crown to flee. Sportin' Life suggests she accompany him to New York City, an offer Bess declines. She seeks refuge with her neighbors, all of whom refuse to help her. Porgy finally agrees to let her stay with him.
St. Louis Blues
St. Louis Blues (1958)
, 1h45
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Historical, Musical
Themes Films about music and musicians, Le blues, Jazz films, Musical films
Actors Nat King Cole, Eartha Kitt, Ruby Dee, Juano Hernández, Billy Preston, Pearl Bailey

Will Handy grandit à Memphis avec son père (pasteur) et sa tante Hagar. Son père entend, bien qu'il utilise ses dons musicaux uniquement à des fins religieuses à l'église, mais Will n'arrive pas à se séparer de la musique de rue de son époque. Après avoir écrit une première chanson, Gogo, une chanteuse, arrive à le convaincre de l'accompagner. Will est étranglé par la culture forte de son père et ses chansons de blues. Enfin la famille se réunit quand Gogo les fait venir à New York pour voir Will chanter une de ses chansons au milieu d'un orchestre symphonique.
Funny Face
Funny Face (1957)
, 1h43
Directed by Stanley Donen, Gary Nelson
Origin USA
Genres Comedy, Musical theatre, Romantic comedy, Musical, Romance
Themes La mode, Films about music and musicians, Films about classical music and musicians, Jazz films, Musical films
Actors Audrey Hepburn, Fred Astaire, Kay Thompson, Michel Auclair, Robert Flemyng, Bess Flowers

Maggie Prescott (Kay Thompson) is a fashion magazine publisher and editor, for Quality magazine, who is looking for the next big fashion trend. She wants a new look for the magazine. Maggie wants the look to be both "beautiful" and "intellectual". She and famous fashion photographer Dick Avery (Fred Astaire) want models who can "think as well as they look." The two brainstorm and come up with the idea to find a "sinister-looking" book store in the Greenwich Village neighborhood of Manhattan. They subsequently find a bookstore named "Embryo Concepts."
The Benny Goodman Story
The Benny Goodman Story (1956)
, 1h56
Directed by Valentine Davies
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Biography, Musical
Themes Films about music and musicians, Jazz films, Musical films
Actors Steve Allen, Donna Reed, Herbert Anderson, Robert F. Simon, Sammy Davis Jr., Hy Averback

The young Benny Goodman is taught clarinet by a Chicago music professor. He is advised by bandleader Edward Ory to play whichever kind of music he likes best, but to make a living, Benny begins by joining the Ben Pollack traveling band.
Pete Kelly's Blues
Pete Kelly's Blues (1955)
, 1h35
Directed by Jack Webb
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Action, Musical, Crime
Themes Mafia films, Films about music and musicians, Jazz films, Musical films, Gangster films
Actors Jack Webb, Janet Leigh, Edmond O'Brien, Peggy Lee, Andy Devine, Lee Marvin

Jazz cornetist Pete Kelly (Webb) and his Big Seven are the house band at the 17 Club, a speakeasy in Kansas City in 1927 during Prohibition. New local crime boss Fran McCarg (Edmond O'Brien) wants a percentage of the band's meager earnings. Despite the band's opposition, Kelly wisely gives in.
Blinkity Blank
Blinkity Blank (1955)

Directed by Norman McLaren
Genres Musical, Animation
Themes Films about music and musicians, Jazz films, Musical films

Court métrage expérimental explorant les possibilités de l'animation par intermittence et des images spasmodiques. Norman McLaren joue avec les lois de la persistance rétinienne dans une œuvre de pure imagination faisant penser tantôt à un feu d'artifice très nourri, puis ensuite à un dessin lent à se former et dont on ne perçoit que des touches rapides et éphémères. Film sans paroles.