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Lady Be Good
Lady Be Good (1941)
, 1h52
Directed by Busby Berkeley, Norman Z. McLeod
Origin USA
Genres Comedy, Musical, Romance
Themes Films about music and musicians, Films about classical music and musicians, Jazz films, Musical films
Actors Eleanor Powell, Robert Young, Ann Sothern, Lionel Barrymore, John Carroll, Red Skelton

Eddie Crane, a young composer, is struggling with a tune he has just written. When his girlfriend, Dixie Donegan, provides words almost by accident, the song is published and is a great success.
Black and Tan
Black and Tan (1929)
, 19minutes
Directed by Dudley Murphy
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Musical
Themes Films about music and musicians, Jazz films, Musical films
Actors Fredi Washington

The film begins with a scene showing Duke Ellington struggling to get bookings for his band. His finances are so tight that he can't make payments on his piano and apartment. Two men arrive to take possession of Duke's piano.
Django
Django (2017)
, 1h57
Directed by Étienne Comar
Origin France
Genres Drama, Biography, Historical, Musical
Themes Films about music and musicians, La culture tzigane, Jazz films, Histoire de France, L'Occupation allemande en France
Actors Reda Kateb, Cécile de France, Patrick Mille, Àlex Brendemühl, Xavier Beauvois, Jean-Louis Coulloc'h

En 1943, alors que la France est occupée, le guitariste de jazz Django Reinhardt souhaite échapper aux forces allemandes qui l'invitent à faire une tournée en Allemagne pour récupérer sa notoriété. Il tente de quitter la France en passant par la Suisse. Il séjourne un temps en Savoie et en Haute-Savoie, notamment à Thonon-les-Bains. Là il découvre les dures conditions que les forces d'ordre français et les Allemands font subir aux tsiganes, lui qui fut jusqu'ici un célèbre joueur de jazz insouciant...
Kansas City
Kansas City (1996)
, 1h51
Directed by Robert Altman
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Thriller, Action, Historical, Musical, Crime
Themes Mafia films, Films about music and musicians, Jazz films, Musical films, Gangster films
Actors Jennifer Jason Leigh, Miranda Richardson, Steve Buscemi, Harry Belafonte, Michael Murphy, Michael Marisi Ornstein

A kidnapping goes down in 1934 Kansas City. Blondie O'Hara's petty thief husband Johnny is taken by gangster "Seldom Seen" and held prisoner at the Hey Hey Club, one of the hot spots of the Kansas City jazz scene. Blondie herself kidnaps Mrs. Stilton, the wife of a local politician, played by Michael Murphy; Mrs. Stilton is addicted to laudanum (an opium liquid) and has secrets of her own. Blondie's plan is to blackmail Mr. Stilton into helping to free Johnny.
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.
The First Time I Turned Twenty
The First Time I Turned Twenty (2004)
, 1h38
Origin France
Genres Comedy
Themes L'adolescence, Films about children, Films about music and musicians, Jazz films
Actors Marilou Berry, Catherine Jacob, Serge Riaboukine, Stéphanie Pasterkamp, Pierre Arditi, Myriam Moraly

The action takes place in the early 1960s in Paris suburbs. Maurice Papon was Prefect of Paris Police for several years in the capital of a French company that has returned some racism in the minds.
Just Friends
Just Friends (1994)
, 1h36
Directed by Marc-Henri Wajnberg
Origin Belgique
Genres Drama, Musical
Themes Films about music and musicians, Jazz films, Musical films
Actors Josse De Pauw, Charles Berling, Ann-Gisel Glass, Sylvie Milhaud, Bella Wajnberg, Alexandre von Sivers

Anvers, 1959. Jack est saxophoniste. Ça ne suffit pas pour vivre. Il décharge donc des bananes sur les docks. Mais c’est décidé, il partira en Amérique, le pays du Jazz. Qui veut peut, mon vieux, lui fait remarquer André, son meilleur ami. Pour l’heure, c’est son saxophone qui est parti sans lui : Jack l’a oublié dans le tram ! Direction le dépôt, au pas de course. Sur le chemin, ils rencontrent Lucy. Elle se dispute violemment avec Dirk, son copain. Hésitant à aller la secourir, ils volent la Vespa de Dirk et emmènent Lucy au dépôt. Le saxophone les attend.
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.
Un soir au club
Un soir au club (2009)
, 1h28
Directed by Jean Achache
Origin France
Genres Drama, Musical
Themes Films about music and musicians, Jazz films, Piano
Actors Thierry Hancisse, Élise Caron, Marilyne Canto, Anne Kessler, Jean-Paul Bathany, Geordy Monfils

A former jazz pianist visits a jazz club and is drawn back into the jazz scene.
Belgian Rhapsody
Belgian Rhapsody (2014)
, 2h
Directed by Vincent Bal
Origin Belgique
Genres Comedy, Musical theatre, Musical, Romance
Themes Films about music and musicians, Le blues, Jazz films, Musical films
Actors Arthur Dupont, Tom Audenaert, Jos Verbist, Amaryllis Uitterlinden, Erika Sainte, Veerle Eyckermans

Deux harmonies communales se retrouvent ex-æquo pour représenter la Belgique à la grande finale européenne : l'une est flamande, l'autre wallonne. Mais au cours de la compétition, le trompettiste flamand décède juste après sa prestation, alors que Hugues, le Wallon, brille particulièrement. Elke, administratrice et fille du chef d'orchestre flamand, décide de le débaucher. Le frère de Hugues, chef d'orchestre de la formation wallonne, refuse la partition écrite par son frère pour la finale. Frustré, Hugues passe dans le camp adverse où son charme fait des ravages, au point de séduire Elke, pourtant en instance de mariage avec Renaat le fils du sponsor de l'orchestre. Hugues propose sa partition à son nouvel orchestre, qui n'y montre aucun enthousiasme.
Blue Rhythm
Blue Rhythm (1931)
, 7minutes
Directed by Burton Gillett
Origin USA
Genres Comedy, Musical, Animation
Themes Films about animals, Films about music and musicians, Films about dogs, Mise en scène d'un rongeur, Jazz films, Musical films, Mise en scène d'une souris, Children's films, Mise en scène d'un mammifère
Actors Walt Disney, Marcellite Garner, Jack Mercer

The concert opens with Mickey on piano. His shadow is cast dramatically on the curtain as he plays a classical interlude. Soon he transitions into a ragtime version of "St. Louis Blues." Minnie struts onstage and sings the verse "I hate to see that evening sun go down..." with Mickey accompanying. Soon an unseen band takes over the accompaniment and Mickey joins Minnie; the two mice dance and scat sing two more verses.
Delicious
Delicious (1931)
, 1h46
Directed by David Butler
Origin USA
Genres Comedy, Romantic comedy, Musical, Romance
Themes Films about music and musicians, Films about classical music and musicians, Jazz films, Musical films
Actors Janet Gaynor, Charles Farrell, Virginia Cherrill, El Brendel, Olive Tell, Raul Roulien

Heather Gordon est une jeune fille écossaise qui émigre en bateau en Amérique, et se retrouve avec un groupe de musiciens hétéroclites à Manhattan.
The Fabulous Dorseys
The Fabulous Dorseys (1947)
, 1h28
Directed by Alfred E. Green
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Biography, Musical theatre, Musical
Themes Films about music and musicians, Jazz films, Musical films
Actors Janet Blair, Tommy Dorsey, William Lundigan, Sara Allgood, Arthur Shields, Andrew Tombes

Biographie des frères Tommy et Jimmy Dorsey, instrumentistes et chefs d'orchestre américains de jazz, depuis leur enfance à Shenandoah (Pennsylvanie), en passant par leurs parcours individuels, avec leurs orchestres respectifs.