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Louis Prima is a Actor and Sound American born on 7 december 1910 at New Orleans (USA)

Louis Prima

Louis Prima
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Birth name Louis Prima
Nationality USA
Birth 7 december 1910 at New Orleans (USA)
Death 24 august 1978 (at 67 years) at New Orleans (USA)

Louis Prima (December 7, 1910 – August 24, 1978) was an American singer, actor, songwriter, and trumpeter. Prima rode the musical trends of his time, starting with his seven-piece New Orleans style jazz band in the late 1920s, then leading a swing combo in the 1930s, a big band in the 1940s, a Vegas lounge act in the 1950s, and a pop-rock band in the 1960s.

Best films

The Jungle Book
The Jungle Book
(1967)
(Actor)

Usually with

Campbell Scott
Campbell Scott
(1 films)
Stanley Tucci
Stanley Tucci
(1 films)
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Nunnally Johnson
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Frank Sully
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George Sherman
George Sherman
(1 films)
Source : Wikidata

Filmography of Louis Prima (12 films)

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Actor

Rafferty and the Gold Dust Twins
Rafferty and the Gold Dust Twins (1975)
, 1h31
Directed by Dick Richards
Origin USA
Genres Comedy
Themes Transport films, Road movies
Actors Sally Kellerman, Mackenzie Phillips, Alan Arkin, Alex Rocco, Harry Dean Stanton, Charles Martin Smith
Roles Himself
Rating63% 3.1944253.1944253.1944253.1944253.194425
Idiotic driving instructor and former United States Marine Corps Gunnery Sergeant Rafferty (Alan Arkin) lives in poverty near Hollywood, California. He allows two women (Sally Kellerman and Mackenzie Phillips) to kidnap him after hitching a ride in an attempt to reach New Orleans. He eventually enjoys their company and the three take a road trip to Las Vegas and end up in Tucson, Arizona.
The Jungle Book
The Jungle Book (1967)
, 1h18
Directed by Wolfgang Reitherman
Origin USA
Genres Comedy, Musical theatre, Adventure, Musical, Animation
Themes Films about animals, Films about children, Le thème de l'enfant sauvage, Films about music and musicians, Film d'animation mettant en scène un animal, Wolves in film, Mise en scène d'un ours, Films about apes, Mise en scène d'un tigre, L'enfance marginalisée, Musical films, Buddy films, Children's films, Mise en scène d'un mammifère
Actors Bruce Reitherman, Phil Harris, Louis Prima, George Sanders, Sterling Holloway, Sebastian Cabot
Roles King Louie of the Apes (voice)
Rating75% 3.7955053.7955053.7955053.7955053.795505
Mowgli, a young orphan boy, is found in a basket in the deep jungles of India by Bagheera, a black panther who promptly takes him to a mother wolf who has just had cubs. She raises him along with her own cubs and Mowgli soon becomes well acquainted with jungle life. Mowgli is shown ten years later, playing with his wolf siblings.
Hey Boy! Hey Girl!
Hey Boy! Hey Girl! (1959)
, 1h23
Directed by David Lowell Rich
Origin USA
Genres Comedy, Musical
Actors Louis Prima, James Gregory
Roles Himself
Rating59% 2.9560252.9560252.9560252.9560252.956025
Start Cheering
Start Cheering (1938)
, 1h18
Directed by Albert S. Rogell
Origin USA
Genres Comedy, Romantic comedy, Musical, Romance
Themes Films about education, Films about television, Musical films, Buddy films
Actors Jimmy Durante, Walter Connolly, Charles Starrett, Joan Perry, Broderick Crawford, Louis Prima
Roles Band Conductor
Rating60% 3.0060353.0060353.0060353.0060353.006035
Film star Ted Crosley (Charles Starrett) is fed up with Hollywood and quits the movies to enroll in college under a fake name. While Ted tries to fit in at academia, his frustrated managers (Walter Connolly, Jimmy Durante) try to have him expelled from the college in order for him to resume his Hollywood career.
Manhattan Merry-Go-Round
Manhattan Merry-Go-Round (1937)
, 1h29
Directed by Charles Reisner, George Sherman
Origin USA
Genres Comedy, Musical
Themes Films about music and musicians, Musical films
Actors Ann Dvorak, James Gleason, Leo Carrillo, Eddie Kane, Ted Lewis, Gene Autry
Roles Self
Rating55% 2.7703752.7703752.7703752.7703752.770375
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You Can't Have Everything
You Can't Have Everything (1937)
, 1h40
Directed by Norman Taurog
Origin USA
Genres Comedy, Musical, Romance
Themes Films about music and musicians, Musical films, Children's films
Actors Alice Faye, Don Ameche, Charles Winninger, Gypsy Rose Lee, Jimmy Ritz, Tony Martin
Roles Orchestra Leader
Rating62% 3.1442853.1442853.1442853.1442853.144285
Judith Poe Wells (Alice Faye) is a would-be playwright who has almost no money. As a result of ordering a meal in a restaurant where she cannot afford to pay, she meets George Macrae (Don Ameche), a musical writer with a lot of power. He offers her play North Winds to producer Sam Woods. He knows it isn't any good, but he has fallen in love with her and does it to win her over.
Rhythm on the Range
Rhythm on the Range (1936)
, 1h27
Directed by Norman Taurog
Origin USA
Genres Musical, Western
Themes Films about music and musicians, Musical films
Actors Bing Crosby, Frances Farmer, Bob Burns, Bob Burns, Martha Raye, Samuel S. Hinds
Roles Trumpet Player
Rating61% 3.097773.097773.097773.097773.09777
Doris Halliday (Frances Farmer), the daughter of a wealthy banker, is about to marry a man she doesn't love so the family will become richer. Her outspoken aunt Penelope Ryland (Lucile Gleason), the owner of the Frying Pan Ranch in Arizona, objects to their marriage, claiming people should only be married if they love each other. Doris starts to see Penelope's point and eventually runs away the night before the wedding.

Sound

Big Night
Big Night (1996)
, 1h47
Directed by Campbell Scott, Stanley Tucci
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Comedy, Comedy-drama, Romance
Themes Cooking films, Films about immigration
Actors Minnie Driver, Marc Anthony, Ian Holm, Isabella Rossellini, Tony Shalhoub, Stanley Tucci
Rating72% 3.647743.647743.647743.647743.64774
On the New Jersey Shore in the 1950s, two Italian immigrant brothers from Abruzzo own and operate a restaurant called "Paradise." One brother, Primo (Tony Shalhoub), is a brilliant, perfectionist chef who chafes under their few customers' expectations of "Americanized" Italian food. Their uncle's offer for them to return to Rome to help with his restaurant is growing in appeal to Primo. The younger brother, Secondo (Tucci), is the restaurant manager, a man enamored of the possibilities presented by their new endeavor and life in America. Despite Secondo's efforts and Primo's magnificent food, their restaurant is failing.