Glory Alley (1952) - (Movie Clip) St. Louis Blues

Glory Alley (1952) -- (Movie Clip) Socks Barbarrosa

Joining Raoul Walsh’s opening narrated by John McIntire as journalist Gabe, with Ralph Meeker as New Orleans boxer Socks Barbarossa, Gilbert Roland and Louis Armstrong in his corner, Pat Valentino his opponent and Kurt Kasznar his blind friend “The Judge,” in Glory Alley, 1952.

Glory Alley (1952) -- (Movie Clip) You Have A Flaw

Boxer Socks (Ralph Meeker) in a New Orleans bar, mocked by a gambler (Dan Seymour) for walking out on a fight, trying to explain to blind friend “The Judge” (Kurt Kasznar), who’s his girlfriend’s father, his trainer, musician Shadow (Louis Armstrong) philosophical, in Glory Alley, 1952.

Glory Alley (1952) -- (Movie Clip) Title Song

New Orleans boxer Socks (Ralph Meeker) is leaving to fight in Korea, so this sendoff with pals (John McIntire, Gilbert Roland et al) features a song from his trainer Shadow (Louis Armstrong), also the world’s greatest trumpeter, an original by Mack David and Jay Livingston, in Glory Alley, 1952.