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

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.

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

Just the musical number, the W.C. Handy standard, Leslie Caron, as New Orleans gal Angie, in a rare vocal performance, Charles O’Curran the credited choreographer, and the band led by trombone giant Jack Teagarden, in Raoul Walsh’s Glory Alley, 1952, starring Ralph Meeker.