African America Film Critics Association - New Orleans (1947)

New Orleans (1947) -- (Movie Clip) West End Blues

Louis Armstrong's famous fanfare to West End Blues first in the background, then in person, playing a character using his own name, conversing with protagonist Nick (Arturo de Cordova), opening New Orleans, 1947.

New Orleans (1947) -- (Movie Clip) More Than I Miss New Orleans

Society matron Mrs. Smith (Irene Rich) greeting daughter Miralee (Dorothy Patrick) who has the sense to note it's Billie Holliday herself (!!!), playing maid "Endie," singing More Than I Miss New Orleans, early in New Orleans, 1947.

New Orleans (1947) — (Movie Clip) — (Do You Know What It Means To Miss) New Orleans

Not a little bit mind-bending, Billie Holiday is well composed as an actress, playing the maid Endie, with Dorothy Patrick the enthused daughter of her employer, before her first song in her only movie, a standard by Louis Alter and Eddie DeLange, with Louis Armstrong her boyfriend in the band, in the independent jazz showcase from producers Herbert Biberman and Jules Levey, New Orleans, 1947.