Cast: Ella Fitzgerald
Top movies, series, and documentaries starring Ella Fitzgerald. Uncover the most acclaimed works, loved by fans and praised by critics.
Ella Fitzgerald: Just One of Those Things
2019 · Documentary · 89 min. · United Kingdom
Direction Leslie Woodhead
Cast Sophie Okonedo · Sharon D. Clark · Ella Fitzgerald · Norma Miller
Plot The times and life of the unique Ella Fitzgerald.
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35 votes
6.7
35 votes
Pete Kelly's Blues
1955 · Movie · 95 min. · United States
Direction Jack Webb
Cast Jack Webb · Janet Leigh · Edmond O'Brien · Peggy Lee
Plot Pete Kelly's Blues is arguably the most stylish of director/star Jack Webb's theatrical features. Beginning with a brilliantly evocative pre-credits prologue, wherein we see how WWI vet Pete Kelly (Webb)...
5.7
110 votes
5.7
110 votes
The Music According to Antonio Carlos Jobim
2012 · Documentary · 84 min. · Brazil
Direction Nelson Pereira dos Santos
Cast Antonio Carlos Jobim · Frank Sinatra · Ella Fitzgerald · Oscar Peterson
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The Milton Berle Show (TV Series)
1958 · Series · 30 min. · United States
Direction Hal Kanter · Ben Tomkins · Selwyn Touber · Stan Harris
Cast Milton Berle · Billy May · Ed Herlihy · Janis Paige
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St. Louis Blues
1958 · Movie · 105 min. · United States
Direction Allen Reisner
Cast Nat 'King' Cole · Eartha Kitt · Cab Calloway · Ella Fitzgerald
Plot Will Handy grows up in Memphis with his preacher father and his Aunt Hagar. His father intends for him to use his musical gifts only in church, but he can't...
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Listen Up: The Lives of Quincy Jones
1990 · Documentary · 115 min. · United States
Direction Ellen Weissbrod
Cast Clarence Avant · George Benson · Big Daddy Kane · Richard Brooks
Plot A unique look at the legendary musician, arranger, composer and producer offers a collage of memories, sounds and intimate interviews with musical greats in a rousing showcase.
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Ronnie's
2020 · Documentary · 106 min. · United Kingdom
Direction Oliver Murray
Cast Mel Brooks · Quincy Jones · Kyle Eastwood · Jimi Hendrix
Plot A chronicle of the life of saxophonist Ronnie Scott and his world famous London jazz club.
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Close to You: Remembering the Carpenters (TV)
1997 · Documentary · 90 min. · United States
Cast Herb Alpert · Burt Bacharach · John Bettis · Willy Brandt
Plot Richard Carpenter and his friends in the music industry, talk about the success of the Carpenters and their impact on music.
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Let No Man Write My Epitaph
1960 · Movie · 105 min. · United States
Direction Philip Leacock
Cast Burl Ives · Shelley Winters · James Darren · Jean Seberg
Plot In this sequel to "Knock On Any Door", the residents of a Chicago tenement building band together to insure that the son of Nick Romano does not follow in his...
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Improvisation (S)
1950 · Documentary · 15 min. · United States
Direction Gjon Mili
Cast Ella Fitzgerald · Coleman Hawkins · Hank Jones · Charlie Parker
Plot Improvisation filmed in 1950 by Gjon Mili, which includes musicians such as Charlie Parker, Ella Fitzgerald and Coleman Hawkins.
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Ride 'Em Cowboy
1942 · Movie · 86 min. · United States
Direction Arthur Lubin
Cast Bud Abbott · Lou Costello · Dick Foran · Anne Gwynne
Plot Two peanut vendors at a rodeo show get in trouble with their boss and hide out on a railroad train heading west. They get jobs as cowboys on a dude...
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Soul Boys of the Western World
2014 · Documentary · 110 min. · United Kingdom
Direction George Hencken
Cast Tony Hadley · John Keeble · Gary Kemp · Steve Norman
Plot Set against the backdrop of the 80's music scene, this documentary charts the meteoric rise, fall and ultimate reunion of pop sensation, Spandau Ballet told by the band members themselves...
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