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

Synopsis The times and life of the unique Ella Fitzgerald.

6.7

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

Synopsis 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) came into possession of his precious trumpet, the film traces...

5.7

110 votes

5.7

110 votes

St. Louis Blues

1958 · Movie · 105 min. · United States

Direction Allen Reisner

Cast Nat 'King' Cole · Eartha Kitt · Cab Calloway · Ella Fitzgerald

Synopsis 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 stay away from the music of the streets and workers....

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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

Synopsis 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

Synopsis A chronicle of the life of saxophonist Ronnie Scott and his world famous London jazz club.

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Cast Herb Alpert · Burt Bacharach · John Bettis · Willy Brandt

Synopsis 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

Synopsis 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 father's footsteps...to the electric chair.

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Improvisation (S)

1950 · Documentary · 15 min. · United States

Direction Gjon Mili

Cast Ella Fitzgerald · Coleman Hawkins · Hank Jones · Charlie Parker

Synopsis 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

Synopsis 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 ranch, despite the fact that neither of them knows anything...

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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

Synopsis 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 with unseen archive footage that will thrill the many fans...

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