A Rhapsody in Black and Blue (1932)

Directed by

Aubrey Scotto

Genre

music

Country

United States

Runtime

10 min

Rating

6.2 of 10 from 9 voters

Elsewhere

IMDb

How it feels

Louis Armstrong performs two jazz songs in a short film. The story involves a man daydreaming about being a jazz musician.

livelywhimsicalplayfulmusicalenergeticlight-heartednostalgic

What happens

Rhapsody in Black and Blue is a 1932 American short black and white film directed by Aubrey Scotto and starring Louis Armstrong, Sidney Easton and Fanny Belle DeKnight. It was written by Phil Cohan. The film includes the tunes "I’ll Be Glad When You Are Dead You Rascal You" and "Shine", sung and played by Armstrong. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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