Sugar Chile Robinson, Billie Holiday, Count Basie and His Sextet (1951)
- Original title
- 'Sugar Chile' Robinson, Billie Holiday, Count Basie and His Sextet
- Directed by
- Will Cowan
- Genre
- music
- Country
- United States
- Runtime
- 15 min
- Rating
- 9.0 of 10 from 1 voters
- Elsewhere
- IMDb
The catalogue in 3D
The film shelves have a room of their own that you can walk around in. The cat behind the counter is the AI Catbot, and they pick real films from the same catalogue when you tell them what you feel like watching. Nothing is for sale, here or in there. Go in from here and this film is already out on the counter, with more like it waiting on the shelf next to it.
How it feels
This short film features three jazz artists in the early 1950s. Billie Holiday sings two songs, the Count Basie Sextet plays one, and a young piano prodigy performs two boogie numbers.
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What happens
"Sugar Chile" Robinson, Billie Holiday, Count Basie and His Sextet is a 1950 short film presenting five jazz numbers in a 15-minute running time. The film includes Billie Holiday performing "God Bless the Child" and "Now, Baby or Never", the Count Basie Sextet performing "One O'Clock Jump", and juvenile performer Frank "Sugar Chile" Robinson performing "Numbers Boogie" and "After School Boogie". The film was directed by Will Cowan and produced and released by Universal-International Pictures. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)
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