Gary Giddins Movies
- 2014
Bing Crosby: Rediscovered
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Bing Crosby was, without a doubt, the most popular and influential multi-media star of the first half of the twentieth century, pulling audiences in...
- 2017
A New Dimension in Noir: Filming Inferno in 3D
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Documentary about the use of 3-D technology in Inferno (1953) and the advent of CinemaScope, in 1953 in the film The Robe (1953).
- 2008
Thank Heaven! The Making of 'Gigi'
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Documentary on the making of Gigi
- 2008
Killer Instincts: Richard Widmark and Ida Lupino at Twentieth Century Fox
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Brief overview of the two actors at the Fox Studio.
- 2019
In Full Swing
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A documentary on the making of the 1936 film Swing Time, featuring interviews with jazz and film critic Gary Giddens, dance critic Brian Seibert, and...
- 2015
Mary Lou Williams: The Lady Who Swings the Band
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Jazz pianist Mary Lou Williams was a genius ahead of her time. From child prodigy to "Boogie-Woogie Queen" to groundbreaking composer to mentoring...
- 1989
Celebrating Bird: The Triumph of Charlie Parker
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A documentary about the legendary Jazz player Charlie (Bird) Parker.
- 1998
Saxophone Colossus
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Tenor saxophone master Sonny Rollins has long been hailed as one of the most important artists in jazz history, and still, today, he is viewed as the...
- 1999
The Wonderful World of Louis Armstrong
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Louis Armstrong is one of the most recognizable figures in jazz, with his incomparable trumpet playing and beaming smile. This video profiles...
- 1970
Miles Goes Modal
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In 2006, jazz trumpeter Jon Faddis and critic Gary Giddins discuss the iconic Miles Davis and the critical time in his career when the score for...
- 2008
'S Wonderful: Creating An American in Paris
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This recently produced behind-the-scenes documentary digs into Gershwin's original work, the genesis of the cinematic adaptation, casting, the shoot,...
- 1992
Satchmo: The Life of Louis Armstrong
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Satchmo. Theer are few people in this country - or around the world - who will not recognize that name. Louis Armstrong embodied twentieth-century...
- 2018
Zuza Homem de Jazz
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What is the influence of Jazz on Brazilian music and the influence of Brazilian music on Jazz? The documentary Zuza Homem de Jazz draws a parallel...