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Rhapsody in Black and Blue is a short ten-minute film that was created and released in 1932, starring Sidney Easton [1] and Fanny Belle DeKnight. [1] It is an early example of a "music video", showcasing the tunes I’ll Be Glad When You Are Dead You Rascal You and Shine, [2] sung and played by well-known jazz artist Louis Armstrong.
Louis Armstrong appeared in a large number of feature-length films and shorts, often as himself. Ex-Flame (1930), as Louis Armstrong A Rhapsody in Black and Blue (1932 short), as Louis Armstrong
He also appeared in films such as A Rhapsody in Black and Blue (1932), Cabin in the Sky (1943), High Society (1956), Paris Blues (1961), A Man Called Adam (1966), and Hello, Dolly! (1969). With his instantly recognizable, rich, gravelly voice, Armstrong was also an influential singer and skillful improviser.
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1931 A Rhapsody in Black and Blue - performed by Louis Armstrong and band; 1941 Birth of the Blues - sung by Bing Crosby; 1942 Casablanca - the song is sung by Sam (Dooley Wilson) and the band at Rick's Café in the movie. 1943 Cabin in the Sky John William Sublett (aka John W. Bubbles) animates "Shine" brilliantly in a song-and-dance number in ...
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"Black and Blue" debuted in the Broadway musical Hot Chocolates (1929), sung by Edith Wilson. Razaf biographer Barry Singer recounts that the lyricist was coerced into writing the song (with music by Waller) by the show's financier, New York mobster Dutch Schultz, though Razaf subverted Schultz's directive that it be a comedic number: [4]
Black and Blue is a musical revue celebrating the black culture of dance and music in Paris between World War I and World War II.. Based on an idea by Mel Howard and conceived by Hector Orezzoli and Claudio Segovia, it consists of songs by artists such as W. C. Handy, Louis Armstrong, Duke Ellington, Fats Waller, Eubie Blake, and Big Maybelle and skits peppered with bits of bawdy humor.