During the 1960s, two American expatriate jazz musicians living in Paris meet and fall in love with two American tourist girls.During the 1960s, two American expatriate jazz musicians living in Paris meet and fall in love with two American tourist girls.During the 1960s, two American expatriate jazz musicians living in Paris meet and fall in love with two American tourist girls.
- Nominated for 1 Oscar
- 2 nominations total
Guy Pedersen
- Bass Player
- (as Guy Pederson)
Roger Blin
- Guitarist Fausto the Moor
- (uncredited)
Charles Bouillaud
- Luggage Carrier in Train
- (uncredited)
Michel Dacquin
- Guest at Devigne's Party
- (uncredited)
Hélène Dieudonné
- The Pusher
- (uncredited)
Michel Garland
- Club 33 Customer
- (uncredited)
Storyline
Did you know
- TriviaPaul Newman was coached in playing the trombone by Billy Byers, while the playing for Newman on the soundtrack was done by Murray McEachern. Sidney Poitier's tenor sax playing was done by Paul Gonsalves. The soundtrack was recorded May 1-3, 1961 at Reeves Sound Studios in New York City.
- GoofsSome may believe that the mouthpiece ligature on the tenor saxophone that Eddie Cook (Sidney Poitier) plays is upside down. However, in the first scene when the band is playing, it can be seen that the thumbscrew that adjusts the ligature is on the bottom, where it normally would be. It is, therefore, not upside down.
- Crazy credits"Introducing" Serge Reggiani, who by 1961 had been in French films for 20 years and a star at least throughout the 1950s.
- ConnectionsFeatured in A Century of Black Cinema (2003)
- SoundtracksTake The 'A' Train
(uncredited)
Music by Billy Strayhorn
Recorded at Reeves Sound Studios, New York on May 2 & 3, 1961.
Label - United Artists
Featured review
They don't make 'em like this anymore
For starters, this is one of those rare movies that would not have been as good if it had been shot in colour. B&W somehow fits the mood, the story and the setting. Yet it's not really a sad or dark story. As in many older B&W films, the lighting is magnificent with highlights and shadows and textures that simply aren't workable in colour. The performances are universally superb. The script is free of the usual clichés. And the music is great. (How could you possibly make a bad movie with the likes of Louis Armstrong, Paul Newman, Joanne Woodward, Sidney Poitier and Diane Carrol?) Nor, in that era (1961), did Hollywood zoom in and linger obsessively on sexual acrobatics. This is a mature, sexy film without any graphic sex. Those were the rules back then and this film is the better for them. A thoroughly enjoyable movie with a great cast that has stood the test of a half century very well indeed.
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- Also known as
- Паризький Блюз
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- Gross US & Canada
- $1,300,000
- Runtime1 hour 38 minutes
- Color
- Aspect ratio
- 1.85 : 1
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