VIVE LA FRANCE! Blogathon: Paris Blues (1961)

We are being swept up in a Bastille Day celebration with Patricia of Lady Eve's Reel Life and Christian of Silver Screen Modes. Click HERE and cheer Vive la France! Paris is filled with Parisiens Fans greet their idol, "Wild Man" Moore Louis Armstrong Parisiens who play and work at... Read full article

Paris Blues (1961)

I’m the first to admit I’m no jazz connoisseur but I dig it. In this age that we now live in of shuffling and song roulette — where the single has surged passed a cohesive album in terms of singular importance — there has been some small amount of education going on for me... Read full article

Paris Blues (1961)

Paris Blues Directed by Martin Ritt Written by Jack Sher, Irene Kamp, and Walter Bernstein; adapted by Lulla Rosenfeld from a novel by Harold Flender 1961/USA Pennebaker Productions/Diane Productions/Jason Films/Monica Corp./Monmouth First viewing/You Tube Part romance, part travelogue, and part ... Read full article

Paris Blues (1961, Martin Ritt)

It’d be easily to blame Paris Blues’s lack of success on the screenplay. With three credited screenwriters and another with the adaptation, there’s literally not enough going on the film to keep it going for the ninety-eight minute runtime. There’s filler, whether it’s a jazz number or a s... Read full article

Paris Blues (1961)

Ram Bowen (Paul Newman) and Eddie Cook (Sidney Poitier) are a couple of American musicians living in Paris.  They each have their own reasons for living there instead of America.  In Paris, Eddie doesn’t face the kind of discrimination he would in America and Ram thinks living there is good ... Read full article