New Orleans & the movies

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Movies that take place in New Orleans, Louisiana
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Belle of the Nineties (1934) Mae West
Naughty Marietta (1935) Jeanette MacDonald, Nelson Eddy
Banjo on My Knee (1936) Barbara Stanwyck/Joel McCrea
Jezebel (1938) Bette Davis, Henry Fonda
The Buccaneer (1938) Fredric March
The Cat and the Canary (1939) Bob Hope, Paulette Goddard
The Flame of New Orleans (1941) Marlene Dietrich
Lady from Louisiana (1941) John Wayne
Birth of the Blues (1941) Bing Crosby, Louis Armstrong
Flesh and Fantasy(1943) Barbara Stanwyk
Christmas Holiday (1944) Deanna Durbin, Gene Kelly
Saratoga Trunk (1945) Ingrid Bergman, Gary Cooper
New Orleans (1947) Billie Hollida, Louis Armstrong
Docks of New Orleans (1948) Roland Winters as Charlie Chan
Lulu Belle (1948) Dorothy Lamour
Panic in the Streets (1950) (below) Richard Widmark







Buccaneer's Girl (1950) Yvonne DeCarlo
The Toast of New Orleans (1950) (below) Kathryn Grayson, Mario Lanza






A Streetcar Named Desire (1951)(below) Brando/Vivien Leigh





My Forbidden Past (1951) Robert Mitchum, Ava Gardner
Glory Alley (1952) Leslie Caron, Louis Armstrong
The Iron Mistress (1952) Virginia Mayo, Alan Ladd
Abbott and Costello Go to Mars (1953)(below)

Bud and Lou think they are on Mars, but it's actually New Orleans.



The Mississippi Gambler (1953) Tyrone Power New Orleans Uncensored (1955)
Davy Crockett and the River Pirates (1956) Fess Parker
Nightmare (1956) Edward G. Robinson, Kevin McCarthy
King Creole (1958) Elvis, Walter Matthau
Mardi Gras (1958) Pat Boone
The Buccaneer (1958)
Louisiana Hussy (1959)
Suddenly, Last Summer (1959) Taylor/Hepburn
Walk on the Wild Side (1962) Jane Fonda, Laurence Harvey
The Cincinatti Kid (1965) Steve McQueen
Hotel (1967) Karl Malden
Easy Rider (1969) Peter Fonda
Number One (1969) Charlton Heston
Last of the Mobile Hot Shots (1970) James Coburn
Live and Let Die (1973) Bond
Hard Times (1975) Charles Bronson, James Coburn
Let's Do It Again (1975)(below) Bill Cosby, Sidney Poitier





Sidney Poitier and Bill Cosby visit Jackson Square in New Orleans



In the French Quarter






French Quarter (1977) Virginia Mayo
Pretty Baby (1978) Brook Shields
Tightrope (1984) Clint Eastwood
Down By Law (1986)
French Quarter Undercover (1986)
The Big Easy (1986) Dennis Quaid
Johnny Handsome (1989) Mickey Rourke
Undercover Blues (1993) Kathleen Turner
Interview With the Vampire (1994)
Dead Man Walking (1995) Susan Sarandon
Down in New Orleans (2006)
New Orleans, Mon Amour (2008)
Bad Lieutenant: Port of Call New Orleans (2009)
The Princess and the Frog (2009)(below)



I watched this movie the other night; it's OK. The story isn't the most original one. But the music and songs are great! As is the animation. Top notch 2-D.









Even this animated gumbo looks good!