Lady sings the blues, Paramount Pictures and Berry Gordy present ; produced by Jay Weston and James S. White ; screenplay by Terence McCloy and Chris Clark and Suzanne de Passe ; directed by Sidney J. Furie
Type
Label
Lady sings the blues, Paramount Pictures and Berry Gordy present ; produced by Jay Weston and James S. White ; screenplay by Terence McCloy and Chris Clark and Suzanne de Passe ; directed by Sidney J. Furie
Language
eng
Characteristic
videorecording
Intended audience
MPAA rating: R
Main title
Lady sings the blues
Oclc number
61728625
Responsibility statement
Paramount Pictures and Berry Gordy present ; produced by Jay Weston and James S. White ; screenplay by Terence McCloy and Chris Clark and Suzanne de Passe ; directed by Sidney J. Furie
Runtime
143
Summary
Diana Ross stars in this musical drama charting the life of Billie Holiday, a life tormented by racism and drug abuse
Target audience
adult
Technique
live action
Classification
Contributor
- Williams, Billy Dee, 1937-
- Ross, Diana, 1944-
- Gordy, Berry
- Furie, Sidney J.
- Clark, Chris, 1946-
- Paramount Pictures Corporation
- Weston, Jay
- De Passe, Suzanne, 1947-
- Legrand, Michel, 1932-2019
- McCloy, Terence
- Alonzo, John A., 1934-2001
- Crothers, Scat Man
- White, James S.
- Pryor, Richard, 1940-2005
- Glass, Ned
- Paramount Home Entertainment (Firm)
- Sanford, Isabel, 1917-2004
Genre
Subject
- Popular music -- United States -- Drama
- Musical films
- Biographical films
- Video recordings for the hearing impaired
- Feature films -- United States
- Feature films
- Films for the hearing impaired
- Fiction films
- Historical films
- Blues (Music) -- Drama
- Singers -- United States -- Biography -- Drama
- Holiday, Billie, 1915-1959 -- Drama
- Holiday, Billie -- Drama
Content
Actor
resource.cinematographer
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Director
Is Based On
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Incoming Resources
- Has instance1
Outgoing Resources
- Classification1
- Contributor17
- Williams, Billy Dee, 1937-
- Ross, Diana, 1944-
- Gordy, Berry
- Furie, Sidney J.
- Clark, Chris, 1946-
- Paramount Pictures Corporation
- Weston, Jay
- De Passe, Suzanne, 1947-
- Legrand, Michel, 1932-2019
- McCloy, Terence
- Alonzo, John A., 1934-2001
- Crothers, Scat Man
- White, James S.
- Pryor, Richard, 1940-2005
- Glass, Ned
- Paramount Home Entertainment (Firm)
- Sanford, Isabel, 1917-2004
- Genre7
- Subject13
- Popular music -- United States -- Drama
- Musical films
- Biographical films
- Video recordings for the hearing impaired
- Feature films -- United States
- Feature films
- Films for the hearing impaired
- Fiction films
- Historical films
- Blues (Music) -- Drama
- Singers -- United States -- Biography -- Drama
- Holiday, Billie, 1915-1959 -- Drama
- Holiday, Billie -- Drama
- Content1
- Actor6
- resource.cinematographer1
- Composer1
- Director1
- Is Based On1
- Producer2
- resource.screenwriter3
- Mapped to1