Manhattan Merry-Go-Round (film)
Manhattan Merry-Go-Round is a 1937 American comedy film directed by Charles Reisner and starring Phil Regan,Leo Carrillo and Ann Dvorak. It was produced and distributed by Republic Pictures. It was nominated for an Academy Award for Best Art Direction by John Victor Mackay.
Manhattan Merry-Go-Round promotional film poster
Louis Leo Prima was an American trumpeter, singer, entertainer, and bandleader. While rooted in New Orleans jazz, swing music, and jump blues, Prima touched on various genres throughout his career: he formed a seven-piece New Orleans-style jazz band in the late 1920s, fronted a swing combo in the 1930s and a big band group in the 1940s, helped to popularize jump blues in the late 1940s and early to mid 1950s, and performed frequently as a Vegas lounge act beginning in the 1950s.
Prima in 1947
Prima and his trumpet, c. 1947