New Orleans is Republic Pictures' spin on such "musical origin" films as Birth of the Blues and Dixie. Covering nearly four decades, the story is a fanciful recreation of the "birth" of American jazz music. Arturo de Cordova plays Nick Duquesne, owner of a posh gambling house in turn-of-the-century ...more
- John Alexander - Col. McArdle
- Louis Armstrong
- Arturo de Cordova - Nick Duquesne
- Dorothy Patrick - Miralee Smith
- Barney Bigard
- Shelley Winters - Secretary
- Richard Hageman - Henri Ferber
- Woody Herman
- Billie Holiday - Endie
- Marjorie Lord - Grace Volselle
- Meade Lux Lewis
- Irene Rich - Mrs. Smith
- Arthur Lubin - Director
- Jules Levy - Producer
- Herbert Biberman - Screenwriter
- Dick I.Hyland - Screenwriter
- Elliot Paul - Screenwriter
- Rudi Feld - Art Director
- Bernard W. Burton - Editor
- Nathaniel W. Finston - Musical Direction/Supervision
- Lucien Andriot - Cinematographer












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