The Savoy King: Chick Webb & the Music That Changed America (2012)

Actors

• Kareem Abdul-Jabbar (actor)
• Ella Fitzgerald (actress)
• Janet Jackson (actress)
• Tyne Daly (actress)
• Charlie Watts (actor)
• Duke Ellington (actor)
• Ron Perlman (actor)
• Andy Garcia (actor)
• Dizzy Gillespie (actor)
• Danny Glover (actor)
• Jeff Goldblum (actor)
• Bill Cosby (actor)
• Billy Crystal (actor)
• Mickey Cottrell (miscellaneous crew)
• John Legend (actor)

Genres

• Biography
• Documentary

Taglines:

Giants come in all sizes.

Quotes:

Ella Fitzgerald: What Chick did for me can never be repaid. Always thinking of others, always in pain, but no one knew it - he was the kind that comes along once every thousand years.

Helen Oakley Dance: He'd bleed profusely and lose a tremendous amount of blood. But game as anything, he would never quit.

Chick Webb: I can't understand the pain God gave me, I can't understand my sickness, but that's secondary. The main thing is, the Lord gave me the talent to play drums. He gave me some years to play. That's what I wanted to do.

Crazy House (1943)

Actors

• Nigel Bruce (actor)
• Leo Carrillo (actor)
• Jimmy Aubrey (actor)
• Edgar Barrier (actor)
• Robert Barron (actor)
• Bobby Barber (actor)
• Bobby Barber (actor)
• Brooks Benedict (actor)
• Joseph E. Bernard (actor)
• Joseph E. Bernard (actor)
• Turhan Bey (actor)
• Billy Bletcher (actor)
• Count Basie (actor)
• Johnny Mack Brown (actor)
• Lane Chandler (actor)

Genres

• Comedy
• Music

Quotes:

[questioning the artist about his abstract painting "Moonlight Over Manhattan"]::Prosecutor: Will you kindly tell us where the moonlight is?::Roco: Well, it's all moonlight.::Prosecutor: Then where's Manhattan?::Roco: Between Brooklyn and Jersey. Everybody knows that.

Ole Olsen: Chic, why did you do that? Why did you shoot those lovers?::Chic Johnson: This is gonna be one movie without a happy ending.

Ole Olsen: Is there a dentist in the house?::Dentist: I'm a dentist!::Ole Olsen: [Shoots him with rifle] How do YOU like getting drilled?

Chic Johnson: Wanna see something swell?::Mumbo: Yeah!::Chic Johnson: Here, put this sponge in water.

Mumbo: Wanna buy a clock? On time?::Mumbo: Do you wanna buy a deck of cards? It's a good deal.::Mumbo: Wanna buy a stove? It's hot.::Mumbo: Wanna buy an anchor? Right off the boat!::Mumbo: Do you wanna buy a piece of chalk and make your mark in the world?::Mumbo: Do you wanna buy a beehive? You won't get stung.

Chic Johnson: Are you the bellboy?::Bellhop: Yes.::Chic Johnson: Take this. [Hands him the Liberty Bell] No cracks.

Ole Olsen: Universal's most sensational comedy team's outside.::N.G. Wagstaff: Abbott & Costello - send them in!

Basil Rathbone: Olsen & Johnson have arrived.::Nigel Bruce: How do you know?::Basil Rathbone: I am Sherlock Holmes. I know everything.

Basie, Count Filmography

• Love Letters in the Sands of Time
  2010, role: actor , character name: Himself
• Hugh Hefner: Playboy, Activist and Rebel
  2009, role: actor , character name: Himself
• Jazz Giants of the 20th Century
  2007, role: actor , character name: Himself
• Improvisation
  2004, role: actor , character name: Himself
• Harlem Renaissance
  2004, role: actor
• My Kinda People
  2003, role: actor , character name: Himself
• Strangers in the Night: The Bert Kaempfert Story
  2003, role: actor , character name: Himself
• Georgie Fame 60 år
  2003, role: actor
• Playboy: The Party Continues
  2000, role: actor , character name: Himself
• The Rat Pack
  1999, role: actor , character name: Himself
• Monterey Jazz Festival: 40 Legendary Years
  1998, role: actor , character name: Himself
• Masters of American Music
  1995, role: actor , character name: Himself
• A Great Day in Harlem
  1994, role: actor , character name: Himself
• Apollo Theatre Hall of Fame
  1993, role: actor , character name: Himself
• Bluesland: A Portrait in American Music
  1993, role: actor , character name: Himself - Performer
• The Ladies Sing the Blues
  1989, role: actor , character name: Himself
• Copenhagen Jazz Festival
  1985, role: actor , character name: Himself
• The 5th Annual Black Achievement Awards
  1984, role: actor , character name: Himself
• The Kennedy Center Honors: A Celebration of the Performing Arts
  1981, role: actor , character name: Himself - Honoree
• The Grammy Hall of Fame
  1981, role: actor , character name: Himself
• Count Basie at Carnegie Hall
  1981, role: actor , character name: Himself
• Sinatra: The Man and His Music
  1981, role: actor , character name: Himself
• The Kennedy Center Honors: A Celebration of the Performing Arts
  1979, role: actor , character name: Himself
• The Last of the Blue Devils
  1979, role: actor , character name: Himself
• The 20th Annual Grammy Awards
  1978, role: actor , character name: Himself
• Big Band Bash
  1978, role: actor , character name: Himself
• John Denver and Friend
  1976, role: actor , character name: Himself
• The Royal Variety Performance
  1975, role: actor , character name: Himself
• Blazing Saddles
  1974, role: actor , character name: Himself
• Duke Ellington... We Love You Madly
  1973, role: actor , character name: Himself
• Timex All Star Swing Festival
  1972, role: actor , character name: Himself
• Black Music in America: From Then Till Now
  1971, role: actor , character name: Himself
• ...And Beautiful II
  1970, role: actor , character name: Himself - Pianist
• Newport Jazz Festival
  1968, role: actor , character name: Himself
• Made in Paris
  1966, role: actor , character name: Himself - Leader of His Orchestra
• Sarah Sings & Basie Swings
  1963, role: actor , character name: Himself
• Astaire Time
  1960, role: actor , character name: Himself
• Cinderfella
  1960, role: actor , character name: Himself
• Basin Street Revue
  1956, role: actor , character name: Himself
• Rhythm and Blues Revue
  1955, role: actor , character name: Himself
• 'Sugar Chile' Robinson, Billie Holiday, Count Basie and His Sextet
  1951, role: actor , character name: Himself
• Cavalcade of Bands
  1950, role: actor , character name: Himself
• Killer Diller
  1948, role: composer
• Ebony Parade
  1947, role: actor , character name: Himself
• Basie's Boogie
  1945, role: actor
• Stage Door Canteen
  1943, role: actor , character name: Conductor of the Count Basie Orchestra
• Crazy House
  1943, role: actor , character name: Count Basie
• Reveille with Beverly
  1943, role: actor , character name: Orchestra Leader
• Top Man
  1943, role: actor , character name: Orchestra Leader
• Hit Parade of 1943
  1943, role: actor , character name: Conductor of the Count Basie Orchestra