Paris Blues 62 years old

A love-spectacular so personally exciting, you feel it's happening to you!

Paris Blues

Ram Bowen and Eddie Cook are two expatriate jazz musicians living in Paris where, unlike America at the time, Jazz musicians are celebrated and racism is a non-issue. When they meet and fall in love with two young American girls, Lillian and Connie, who are vacationing in France, Ram and Eddie must decide whether they should move back to America with them, or stay in Paris for the freedom it allows them. Ram, who wants to be a serious composer, finds Paris more exciting than America and is reluctant to give up his music for a relationship, and Eddie wants to stay for the city's more tolerant racial atmosphere.

Credits

Paris Blues Cast

Name Character
Joanne Woodward She was 31, now 94 years old as Lillian Corning
Sidney Poitier He was 34, now 97 years old as Eddie Cook
Paul Newman He was 36, 83 years old when he died as Ram Bowen
Diahann Carroll She was 26, 84 years old when she died as Connie Lampson
Marie Versini She was 21, now 83 years old as Nicole
Louis Armstrong He was 60, 69 years old when he died as Wild Man Moore
Serge Reggiani He was 39, 82 years old when he died as Michel 'Gypsy' Devigne
André Luguet He was 69, 87 years old when he died as René Bernard
Barbara Laage She was 41, 67 years old when she died as Marie Séoul

Paris Blues Crew

Name Department
Jack Sher as Screenplay. He was 48 (75) years old when He died Writing
Irene Kamp as Screenplay. Writing
Paris Blues poster
Paris Blues (62 years)

A love-spectacular so personally exciting, you feel it's happening to you!

  • Release day: Wednesday, September 27, 1961
  • Runtime: 98 minutes