Was amazed at one of the first attempts to capture the "beat" crowd in the scene at the jazz club. Words like "man", "cool", and "jive" and the swirling music made me search the crowd to see if Jack Kerouac and Ginsberg were in the audience. (lol) Anyway liked the wardrobe on the one beat jiving to the music; beret, striped polo, and goatee.
shareWe wanted to know who the band was in that "swingin'" scene! They put in a solid performance but were not credited.
shareI also loved the jazz band,who were called the fisherman in the movie.I was drawn to the blond girl shaking to the music at her table,her hair was way beyond the forties,yet she not listed in the extras.Loved all the old street scenes..especially the large drugstore,where the shoot out occurred.Is the Allison Hotel in LA,still there.
shareThe Allison Hotel was a name made up for the movie.
http://reelsf.com/doa-allison-hotel-final-farewell
Notice the links at the top of the Reel SF website, including D.O.A. (1950). Whoever put together that site did a thorough job of research and documentation.
From David Meeker’s Jazz And Blues Filmography:
Soundtrack Personnel: Jazz sequence ghosted by Ernie Royal, trumpet; Maxwell Davis,
tenor sax; Ray Turner, piano; George Boujie, acoustic double bass; Lee Young, drums.
Unusually, this soundtrack was recorded after principal photography.
With: A club sequence features jazz played visually by Teddy Buckner, trumpet; Von
Streeter, tenor sax; Ray LaRue, piano; Shifty Henry, acoustic double bass; Cake Witchard,
drums.
From David Meeker’s Jazz And Blues Filmography:
Soundtrack Personnel: Jazz sequence ghosted by Ernie Royal, trumpet; Maxwell Davis,
tenor sax; Ray Turner, piano; George Boujie, acoustic double bass; Lee Young, drums.
Unusually, this soundtrack was recorded after principal photography.
With: A club sequence features jazz played visually by Teddy Buckner, trumpet; Von
Streeter, tenor sax; Ray LaRue, piano; Shifty Henry, acoustic double bass; Cake Witchard,
drums.
Note: "ghosted by" means those actually performing the music, and
"played visually by" were merely miming.
I was wondering who they were, too. The drummer looked really familiar. Under the full cast they are listed:
Teddy Buckner ... Club Trumpeter (uncredited)
Jadie Carson ... Bandleader (uncredited)
Shifty Henry ... Club Bassist (uncredited)
Ray Laurie ... Club Pianist (uncredited)
Van Streeter ... Club Saxophonist (uncredited)
Cake Witchard ... Club Drummer (uncredited)
The couple names I checked, D.O.A. was the only movie they ever made. Whoever they were, they could really wail!
I think the trumpeter Teddy Buckner is fairly well-known in jazz circles. I have seen him in HUSH HUSH SWEET CHARLOTTE playing trumpet in the jazz band featured at the beginning of the film. He can also be seen in ST LOUIS BLUES (1958) and PETE KELLY BLUES (1955).
shareAccording to details for the saxophonist at imdb, the producer of the film substituted a recording of a completely band on the soundtrack!
"James E. Streeter was a native of Wichita Kansas, where he got his start playing tenor sax in Lloyd Hunter's territory band. Bandleader Johnny Otis took Streeter to Los Angeles in 1944. Enamored of director-actor Erich von Stroheim, Streeter billed himself as Von Streeter or James Von Streeter. In the late 1940s and early '50s, he recorded for several labels, including Coral, as Von Streeter & His Wig Poppers, playing wild, honking R&B, and several members of this group accompanied him when he appeared as a wild, sweaty sax maniac in a key nightclub scene of the original D.O.A. (1950). However, for the soundtrack the producer overdubbed another band altogether, led by saxophonist Maxwell Davis, who would later be influential as a Los Angeles A&R man during the early rock 'n' roll era. Streeter's career was derailed by heroin addiction, which eventually killed him in 1960."
The hep cat jiving to the music (this was years before beats) went on to TV stardom about 5 years later on a show in which he played a lawman who was brave, courageous and bold.
shareThe hep cat jiving to the music (this was years before beats) went on to TV stardom about 5 years later on a show in which he played a lawman who was brave, courageous and bold.
Thanks. This is the reason I turned to IDBM. They were great.
shareThe Fisherman scene... crazy stuff.
The crowd is enjoying the hell out of the music, acting like a bunch of maniacs and turning the whole place into a madhouse. I'll tell you, that's just the way one must enjoy an excellent jazz band.
What do you think the teacher's gonna look like this year?