United Artists
“Paris Blues” was Paul Newman’s second picture with Martin Ritt, who would become the most influential director of his career (“Hud”) and his fourth with his wife-actress Joanne Woodward. A rather simple story about jazz musicians in Paris benefited from on location in the City of Lights and a wonderful, interracial cast that also included the great Sidney Poitier and Diahann Carroll. The legendary musicians Louis Armstrong and Duke Ellington also appeared in the picture.
Oscar Alert
Oscar Nominations: 1
Scoring of Musical Picture: Duke Ellington
Oscar Context
Ellington lost out the Oscar to the team of the Oscar-winner “West Side Story,” Saul Chaplin, Johnny Green, Sid Ramin, and Irwin Kostal.
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