Storyville, New Orleans, and the 1947 film with Armstrong/Holiday

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During the early 20th century, Storyville was New Orleans' red light district. The 1947 film New Orleans is about the final days of the district and the fictionalized "birth of Jazz" out of its brothel scene. (No, it wasn't the white owner of a gambling joint who brought jazz to the masses.) The film features Billie Holiday and Louis Armstrong in key roles and other jazz greats like Kid Ory, Budd Scott, and Meade "Lux" Lewis. Over at the "Clean Living In Difficult Circumstances" site, Stephen Grasso has clips of the film and some of the story behind Storyville. Image seen here by EJ Bellocq who photographed Storyville prostitutes.
"New Orleans, Storyville and Billie Holiday"