Robert Montgomery Presents

Season 5 Episode 15: Really the Blues

Jackie Cooper stars in this biography of jazz great Milton "Mezz" Mezzrow. An unruly youth, his parents put him in a reform school where he first encountered jazz. He eventually became a talented clarinetist and fronted his own combo during the 1920s, but when music trends moved towards big bands, he suffered a rapid decline in fortunes. Mezz endured much mental suffering during this period before being reintroduced to the public by friends like musician Gene Krupa.

Genre:

Drama

Seasons:

8

Episodes:

318

Cast:

Robert Montgomery

Quality:

HD

Duration:

60 min

First Air:

1950

Rating:

6.0