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| Chapter 20: Mystery
of the Blues |
| Chicago - 1920 |
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Directed
by: Carl Schultz
Story by: George
Lucas
Screenplay by:
Jule Selbo
Music by: Joel
McNeely
Executive Producer:
George Lucas
Produced by:
Rick McCallum
Starring:
Harrison Ford .... Indiana
Jones (age 50)
Sean Patrick Flanery .... Indiana Jones
Jeffrey Wright .... Sidney Bechet
Byron Stripling .... Louis Armstrong
Ray Serra .... Jim Colosimo
Frank Vincent .... Johnny Torrio
Frederick Weller .... Eliot Ness
Nicholas Turturro Jr. .... Al Capone
Mark Keily .... Ben Hecht
Barry Bell .... Charles MacArthur
Keith David .... King Oliver
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| The Story
Going to college and working in
a seedy speakeasy bring Indy into contact with
jazz great Sidney Bechet who teaches him how to
play the blues. Unfortunately, he also crosses
paths with up-and-coming thug Al Capone and it's
only with the assistance of his dorm roommate,
future "Untouchable" Eliot Ness, that
Indy is able to solve a vicious murder and prevent
himself from ending up in a pair of cement overshoes.
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Famous people encounters:
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Sidney
Bechet
Great jazz musician known as a master of the
soprano saxophone. |
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Al
Capone
The most famous American gangster, who dominated
organized crime in Chicago from 1925 to 1931. |
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Eliot
Ness
American crime fighter, head of a nine-man
team of law officers called the Untouchables,
who opposed Al Capone's underworld network
in Chicago. |
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Louis
Armstrong
Leading trumpeter and the man generally considered
to have been the greatest of all New Orleans
musicians and one of the most influential
artists in jazz history. |
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Johnny
Torrio
American gangster who became a top crime boss
in Chicago and, later, one of the founders
of modern organized crime in America. |
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King
Oliver
American cornetist who was a vital link between
the semimythical prehistory of jazz and the
firmly documented history of jazz proper.
He is also remembered for choosing Louis Armstrong
as his protégé. |
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Jim
Colosimo
Crime czar in Chicago from about 1902 until
his death in 1920. He was also the owner of
plush brothels, saloons, and a nightclub. |
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Ben
Hecht
U.S. novelist, playwright, and film writer
who, as a newspaperman in the 1920s, perfected
a type of human interest sketch that was widely
emulated. |
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Charles
MacArthur
American journalist, dramatist, and screenwriter,
a colourful personality who is remembered
for his comedies written with Ben Hecht. |
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| Release dates:
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First
air date:
October 10, 1999 |
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Video
release:
October 27, 1999
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DVD release:
Apr. 29, 2008 |
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| This Chapter
contains former episodes: |
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The
Mystery of the Blues, Chicago,
April 1920 (1)
Chapter #12 (Season 2-5)
Originally aired: March 13, 1993 on ABC |
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The
Mystery of the Blues, Chicago,
May 1920 (2)
Chapter #13 (Season 2-6)
Originally aired: March 13, 1993 on ABC
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