The Movie is a beautiful thing. No documentary, about any musicians, will make you so glad to be alive.
- San Francisco Examiner Before Frank Sinatra, Dean Martin, Tom Jones, Tony Bennett or Engelbert Humperdinck ever played the stage of vegas, there was Louis Prima. One of Americas most hypnotic & original performers, Primas career spanned several decades & turned out hits like That Old Back Magic, Sing, Sing, Sing, Just A Gigolo, I Aint Got Nobody, & Jump, Jive an Wail. In Disneys animated classic The Jungle Book, Prima created the hep voice of King Louie the orangutan, which still stands as one of the studios most beloved characters. This film profiles the magnetic Louis Prima in a nostalgic historical journey through the music scenes of a racy New Orleans, the swinging jazz culture of uptown New York & Las Vegass formative years. As a solo act or with his wife, acclaimed singer Keely Smith, Louis Prima was & will forever be the wildest man.. .