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'Sugar Chile' Robinson, Billie Holiday, Count Basie and His Sextet is a film of genre Musical released in USA on 3 january 1951 with Count Basie
'Sugar Chile' Robinson, Billie Holiday, Count Basie and His Sextet (1951)
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Add to a movie list"Sugar Chile" Robinson, Billie Holiday, Count Basie and His Sextet is a 1950 short film presenting five jazz numbers in a 15-minute running time. The film includes Billie Holiday performing "God Bless the Child" and "Now, Baby or Never", the Count Basie Sextet performing "One O'Clock Jump", and juvenile performer Frank "Sugar Chile" Robinson performing "Numbers Boogie" and "After School Boogie". The film was directed by Will Cowan and produced and released by Universal-International Pictures.
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