DS, twelve pages, 8.5 x 11, January 16, 1951. Agreement between Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer Pictures and Louis Armstrong plus the "five (5) musicians constituting your orchestra," by which the group agrees to "render and perform such services as may be required…in connection with pre-recording, recording, rehearsals and photographing for and in connection with our photoplay now entitled 'The Strip.'" Signed at the conclusion in blue ballpoint by Arvell Shaw, Barney Bigard, William R. 'Cozy' Cole, Jack Teagarden, and Earl 'Fatha' Hines, with each musician adding his address and social security number. In fine condition.
The 1951 film noir crime movie The Strip, starring Mickey Rooney, Sally Forrest, and William Demarest, was largely shot on-site in the popular nightclubs Mocambo and Ciro's on Sunset Strip. A large part of the film's running time consists of musical performances by the 'house band,' which includes Louis Armstrong and his orchestra, playing themselves. Reviewing the film, critic Dennis Schwartz writes: 'A minor mystery story that's given some high gloss in its production by the MGM studio system, as Louis 'Satchmo' Armstrong and his distinguished band made up of Jack Teagarden, Earl 'Fatha' Hines, and Barney Bigard serenade us with a few numbers…it's set on the intriguing Sunset Strip where Mickey Rooney plays the sincere little guy, Stanley Maxton, a jazz drummer who is accused of murder…The breezy story line, the snappy jazz interludes, and some engaging scenes made it very appealing.'
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