Scandalous Movie Review: Lady Sings The Blues
Lady Sings The Blues (1972) Paramount Pictures Directed by Sidney J. Furie Screenplay: Terence McCloy, Chris Clark & Suzanne de Passe Based on the book Lady Sings The Blues by Billie Holiday and William Duffy Cast Diana Ross - Billie Holiday Billy Dee Williams - Louis McKay Richard Pryor - Piano Man James T. Callahan - Reg Hanley (as James Callahan) Paul Hampton - Harry Sid Melton - Jerry Virginia Capers - Mama Holiday Yvonne Fair - Yvonne Isabel Sanford - The Madame Tracee Lyles - The Prostitute Ned Glass - The Agent Milton Selzer - The Doctor Norman Bartold - The Detective #1 Clay Tanner - The Detective #2 Jester Hairston - The Butler I've been researching the life of Billie Holiday (1915-1959) recently and on a recent trip to the library I discovered they had the DVD of the 1972 biopic starring Diana Ross. I've never seen the film, and while I don't recommend watching movies as research, I thought it might be interesting to see how they ...