Paris Blues -
Ram is dedicated to his craft as a composer and reluctant to sacrifice his creative freedom for a traditional life in America.
Paul Newman (Ram Bowen), Sidney Poitier (Eddie Cook), Joanne Woodward (Lillian Corning), Diahann Carroll (Connie Lampson), and Louis Armstrong (Wild Man Moore) Music: Composed by Duke Ellington and Billy Strayhorn Running Time: 98 minutes Paris Blues
The film, based on a 1957 novel by Harold Flender, contrasts the relative acceptance of Black people in Paris with the racism of 1950s America. Eddie is torn between his freedom in Paris and the responsibility to return home to aid the civil rights cause. Ram is dedicated to his craft as a