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Miles Davis: Birth of the Cool

Once there was a princess

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Once there was a princess...
Duration
5 seconds
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20
Timestamp in Movie
01:02:37
Uploaded
Jun 16, 2025
Genres
documentary, biography, music
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Movie Summary

Miles Davis: Horn player, bandleader, innovator. This documentary feature explores archival photos and home movies shot by Miles and his colleagues, his manuscripts and Miles' original paintings, to explore the man behind the music.
Anyone could see that the prince was charming. - Miles Davis: Birth of the Cool 00:04
Anyone could see that the prince was charming.
♪ Someday my prince will come ♪ - Miles Davis: Birth of the Cool 00:10
♪ Someday my prince will come ♪
He really felt like those melodies would allow him to speak... - Miles Davis: Birth of the Cool 00:06
He really felt like those melodies would allow him to speak....
I'm going to show you how beautiful it can really be. - Miles Davis: Birth of the Cool 00:04
I'm going to show you how beautiful it can really be.
[music continues] - Miles Davis: Birth of the Cool 00:10
[music continues]
And he could invest that with amazing feeling and depth. - Miles Davis: Birth of the Cool 00:06
And he could invest that with amazing feeling and depth.
He said: "I'm playing it for my wife Frances." - Miles Davis: Birth of the Cool 00:10
He said: "I'm playing it for my wife Frances."...
[Taylor Davis] "Someday My Prince Will Come" - Miles Davis: Birth of the Cool 00:06
[Taylor Davis] "Someday My Prince Will Come"
And he was out of town and I remember going to the shooting - Miles Davis: Birth of the Cool 00:12
And he was out of town and I remember going to the shooting
He wanted to make sure that I looked perfect... - Miles Davis: Birth of the Cool 00:05
He wanted to make sure that I looked perfect...
I put the mole on my little cheek 'cause I thought it had flair. - Miles Davis: Birth of the Cool 00:06
I put the mole on my little cheek 'cause I thought it h...
[Miles] It was on "Someday My Prince Will Come" - Miles Davis: Birth of the Cool 00:08
[Miles] It was on "Someday My Prince Will Come"
I mean, it was my album and I was Frances's prince. - Miles Davis: Birth of the Cool 00:05
I mean, it was my album and I was Frances's prince.
He was standing up for the beauty of black women, - Miles Davis: Birth of the Cool 00:13
He was standing up for the beauty of black women,
And I'm sure it was just because he thought his wife was hot and fine, too. - Miles Davis: Birth of the Cool 00:05
And I'm sure it was just because he thought his wife wa...
Jerome Robbins, Stephen Sondheim, you know, it was, like, the one. - Miles Davis: Birth of the Cool 00:06
Jerome Robbins, Stephen Sondheim, you know, it was, like, th...
There were at least, I'd say, 300 girls auditioning. - Miles Davis: Birth of the Cool 00:05
There were at least, I'd say, 300 girls auditioning.
I got on stage and I stood up there and I snapped my fingers and I went... - Miles Davis: Birth of the Cool 00:05
I got on stage and I stood up there and I snapped my fingers...
[sings Fitzgerald scat] - Miles Davis: Birth of the Cool 00:08
[sings Fitzgerald scat]
And Jerome Robbins... they all freaked out. - Miles Davis: Birth of the Cool 00:04
And Jerome Robbins... they all freaked out.