Louis Prima: The Wildest! - 1999 - 7/10

Spotty documentary scores on energy level alone.
This one really charts the music. The career in New Orleans, New York, Los Angeles, Las Vegas.
From his early beginnings, the combos, the band leader, retrenchment back into the combo.
And in Vegas, with Keely Smith, Sam Butera and the Witnesses, he strikes gold!
Prima built Vegas. No brag, fact. His performances, which ran from midnight until 6:00 AM, were pure energy.
Other entertainers, from singers to Hollywood stars, attended, observed, learned.
This is no deep documentary, though.
Surviving band-mates interviewed, along with his manager.
Only two of his five wives interviewed. Only children from his final marriage interviewed.
The personal stuff … it ain’t there. Curious, go to Wikipedia.
What this is, is 90’ of unstoppable, breathless entertainment.