Editing Original Dixieland Jass Band (section)

==Film appearances==
{{further|The Good for Nothing (1917 film)}}
In 1917, the band made the first appearance of a jazz band in a motion picture, a [[silent movie]] entitled, ''[[The Good for Nothing (1917 film)|The Good for Nothing]]'' (1917), directed by [[Carlyle Blackwell]], who also played the lead role as Jack Burkshaw. Written by Alexander Thomas, it also featured [[Evelyn Greeley]] and Kate Lester and was produced by William Brady. Nick LaRocca, Larry Shields, Tony Sbarbaro, and Henry Ragas appeared in the film as a band, with LaRocca on cornet, Shields on clarinet, Ragas on piano, and Sbarbaro on drums. The film was released on December 10, 1917, produced by Peerless Productions, and distributed by World Pictures.

Nick LaRocca and the reunited Original Dixieland Jass Band performed "Tiger Rag" in ''[[The March of Time]]'' newsreel segment titled "Birth of Swing", released to U.S. theaters on February 19, 1937.<ref>[https://www.hboarchives.com/marchoftime/MOT-Newsreels-Synopsis.pdf Synopsis] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150206005206/http://hboarchives.com/marchoftime/MOT-Newsreels-Synopsis.pdf |date=2015-02-06 }} (PDF), ''The March of Time'' Newsreels, [https://www.hboarchives.com/apps/searchlibrary/ctl/marchoftime HBO Archives]</ref>