An independently produced film released in 1947 by United Artists, "New Orleans", has its basis in "It's All True". Elliot Paul, who had been under contract to Welles to write "The Story of Jazz" segment, is credited as screenwriter for the film, an all-star history of jazz starring Louis Armstrong and Billie Holiday. In December 1946 Welles's assistant Richard Wilson wrote an attorney to note the similarity between the story of "New Orleans" and the concept of "The Story of Jazz".