Black and Tan

IMDb link: 0019701
IMDb rating: 6.5 (681 votes)
Genres: Drama, Music, Short
Director: Dudley Murphy
Cast: Hall Johnson Choir, Fredi Washington, Duke Ellington, Duke Ellington Orchestra and others

Release date: 8 Dec 1929
Release year: 1929
Runtime: 19 minutes
Country: United States
Keywords: national film registry, jazz music, nightclub, harlem manhattan new york city, manhattan new york city, tragedy drama, showbiz drama, dance music, rehearsal, tap dancing

Plot:

Duke Ellington plays hot jazz in a fictional story that finds him down on his luck; he tries in vain to dissuade his friend, dancer Fredi Washington, from working with heart trouble even though it means work for his band. Sure enough, she collapses on stage...

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