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Black and Tan (1929)

Black and Tan (1929)

Drama Music
Release Date: 1929, December 8
Directors: Dudley Murphy
Countries: United States of America
Production: RKO Radio Pictures, RKO Radio Pictures
Cast: Duke Ellington, Fredi Washington, Barney Bigard, Joe 'Tricky Sam' Nanton, Alec Lovejoy, Edgar Connor, Wellman Braud, Arthur Whetsol

Overview:

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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short film harlem renaissance