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8 December 1929 (USA) moreUser Comments:
Only for Diehard Ellington Fans moreCast
(Complete credited cast) | Duke Ellington | ... | Himself |
| rest of cast listed alphabetically: | |||
| Barney Bigard | ... | Himself (clarinetist) |
| Wellman Braud | ... | Himself (bass player) |
| Duke Ellington Orchestra | ... | Themselves (as Duke Ellington and His Cotton Club Orchestra) |
| Joe 'Tricky Sam' Nanton | ... | Himself (trombonist) |
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19 minCountry:
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1.20 : 1 moreSound Mix:
Mono (RCA Photophone System)Certification:
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RCA Gramercy Studios, Astoria, Queens, New York City, New York, USAFun Stuff
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An advertising poster for this film is pictured on one stamp of a set of five 42¢ USA commemorative postage stamps honoring Vintage Black Cinema, issued 16 July 2008. Other films honored in this set are The Sport of the Gods (1921), Princesse Tam Tam (1935), Caldonia (1945), and Hallelujah! (1929). moreSoundtrack:
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Practically plotless excuse to feature the music of Ellington, accompanied by Harlem dancers. Only for the most died-in-the-wool Ellington fans. Essentially a very primitive early music video of mainly historical interest. Ellington's recordings from that era abound, so that the film's main value lies in its serving as a visual document.
The sound is abysmal, the plot corny, and the dancing nothing to dance about. Many of the images are so murky and dim as to be unintelligible. The entire film consists essentially of 3 tableau set pieces, ornamented with some rough camera tricks, too arty by far. The central plot, the dancer's death, is unconvincing and shrilly melodramatic.
Of note is the derogatory racial stereotyping of the two characters who begin the film by showing up to repossess the Duke's piano. They are ridiculed for their illiteracy and for how easily they are dissuaded from their duties with a bribe of a bottle of hooch.