Film

Black and Tan

6.3192919mMusic Drama

Director: Dudley Murphy
Year: 1929

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...

Top cast

Duke Ellington

Barney Bigard

Band Member - Clarinet Player

Wellman Braud

Band Member - Bass Player

Joe 'Tricky Sam' Nanton

Band Member -Trombone Player

Edgar Connor

Piano Mover

Alec Lovejoy

Piano Mover

Fredi Washington

Fredi - Duke's Girlfriend

Arthur Whetsol

Trumpet Player

Directed by

Dudley Murphy

Written by

Dudley Murphy