Duke Ellington
Známy pre: Acting
Narodeniny: 1899-04-29
Miesto narodenia: Washington, District of Columbia, USA
Taktiež známy ako: Edward Kennedy Ellington, Edward Kennedy "Duke" Ellington
Anatomy of a Murder
Semi-retired Michigan lawyer Paul Biegler takes the case of Army Lt. Manion, who murdered a local innkeeper after his wife claimed that he raped her....
Uvoľnenie : 1959.01.07Popularita : 26.746
Murder at the Vanities
Shortly before the curtain goes up the first time at the latest performance of Earl Carroll's Vanities, someone is attempting to injure the leading...
Uvoľnenie : 1934.05.18Popularita : 6.86
Belle of the Nineties
Cabaret entertainer Ruby Carter shifts her operations to New Orleans and becomes exceedingly popular with the local men.
Uvoľnenie : 1934.09.21Popularita : 5.387
Birth of the Blues
Jeff grows up near Basin Street in New Orleans, playing his clarinet with the dock workers. He puts together a band, the Basin Street Hot-Shots,...
Uvoľnenie : 1941.11.07Popularita : 2.926
Duke Ellington & Sarah Vaughan Live At The Berlin Philharmonic Hall 1989
Duke Ellington & His Orchestra plus Sarah Vaughan & Her Trio live in Berlin. Featuring: Duke Ellington (piano), Sarah Vaughan (vocals), Harold Ashby...
Uvoľnenie : 2014.01.13Popularita : 1.312
Jazz Icons: Duke Ellington Live in '58
Jazz Icons: Duke Ellington features the earliest-known filmed full-length concert by one of the 20th Century's greatest songwriters and bandleaders....
Uvoľnenie : 2007.05.21Popularita : 0.314
Black and Tan
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,...
Uvoľnenie : 1929.12.08Popularita : 6.948
Duke Ellington in Isfahan
This short documentary by writer and archivist Ehsan Khoshbakht tells the story of Duke Ellington's concert tour of the Middle East in 1963 and the...
Uvoľnenie : 2021.09.02Popularita : 1.281
On the Road with Duke Ellington
Documentary portrait of the legendary jazz bandleader. Preserved by the Academy Film Archive in partnership with The Film Foundation in 2000.
Uvoľnenie : 1974.12.31Popularita : 0.54
A Bundle of Blues
Duke Ellington and his orchestra play two jazz compositions plus 'Stormy Weather' (sung by Ivy Anderson).
Uvoľnenie : 1933.01.31Popularita : 0.502
Symphony in Black: A Rhapsody of Negro Life
A rising nineteen-year-old singer by the name of Billie Holiday made her screen debut in this musical landmark, which features Duke Ellington and his...
Uvoľnenie : 1935.09.12Popularita : 1.997
The Hit Parade
Agent Pete Garland is fired by society singer Monica Barrett after he got her a new radio contract, because she thinks her lawyer friend Teddy Leeds...
Uvoľnenie : 1937.04.26Popularita : 3.706
Date with Duke
Duke Ellington at the piano conducts a group of puppet perfume bottles playing his "Perfume Suite."
Uvoľnenie : 1947.10.30Popularita : 1.482
The Lou Rawls Show with Duke Ellington
With a unique style that encompassed soul, jazz and pop, Lou Rawls established himself as one of the premier voices of the modern musical age. This...
Uvoľnenie : 1991.01.01Popularita : 0.931
Jam Session
Duke Ellington and Orchestra perform 'C Jam Blues'.
Uvoľnenie : 1942.01.01Popularita : 2.555
Reveille with Beverly
Beverly Ross, the switchboard operator at a local radio station, jumps at the chance to be the DJ for an early morning show before the soldiers at a...
Uvoľnenie : 1943.02.04Popularita : 5.053
Bli-Blip
Duke Ellington and His Orchestra perform "Bli-Blip" with Marie Bryant and Paul White
Uvoľnenie : 1942.01.01Popularita : 0.982
Mood Indigo
Duke Ellington Orchestra performs "Mood Indigo" for Snader Telescriptions.
Uvoľnenie : 1952.02.03Popularita : 0.602
Sophisticated Lady
Duke Ellington Orchestra performing "Sophisticated Lady" for Snader Telescriptions film.
Uvoľnenie : 1952.02.03Popularita : 0.197
Billie Holiday: The Ultimate Collection
This remarkable DVD includes rare TV and film performances, an especially rare radio interview with Mike Wallace, an audio-only rehearsal session...
Uvoľnenie : 2005.10.25Popularita : 1.196
The Story Of The Blues
The story of The Blues traces the four main traditions of blues music: Form Blues, Blues, Urban Blues and Blues Electric. The blues has evolved and...
Uvoľnenie : 2004.06.30Popularita : 1.061
Steve e il Duca
In 1999, on the occasion of the centenary of Ellington's birth, Franco Maresco commissioned Steve Lacy to perform ten songs by the Duke, which were...
Uvoľnenie : 2024.04.27Popularita : 2.684
Alice Babs - Swing It!
This documentary film features plenty of archival material, also showing Alice Babs from her private side: as a vivacious lady who has held on to her...
Uvoľnenie : 2007.01.01Popularita : 1.401
The Harlem Renaissance
Chronicling the Harlem Renaissance era, this retrospective documentary tracks the origins of the soulful music of the period, along with the...
Uvoľnenie : 2004.01.01Popularita : 2.649
I Got It Bad & That Ain't Good
1942 Short restored in true form
Uvoľnenie : 1942.01.01Popularita : 0.293
Symphony In Swing
Restored film directed by Will Cowan in 1943
Uvoľnenie : 1949.01.01Popularita : 0.296
Duke Ellington and His Orchestra
Restored Film released in 1943, directed by Jay Bonafield
Uvoľnenie : 1943.01.01Popularita : 0.294
Flamingo
Restored film directed by Josef Berne, released in 1942
Uvoľnenie : 1942.01.01Popularita : 1.178
Salute to Duke Ellington
Short directed by Will Cowan as tribute to Duke Ellington
Uvoľnenie : 1950.01.01Popularita : 0.856
Improvisation
Improvisational jazz performance filmed in 1950 by Gjon Mili plus Duke Ellington Trio filmed in July 1966, Count Basie at the Montreux Jazz Festival...
Uvoľnenie : 2004.01.01Popularita : 1.197
Hot Chocolate
Whitey's Lindy Hoppers at their best along with Duke Ellington and his Orchestra performing for this "Hot Chocolate" musical short.
Uvoľnenie : 1941.02.20Popularita : 0.949
The Strolling '20s
Harry Belafonte and Sidney Poitier travel down memory lane to see what life was like back in the 1920s. Harry Belafonte introduces this musical,...
Uvoľnenie : 1966.02.04Popularita : 4.081
Duke Ellington & His Orchestra 1929-1943
Joined by the likes of saxophonist Ben Webster and trumpeter Cootie Williams, jazz giant Duke Ellington demonstrates in this collection of...
Uvoľnenie : 2000.01.01Popularita : 0.414
The Jazz Ambassadors
The Cold War and Civil Rights collide in this remarkable story of music, diplomacy and race. Beginning in 1955, when America asked its greatest jazz...
Uvoľnenie : 2018.05.04Popularita : 2.333
Jazz Ball
A made-for-TV musical revue, compiled from soundies and film and TV performances by jazz greats from the 1930s to the 1950s.
Uvoľnenie : 1956.01.01Popularita : 0.969
Cabin in the Sky
When compulsive gambler Little Joe Jackson dies in a drunken fight, he awakens in purgatory, where he learns that he will be sent back to Earth for...
Uvoľnenie : 1943.04.09Popularita : 8.052
Duke Ellington: Live At The Tivoli Gardens
Call him the Duke of Denmark, as this is the second superb Ellington performance recorded in that country to be released in 2003 alone. It's also an...
Uvoľnenie : 2003.11.11Popularita : 1.127
Piano Blues
Director — and piano player — Clint Eastwood explores his life-long passion for piano blues, using a treasure trove of rare historical...
Uvoľnenie : 2003.10.04Popularita : 4.195
The Intimate Duke Ellington
Duke Ellington's fifty year career was full of accomplishments as a highly original pianist, arranger, prolific composer and leader of a timeless...
Uvoľnenie : 2003.06.17Popularita : 0.635
It's Black Entertainment
A star-studded tribute (from the creators of That's Entertainment) to the contributions of Afro-Americans in film over the last century. Vanessa...
Uvoľnenie : 2002.02.08Popularita : 2.913
Black Shadows on a Silver Screen
Ossie Davis narrates a history of "race films," films made before 1950 which catered to a primarily black audience.
Uvoľnenie : 1975.04.19Popularita : 3.01
The Apollo
The history of New York City's Apollo Theater in Harlem is given the full treatment.
Uvoľnenie : 2019.04.24Popularita : 4.409
Check and Double Check
Amos and Andy trying to make a go of their "open-air" taxi business while they get caught up in a society hassle, involving driving musicians to a...
Uvoľnenie : 1930.10.02Popularita : 3.027
Duke Ellington: The Big Band Feeling
This 1952 recording includes 2 performances of Duke and his Orchestra, one on Jan. 7, 1952 and one on Aug. 12, 1952. 12 of his signature pieces are...
Uvoľnenie : 2005.04.19Popularita : 0.671
Many Happy Returns
Gracie Allen assumes the "management" of the shop owned by her papa Horatio Allen, turning it into a radio station and then an aviary---with the...
Uvoľnenie : 1934.06.08Popularita : 2.524
The Green Book: Guide to Freedom
In 1936, Victor H. Green (1892-1960) published The Negro Motorist Green Book, a book that was both a travel guide and a survival manual, to help...
Uvoľnenie : 2019.02.25Popularita : 8.072
Charlie Parker: Bird Songs
In 1955, on his report, a medical examiner wrote in the box: age, “about 53 years”. Charlie Parker nicknamed Bird just died, at 34. His...
Uvoľnenie : 2022.01.09Popularita : 1.613