Release Date

08 Dec, 1929

Runtime

00:19: (HH:MM)

Synopsis

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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Actors

Duke Ellington

Barney Bigard

Wellman Braud

Joe 'Tricky Sam' Nanton

Edgar Connor

Alec Lovejoy

Fredi Washington

Arthur Whetsol

Crew

Dudley Murphy

Dudley Murphy

Ernst Fegté

Russell G. Shields

Dal Clawson