Black and Tan (1929)

Starring:

• Duke Ellington
• Duke Ellington Orchestra 
• Fredi Washington
• Alec Lovejoy 
• Edgar Connor 
• Hall Johnson Choir

Storyline
This picture was produced primarily to showcase Duke Ellington and His Orchestra. The story deals with a dancer and her man who plays the piano in the orchestra of the show in which she is featured. Terribly ill, the brave dancer dances to her death at the finish of the picture, to the music of the song her sweetheart has written for her.