Black and Tan (1929)
Directed by Dudley Murphy · 19 min · Music, Drama
7.9 TOPICAL score · #5,840 of 6,776 films
Vote for it on the board →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...
Black and Tan (1929, directed by Dudley Murphy) has a TOPICAL score of 7.9 - ranked 5,840 of the 6,776 films TOPICAL scores. It scores highest on audience and historical impact, and lowest on awards. Audiences: TMDB 6.3/10 (36 ratings). Wikipedia covers it in 6 languages, and the Library of Congress chose it for the National Film Registry.
Why this score
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- AudienceTMDB 6.3/10 (36 ratings)
- Awards0 wins, 0 nominations
- ImpactWikipedia articles in 6 languages · National Film Registry
- Still read819 Wikipedia readers in the last 60 days
Starring: Duke Ellington, Barney Bigard, Wellman Braud, Tricky Sam Nanton