Connection
Black and Tan is a american film of genre Drama directed by Dudley Murphy released in USA on 8 december 1929 with Fredi Washington
Black and Tan (1929)
If you like this film, let us know!
- Infos
- Casting
- Technical infos
- Photos
- Videos
- Film quotes
- Characters
- Music
- Awards
Add to a movie listBlack and Tan, more fully called Black and Tan Fantasy (1929), is a musical short film written and directed by Dudley Murphy about a couple in the performing arts; it is set during the contemporary Harlem Renaissance in New York City. It is the first film to feature Duke Ellington and His Orchestra performing as a jazz band, and was also the film debut of actress Fredi Washington. The film is thought to express the emergence of African-American artists in New York City during the Harlem Renaissance.
Synopsis
The film begins with a scene showing Duke Ellington struggling to get bookings for his band. His finances are so tight that he can't make payments on his piano and apartment. Two men arrive to take possession of Duke's piano.Actors
Fredi Washington
(Fredi - Duke's Girlfriend)
Comments
Leave comment :
Suggestions of similar film to Black and Tan
There are 4 films with the same actors, 10 films with the same director, 65502 with the same cinematographic genres (including 2575 with exactly the same 2 genres than Black and Tan), 6745 films with the same themes (including 90 films with the same 3 themes than Black and Tan), to have finally 70 suggestions of similar films.If you liked Black and Tan, you will probably like those similar films :
St. Louis Blues (1929)
, 16minutesDirected by Dudley Murphy
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Musical
Themes Musical films
Rating64%
The Night Is Young (1935)
, 1h21Directed by Dudley Murphy
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Romantic comedy, Romance
Themes Musical films
Actors Ramón Novarro, Evelyn Laye, Charles Butterworth, Una Merkel, Charles Judels, Edward Everett Horton
Rating62%
The Emperor Jones (1933)
, 1h12Directed by William C. de Mille, Dudley Murphy
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Musical
Themes Seafaring films, Monde imaginaire, Théâtre, Transport films, Films based on plays
Actors Paul Robeson, Dudley Digges, Fredi Washington, Ruby Elzy, Frank H. Wilson, Rex Ingram
Rating63%
At a Baptist prayer meeting, the preacher leads a prayer for Brutus Jones, who has just been hired as a Pullman Porter, a job that served the upward mobility of thousands of African-American men in the first half of the 20th-century. Jones proudly shows off his uniform to his girlfriend Dolly (and the film's audience, setting up the contrast with the later scenes in which "the Emperor Jones" parades around in overdone military garb) before joining the congregation for a spiritual. But Jones is quickly corrupted by the lures of the big city, taking up with fast women and gamblers. One boisterous crap game leads to a fight in which he inadvertently stabs Jeff, the man who had introduced him to the fast-life and from whom he had stolen the affections of the beautiful Undine (played by Fredi Washington).
Swing Kids (1993)
, 1h54Directed by Thomas Carter
Origin USA
Genres Drama, War, Musical theatre, Historical, Musical
Themes Dance films, Films about music and musicians, Films about religion, Jazz films, Musical films, Political films, Films about Jews and Judaism
Actors Robert Sean Leonard, Christian Bale, Frank Whaley, Barbara Hershey, Kenneth Branagh, Tushka Bergen
Rating67%
In 1939 Hamburg, Peter Müller and Thomas Berger join their friends Arvid and Otto at a swing club called The Bismarck. They have a good time, dancing and enjoying the music.
Too Late Blues (1961)
, 1h43Directed by John Cassavetes
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Musical
Themes Films about music and musicians, Jazz films, Musical films
Actors Bobby Darin, Stella Stevens, Vince Edwards, Seymour Cassel, Nick Dennis, John Cassavetes
Rating67%
"Ghost" Wakefield is the leader of a struggling jazz band. At a party he meets the attractive singer Jess, who is in a relationship with the Ghost's agent, Benny. At Ghost's insistence she becomes a member of the band, and he begins a relationship with her, antagonizing Benny.
The Gene Krupa Story (1959)
, 1h41Directed by Don Weis
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Biography, Musical
Themes Films about music and musicians, Jazz films, Musical films
Actors Sal Mineo, Susan Kohner, James Darren, Susan Oliver, Yvonne Craig, Lawrence Dobkin
Rating66%
St. Louis Blues (1958)
, 1h45Origin USA
Genres Drama, Historical, Musical
Themes Films about music and musicians, Le blues, Jazz films, Musical films
Actors Nat King Cole, Eartha Kitt, Ruby Dee, Juano Hernández, Billy Preston, Pearl Bailey
Rating70%
Will Handy grandit à Memphis avec son père (pasteur) et sa tante Hagar. Son père entend, bien qu'il utilise ses dons musicaux uniquement à des fins religieuses à l'église, mais Will n'arrive pas à se séparer de la musique de rue de son époque. Après avoir écrit une première chanson, Gogo, une chanteuse, arrive à le convaincre de l'accompagner. Will est étranglé par la culture forte de son père et ses chansons de blues. Enfin la famille se réunit quand Gogo les fait venir à New York pour voir Will chanter une de ses chansons au milieu d'un orchestre symphonique.
The Glenn Miller Story (1954)
, 1h55Directed by Anthony Mann
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Biography, Historical, Musical, Romance
Themes Films about music and musicians, Transport films, Aviation films, Jazz films, Musical films, Political films, United States Armed Forces in films
Actors James Stewart, June Allyson, Harry Morgan, Charles Drake, Barton MacLane, Irving Bacon
Rating72%
The film follows big band leader Glenn Miller (1904–1944) (James Stewart) from his early days in the music business in 1929 through to his 1944 death when the airplane he was flying in was lost over the English Channel during World War II. Prominent placement in the film is given to Miller's courtship and marriage to Helen Burger (June Allyson), and various cameos by actual musicians who were colleagues of Miller.
The Benny Goodman Story (1956)
, 1h56Directed by Valentine Davies
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Biography, Musical
Themes Films about music and musicians, Jazz films, Musical films
Actors Steve Allen, Donna Reed, Herbert Anderson, Robert F. Simon, Sammy Davis Jr., Hy Averback
Rating67%
The young Benny Goodman is taught clarinet by a Chicago music professor. He is advised by bandleader Edward Ory to play whichever kind of music he likes best, but to make a living, Benny begins by joining the Ben Pollack traveling band.
Lady Sings the Blues (1972)
, 2h24Directed by Sidney J. Furie
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Biography, Musical, Romance
Themes Medical-themed films, Films about music and musicians, Films about drugs, Jazz films, Musical films
Actors Diana Ross, Billy Dee Williams, Richard Pryor, James T. Callahan, Paul Hampton, Sid Melton
Rating69%
In 1936, New York City, Billie Holiday is arrested on a drugs charge. In a flashback to 1928, Billie is working as a housekeeper in a brothel where she is raped. She runs away to her mother, who sets up a job cleaning for another brothel in the Harlem section of New York. The brothel is run by an arrogant, selfish owner who pays Billie very little money.