Black and Tan, (1929), Duke Ellington's first film appearance (colorized)
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- Опубликовано: 13 сен 2024
- Directed and written by Dudley Murphy
Starring Duke Ellington (as himself),
Fredi Washington (as herself) , Frankie Jaxon (as Piano Mover), Alec Lovejoy (as Piano Mover), Arthur Whetsel (trumpet), Barney Bigard (clarinet), Wellman Braud (bass), , Tricky Sam Nanton (trombone), the Cotton Club Orchestra, Hall Johnson Choir.
songs in the movie :
Black and Tan Fantasy
The Duke Steps Out
Black Beauty (trumpet solo by Arthur Whetsel)
Fragments of "Cotton Club Stomp, "Flaming Youth", "Hot Feet" & "Same Train"
Gospel by the Hall Johnson Choir,
Thanks to Anders for his help in correcting the subtitiles.
This movie, which is still fresh at over 90 years old, is a miniature gem. At less than half an hour long, it has a substantial plot and beautiful music.
god, those last four minutes is the most haunting scene i have ever seen in film. gorgeous
Filmed in February 1929.
Edward Kennedy "Duke" Ellington, piano/arranger
Arthur Whetsel, Freddy Jenkins, George "Cootie" Williams. trumpets
Joe "Tricky Sam" Nanton, trombone
Johnny Hodges, clarinet/sopriano sax/alto sax
Harry Carney, clarinet/alto sax/baritone sax
Barney Bigard, clarinet/tenor sax
Fred Guy, banjo
Wellman Braud, bass
William "Sonny" Greer, drums
Fredi Washington was a great beauty
Thank you for presenting Black and Tan. I came her to explore, not so much Duke Ellington, but Fredi Washington as the sickly dancer with the bad heart. She really moved very well on the stage in a provocative costume. Just loved it. Again thanks for showing a 94-year old gem.
Thank you for this, the colours really bring character to this Classic!
Great work, thank You! Bless from Perú.
that clarinet solo part in the last song was awesome!
some young talent has to discover the potential of the clarinet as a lead instrument once again
thanks for posting. just incredible to see
Remarkable clip. G’day & Cheers
The film used RCA Photophone technology - while Photophone projectors could handle film sound from earlier formats, other systems could not play Photophone sound, so the music for Black and Tan was also produced on two single sided discs. This would allow movie houses to play the recordings when showing the film if they didn't have the RCA Photophone equipment.
'The film was first released on 1929-10-29 in the form of prints with sound-on-film. The two single-sided 16-inch disks made for theatres not equipped for sound-on-film exhibition were produced by dubbing from the first-generation sound recordings made on film.
Per the files of the Victor Talking Machine Co. where the dubbing was done: Film to wax transfer at RCA Camden Church Bldg., November 13, 1929. Reel one's audio was dubbed onto wax masters MVE-0806-1, -2, -2A (-1 was used for pressings). Reel two's audio was dubbed onto wax masters MVE-0806[a]-1A, -2, -2A (-2 was used for pressings. The waxes were processed to make metal masters, mothers and ultimately stampers used to manufacture 16-inch pressings that were sent to theatres. A photograph of the label of the disk with part two is reproduced on the cover of Jerry Valburn's The Directory of Duke Ellington's Recordings. '
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thanks loads!
Fantastic! I saw this film for the first time. It's supposed to be the recordings made at RCA Gramercy Studio, New York City, on Aug 12th, 1929. Film shooting location is uncertain.
Many thanks for these precisions.
The script is curious. I know this is pre-Production Code, but it's very interesting to me that the woman has to die. It resembles the way gay people were dealt with under the Code: their characters couldn't end happily. Is her death supposed to be the wages of sin, jazz, and (illegal) liquor? Or, alternatively, is she sacrificing herself for her man (not unlike the prostitute with the heart of gold)? And the script doesn't cast Ellington in any too good a light, either--does anyone know if he had any creative input beyond his music?
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I can see it now, this is AI
Well, black workers who cant read?
The music’s wonderful; the ‘Uncle Tom’ stuff is, notwithstanding the period, nauseating, frankly, racial stereotyping at its most caustic.