- HD 1080
- Runtime: 19m.
- Status: Released
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- Languages: en
- Country: United States of America
- Director: Dudley Murphy
- Stars: Duke Ellington, Barney Bigard, Wellman Braud, Joe 'Tricky Sam' Nanton, Edgar Connor
- keywords: harlem renaissance, short film
- Production_studio: RKO Radio Pictures
- providers: Cohen Media Amazon Channel
- The Black and Tan is featured in the top rankings of 1929
- #19 in Top Drama Movies of 1929
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...