Overview
A rising nineteen-year-old singer by the name of Billie Holiday made her screen debut in this musical landmark, which features Duke Ellington and his orchestra performing his symphonic jazz piece “A Rhapsody of Negro Life” set to scenes of everyday African American life.
Cast
Duke Ellington
Self
Billie Holiday
Self - Blues Singer (uncredited)
Earl 'Snake Hips' Tucker
Jilting lover / specialty dancer (uncredited)
Barney Bigard
Self - Clarinet (uncredited)
Joe 'Tricky Sam' Nanton
Self - Trombone (uncredited)
Media
Recommendations
Paprika
Eddie Murphy Raw
Joker
Titanic
Oppenheimer
The Truman Show
Once Upon a Time... in Hollywood
Shutter Island
The Shawshank Redemption
Back to the Future
Tenet
Green Book
Batman Begins
The Godfather
The Breakfast Club
Birds of Prey (and the Fantabulous Emancipation of One Harley Quinn)
8 Mile
PK
Pulp Fiction
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