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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.Read moreLess
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.
The story
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 & crew
Duke EllingtonSelf
Billie HolidaySelf - Blues Singer (uncredited)Earl 'Snake Hips' Tucker
Earl 'Snake Hips' TuckerJilting lover / specialty dancer (uncredited)Barney Bigard
Barney BigardSelf - Clarinet (uncredited)Joe 'Tricky Sam' Nanton
Joe 'Tricky Sam' NantonSelf - Trombone (uncredited)Explore the crew
- Director
- Fred Waller
- Producer
- Adolph Zukor
- Original Music Composer
- Duke Ellington
- Writer
- Milton Hockey
- Writer
- Fred Rath
- Director of Photography
- William O. Steiner