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DecentGoodWatch scoreSummary
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...
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Cast
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- Directed by
- Dudley Murphy
- Written by
- Dudley Murphy
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Facts
December 8, 1929 · 19 min · Music, Drama
- Released
- December 8, 1929
- Runtime
- 19 min
- Genres
- Music, Drama
- Original language
- English
- Made in
- United States
- Available in
- 5 countries
Tropes
As Himself, Changed for the Video, Downer Ending +9