Duke Ellington Movies
- 2019
The Green Book: Guide to Freedom
The Green Book: Guide to Freedom7.62019HD
In 1936, Victor H. Green (1892-1960) published The Negro Motorist Green Book, a book that was both a travel guide and a survival manual, to help...
- 1959
Anatomy of a Murder
Anatomy of a Murder7.81959HD
Semi-retired Michigan lawyer Paul Biegler takes the case of Army Lt. Manion, who murdered a local innkeeper after his wife claimed that he raped her....
- 1961
Paris Blues
Paris Blues6.41961HD
During the 1960s, two American jazz musicians living in Paris meet and fall in love with two American tourist girls and must decide between music and...
- 1966
Assault on a Queen
Assault on a Queen5.51966HD
A group of adventurers refloat a WWII German submarine and prepare to use it to pull a very large heist; The Queen Mary which they plan to rob on the...
- 1977
The Turning Point
The Turning Point6.51977HD
As young dancers, they were best friends and fierce rivals. Deedee left the stage for marriage and motherhood, while Emma would become an...
- 1934
Murder at the Vanities
Murder at the Vanities5.41934HD
Shortly before the curtain goes up the first time at the latest performance of Earl Carroll's Vanities, someone is attempting to injure the leading...
- 1943
Cabin in the Sky
Cabin in the Sky6.31943HD
When compulsive gambler Little Joe Jackson dies in a drunken fight, he awakens in purgatory, where he learns that he will be sent back to Earth for...
- 2024
Soundtrack to a Coup d'État
Soundtrack to a Coup d'État7.82024HD
In 1960, United Nations: the Global South ignites a political earthquake, musicians Abbey Lincoln and Max Roach crash the Security Council, Nikita...
- 1934
Belle of the Nineties
Belle of the Nineties5.81934HD
Cabaret entertainer Ruby Carter shifts her operations to New Orleans and becomes exceedingly popular with the local men.
- 1953
Daybreak Express
Daybreak Express7.31953HD
Set to a classic Duke Ellington recording "Daybreak Express", this is a five-minute short of the soon-to-be-demolished Third Avenue elevated subway...
- 1945
The Vampire
The Vampire6.51945HD
After a look at some strange creatures, the narrator and camera take us to the Chaco forest, on the borders of Paraguay, Argentina, and Brazil, where...
- 2003
Piano Blues
Piano Blues6.52003HD
Director — and piano player — Clint Eastwood explores his life-long passion for piano blues, using a treasure trove of rare historical...
- 2019
The Apollo
The Apollo6.42019HD
The history of New York City's Apollo Theater in Harlem is given the full treatment.
- 1930
Check and Double Check
Check and Double Check5.31930HD
Amos and Andy trying to make a go of their "open-air" taxi business while they get caught up in a society hassle, involving driving musicians to a...
- 2018
The Jazz Ambassadors
The Jazz Ambassadors72018HD
The Cold War and Civil Rights collide in this remarkable story of music, diplomacy and race. Beginning in 1955, when America asked its greatest jazz...
- 1929
Black and Tan
Black and Tan6.31929HD
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,...
- 1941
Birth of the Blues
Birth of the Blues5.31941HD
Jeff grows up near Basin Street in New Orleans, playing his clarinet with the dock workers. He puts together a band, the Basin Street Hot-Shots,...
- 2002
It's Black Entertainment
It's Black Entertainment82002HD
A star-studded tribute (from the creators of That's Entertainment) to the contributions of Afro-Americans in film over the last century. Vanessa...
- 1943
Reveille with Beverly
Reveille with Beverly71943HD
Beverly Ross, the switchboard operator at a local radio station, jumps at the chance to be the DJ for an early morning show before the soldiers at a...
- 2022
Charlie Parker: Bird Songs
Charlie Parker: Bird Songs6.82022HD
In 1955, on his report, a medical examiner wrote in the box: age, “about 53 years”. Charlie Parker nicknamed Bird just died, at 34. His...