Duke Ellington Movies
- 1959
Anatomy of a Murder
Anatomy of a Murder7.8291959HD
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....
- 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 Green Book: Guide to Freedom
The Green Book: Guide to Freedom7.7192019HD
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...
- 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...
- 1977
The Turning Point
The Turning Point6.5431977HD
As young dancers, they were best friends and fierce rivals. Deedee left the stage for marriage and motherhood, while Emma would become an...
- 1961
Paris Blues
Paris Blues6.4511961HD
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...
- 1969
Change of Mind
Change of Mind61969HD
A white man's brain is transplanted into a black man's skull.
- 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...
- 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...
- 1934
Belle of the Nineties
Belle of the Nineties5.8331934HD
Cabaret entertainer Ruby Carter shifts her operations to New Orleans and becomes exceedingly popular with the local men.
- 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...
- 1966
Assault on a Queen
Assault on a Queen5.4571966HD
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...
- 1935
Symphony in Black: A Rhapsody of Negro Life
Symphony in Black: A Rhapsody of Negro Life6.6251935HD
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...
- 2024
Soundtrack to a Coup d'État
Soundtrack to a Coup d'État82024HD
In 1960, United Nations: the Global South ignites a political earthquake, musicians Abbey Lincoln and Max Roach crash the Security Council, Nikita...
- 2019
The Apollo
The Apollo6.3442019HD
The history of New York City's Apollo Theater in Harlem is given the full treatment.
- 1953
Daybreak Express
Daybreak Express7.2841953HD
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...
- 1966
The Strolling '20s
The Strolling '20s01966HD
Harry Belafonte and Sidney Poitier travel down memory lane to see what life was like back in the 1920s. Harry Belafonte introduces this musical,...
- 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...
- 1937
The Hit Parade
The Hit Parade41937HD
Agent Pete Garland is fired by society singer Monica Barrett after he got her a new radio contract, because she thinks her lawyer friend Teddy Leeds...
- 1945
The Vampire
The Vampire6.4741945HD
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...