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* {{Fanservice}}: Washington in a very revealing dancing outfit--but possibly FanDisservice as she is shown to be severely ill.
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* {{Fanservice}}: FanDisservice: Washington in a very revealing dancing outfit--but possibly FanDisservice as she is shown to be severely ill.
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* TitledAfterTheSong: Takes its title from Ellington's 1927 composition "Black and Tan Fantasy".
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Written and directed by Dudley Murphy (''Film/TheEmperorJones'').
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Written and directed by Dudley Murphy (''Film/TheEmperorJones'').
(''Theatre/TheEmperorJones'').
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Written and directed by Dudley Murphy (''Film/TheEmperorJones'').
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Ellington plays, uh, [[TheDanza Duke Ellington]]. Things are not going well for Duke; his piano is nearly repossessed for lack of payment. His wife Fredi, played by Fredi Washington, succeeds in getting them a gig at a nightclub where Duke and the Orchestra will play and she will dance. The only problem is, Fredi has a serious heart condition which makes dancing hazardous.
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Ellington plays, uh, [[TheDanza Duke Ellington]]. Things are not going well for Duke; his Duke, who is struggling to find work. His piano is nearly repossessed for lack of payment. His wife Fredi, played by Fredi Washington, succeeds in getting them a gig at a nightclub where Duke and the Orchestra will play and she will dance. The only problem is, Fredi has a serious heart condition which makes dancing hazardous.
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''Black and Tan'' is a 1929 musical short film (18 minutes) starring Music/DukeEllington and His Orchestra (or as it's named in the opening credits, "Duke Ellington and his Cotton Club Orchestra".
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''Black and Tan'' is a 1929 musical short film (18 minutes) starring Music/DukeEllington and His Orchestra (or as it's named in the opening credits, "Duke Ellington and his Cotton Club Orchestra".
Orchestra").
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* AsHimself: Ellington starring as a fictionalized version of himself.
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* AsHimself: Ellington starring as a fictionalized version of himself.himself; ditto Fredi Washington.
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* ChangedForTheVideo: The performance of "Black and Tan Fantasy" is quite different than in any of the versions recorded and released by Ellington. Clarinetist Barney Bigard has a solo, and a gospel choir sings background, befitting the somber mood as Fredi dies.
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* TheyChangedItForTheVideo: The performance of "Black and Tan Fantasy" is quite different than in any of the versions recorded and released by Ellington. Clarinetist Barney Bigard has a solo, and a gospel choir sings background, befitting the somber mood as Fredi dies.
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''Black and Tan'' is a 1929 musical short film (18 minutes) starring Music/DukeEllington and His Orchestra (or as it's named in the opening credits, "Duke Ellington and his Cotton Club Orchestra".
Ellington plays, uh, [[TheDanza Duke Ellington]]. Things are not going well for Duke; his piano is nearly repossessed for lack of payment. His wife Fredi, played by Fredi Washington, succeeds in getting them a gig at a nightclub where Duke and the Orchestra will play and she will dance. The only problem is, Fredi has a serious heart condition which makes dancing hazardous.
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* AsHimself: Ellington starring as a fictionalized version of himself.
* DownerEnding: Fredi dies in her bed as "Black and Tan Fantasy" ends.
* {{Fanservice}}: Washington in a very revealing dancing outfit--but possibly FanDisservice as she is shown to be severely ill.
* FanserviceExtra: A whole squad of chorus girls takes the stage after Fredi has her attack.
* ImpairmentShot: Much of the performance of Ellington and the Orchestra is shot as an Impairment Shot from the POV of Fredi, who is suffering a heart attack. A kaleidoscope effect shows multiple shots spinning around as Fredi tries to stand up.
* MonochromeCasting: An all-black cast.
* TheMusicalMusical: Duke Ellington and His Orchestra, playing in a club.
* TheShowMustGoOn: "Keep the show on!", cries the MC after Fredi has her attack. He hustles the dancing girls onstage, but the curtain falls soon after anyway.
* TheyChangedItForTheVideo: The performance of "Black and Tan Fantasy" is quite different than in any of the versions recorded and released by Ellington. Clarinetist Barney Bigard has a solo, and a gospel choir sings background, befitting the somber mood as Fredi dies.
* TitleDrop: "Play me the 'Black and Tan Fantasy'", asks a dying Fredi of Duke.
* UncleTomfoolery: Even a film with an all-black cast couldn't escape this in 1929. A goofy guy and his goofy young assistant, talking in stereotypically uneducated speech, show up to repossess Duke's piano. Fredi bribes them with a bottle of gin.
Ellington plays, uh, [[TheDanza Duke Ellington]]. Things are not going well for Duke; his piano is nearly repossessed for lack of payment. His wife Fredi, played by Fredi Washington, succeeds in getting them a gig at a nightclub where Duke and the Orchestra will play and she will dance. The only problem is, Fredi has a serious heart condition which makes dancing hazardous.
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!!Tropes:
* AsHimself: Ellington starring as a fictionalized version of himself.
* DownerEnding: Fredi dies in her bed as "Black and Tan Fantasy" ends.
* {{Fanservice}}: Washington in a very revealing dancing outfit--but possibly FanDisservice as she is shown to be severely ill.
* FanserviceExtra: A whole squad of chorus girls takes the stage after Fredi has her attack.
* ImpairmentShot: Much of the performance of Ellington and the Orchestra is shot as an Impairment Shot from the POV of Fredi, who is suffering a heart attack. A kaleidoscope effect shows multiple shots spinning around as Fredi tries to stand up.
* MonochromeCasting: An all-black cast.
* TheMusicalMusical: Duke Ellington and His Orchestra, playing in a club.
* TheShowMustGoOn: "Keep the show on!", cries the MC after Fredi has her attack. He hustles the dancing girls onstage, but the curtain falls soon after anyway.
* TheyChangedItForTheVideo: The performance of "Black and Tan Fantasy" is quite different than in any of the versions recorded and released by Ellington. Clarinetist Barney Bigard has a solo, and a gospel choir sings background, befitting the somber mood as Fredi dies.
* TitleDrop: "Play me the 'Black and Tan Fantasy'", asks a dying Fredi of Duke.
* UncleTomfoolery: Even a film with an all-black cast couldn't escape this in 1929. A goofy guy and his goofy young assistant, talking in stereotypically uneducated speech, show up to repossess Duke's piano. Fredi bribes them with a bottle of gin.
