As one of the most successful variety shows in the history of U.S. television, The Dean Martin Show distinguished itself via...
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2011
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Jump, jive, and bebop to some of the biggest hits of 1940s and 50s with this collection of musical shorts featuring such...
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2007
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This concert release pairs two legendary jazz collaborations into a single performance film. It begins with Norman Granz's...
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2007
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Filmmaker Gary Keys crafts a compelling tribute to late jazz icon Duke Ellington in this companion piece to Keys' 1980...
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2006
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Take a voyage through the history of European jazz in this musical meditation on the origins, growth, and exciting shifts in...
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2006
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Jazz Shots from the East Coast, Vol. 1 offers a collection of musical performances by artists associated with the East Coast...
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2005
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2005
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The home video release Jazz and Big Band Classics presents twenty-four back-to-back archival concert performances from...
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2005
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The home video release Duke Ellington: Early Tracks from the Master of Swing pulls and juxtaposes, back-to-back, twenty...
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2005
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From Kultur comes this documentary that looks at the Harlem Renaissance through the music that defined the era. Harlem...
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2004
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Golden Age of Jazz Volume 1 contains nearly two-dozen short films of performances by some of the most legendary figures in...
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2004
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This installment of the Encore Series from St. Clair Vision features a seven-song set by the one-and-only Duke Ellington...
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2004
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Featured Music
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2004
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Originally broadcast on CBC, That Old Black Magic chronicles the lives of ten African-American artists who helped...
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2003
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The 1940s was a monumental decade for the United States. Amid World War II, economic recovery, and the start of the Cold...
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2001
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The 1940s was a monumental decade for the United States. Amid World War II, economic recovery, and the start of the Cold...
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2001
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The music compilation home video release Duke Ellington and His Orchestra: 1929-1943 presents, in a single, 55-minute...
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2000
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An early 1950s performance by Duke Ellington and two from Lionel Hampton are featured in this installment of Storyville...
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2000
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2000
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Volume five of this ten-volume set celebrates the sounds of the popular 1940s big band music era. Its performance clips...
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1998
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While Duke Ellington is best remembered as perhaps the finest and most influential composer in the history of American jazz,...
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1998
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The 1940s was a monumental decade for the United States. Amid World War II, economic recovery, and the start of the Cold...
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1998
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The 1940s was a monumental decade for the United States. Amid World War II, economic recovery, and the start of the Cold...
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1998
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The 1940s was a monumental decade for the United States. Amid World War II, economic recovery, and the start of the Cold...
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1998
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1997
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In the mid-1920's, just as jazz was firmly establishing itself as America's dominant popular music form, new advancements in...
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1993
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This highly respectful biographical documentary, narrated by Julian Bond, discusses the vast contributions of the pianist,...
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1992
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Two vocalists are captured performing some of their famous songs. "Jumpin' the Blues" and "Symphony in Black" are featured...
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1992
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This video documents the evolution of jazz. It began in 19th century New Orleans, where the slaves first introduced the...
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1991
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Review the history of black show-business. Music, dance and comic routines are featured in this six volume set. ~ Rovi...
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1991
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The 1940s was a monumental decade for the United States. Amid World War II, economic recovery, and the start of the Cold...
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1991
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1991
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Something of a sleeper in its 1990 release, White Hunter, Black Heart is one of Clint Eastwood's most engaging films. It is...
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1990
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The upbeat big band sounds and performances of the 1940s, originally called "Soundies," which were viewed on a Panoram...
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1990
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As is not uncommonly the case, American jazz performers find a welcoming home and are honored in Europe long after they have...
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Featured Music
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1989
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1989
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1989
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Written by playwright Bill Bozzone, Full Moon in Blue Water stars Gene Hackman as Floyd, the owner of a small bar in a...
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1988
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Director Blake Edwards departed from his customary sex farces to direct an unusual satirical Western comedy-thriller. In...
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1988
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1988
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Storyville Films presents this series of short music programs, originally produced between 1941 and 1947. Called "Soundies,"...
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1988
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This romantic comedy is based on a true story that happened in California in 1944. Sonny Wisecarver (Patrick Dempsey) is 15...
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1987
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This video celebrates the lives and music of some of America's most talented jazz pianists. The program is hosted by...
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1987
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The Swing era conjures up images of sophisticated ladies, debonair gentlemen, and the big bands who entertained them with a...
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1987
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In this drama about women living in a repressive society, Julie Christie plays Miss Mary Mulligan, a governess who has taken...
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Featured Music
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1986
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Popular African-American comedian Jo Jo Dancer is severely burned while free-basing cocaine. Producer/director/writer...
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Featured Music
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1986
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This musical presentation features Duke Ellington and his famous orchestra. These two vintage film shorts are "Black and Tan"...
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1986
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Volume 2 of this 2 video set feature title and film selections from black jazz bands such as Hot Chocolate (Ellington 1941),...
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1986
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Jack Kerouac penned such books as On the Road and The Dharma Bums, which captured the essence of the bohemian life that he...
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Featured Music
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1985
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1985
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1985
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1985
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1985
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1985
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1985
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1984
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1984
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1984
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1983
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This humorous film chronicles the attempts of an underground newspaper to keep publishing. The film is narrated by the...
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Featured Music
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1982
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1982
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"Solitude," "Take the 'A' Train," "Mood Indigo," "It Don't Mean a Thing" and over twenty other great songs are performed by...
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1982
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The classic songs of legendary jazz composer Duke Ellington come alive on stage in this performance video. Duke Ellington's...
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1981
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Notorious international jewel thief Jack Rhodes (Burt Reynolds) is out to steal $30 million in uncut diamonds in this...
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1980
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This musical tour takes you to the 1968 tour of Mexico. Some of the tunes by the immortal Duke Ellington are "Take the "A"...
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1980
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This documentary about the history of popular music in America focuses on the evolution of jazz music that took place...
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1976
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Turn up the volume and take a lively trip back to the swing-jazz era as Ella Fitgerald, Duke Ellington, Count Basie, and a...
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1972
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Duke Ellington: Live at the Trivoli Gardens captures the legendary musician and performer leading a talented group of...
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1971
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Play Misty for Me marked Clint Eastwood's debut as a director, and it gave him the then-unusual opportunity to play a regular...
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1971
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This program presents Lou Rawls in a scintillating collaboration with Duke Ellington. Rawls performs both jazz and rhythm &...
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1971
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A married couple struggles to adjust when the husband's brain is transplanted into the skull of a black man. David Rowe...
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1969
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1966
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Assault on a Queen is a complex, exciting crime-caper film in which a gang of clever mercenaries try to rob the famous luxury...
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1966
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A who's who of acclaimed musicians and vocalists including Dinah Shore, Gretchen Wyler, Duke Ellington, and Gordon MacRae...
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1965
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When legendary jazz outfit Duke Ellington and his Orchestra kicked off a one-week engagement at Le Jazz Hot Room in...
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1964
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1962
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Duke Ellington and the Band perform selections including "Take the A Train." ~ Rovi...
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1962
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This musical documentary features Louis Armstrong and a host of others. "Take The A Train" is one highlight. ~ Rovi...
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1961
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The second film of director Martin Ritt with both Paul Newmanand Sidney Poitier, it's set in a city that has long been a...
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1961
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Jazz on a Summer's Day is a priceless record of the 1958 Jazz Festival at Newport, Rhode Island. It just doesn't get better...
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1959
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1959
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1958
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1958
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Robert Graf plays the title role in the allegorical German drama Jonas. The hero is an anonymous worker in a huge printing...
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1957
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This evening of musical magic includes some of the greatest jazz artists and their exciting performances. ~ Rovi...
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1956
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Master of ceremonies Willie Bryant hosts an eventful evening of music and comedy captured live at the Apollo Theater and...
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1955
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This episode of the '50s game show features ordinary people trying to guess the identity of celebrities who are disguised...
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1955
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1955
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1953
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1947
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1944
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Beverly Ross (nn Miller) is a would-be radio personality, but the closest she gets to being on the air is running the...
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1943
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MGM knew it would take a bath on its all-black musical Cabin in the Sky (few Southern theaters of 1943 would touch the film),...
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1943
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1939
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1935
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1935
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Himself
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1933
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Check and Double Check brought radio's highest-rated program to the big screen. Amos 'N' Andy were two black characters...
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1930
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Black and Tan, filmed in February of 1929, was the legendary Duke Ellington's first screen appearance. The short opens with...
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1929
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This musical performance features 12 selections done in Stockholm in 1963, including "Take the "A" Train," "Tutti for...
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