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Director: Dudley Murphy
Cast: Barney Bigard Tricky Sam Nanton Hall Johnson Arthur Parker Whetsol Duke Ellington Fredi Washington
Genre: Musical
Premiere: 1929
Running time: 19 min
Country: USA

Black and Tan (1929) is a musical short film written and directed by Dudley Murphy. The plot is about a couple in the performing arts; it is set during the contemporary Harlem Renaissance in New York City. It is the first film to feature Duke Ellington and His Orchestra performing as a jazz band, and was also the film debut of actress Fredi Washington. The film is thought to express the emergence of African-American artists in New York City during the Harlem Renaissance.

In 2015, the United States Library of Congress selected the film for preservation in the National Film Registry, finding it "culturally, historically, or aesthetically significant".

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Black and Tan is a movie (1929) from USA. Genre: musical. Directed by Dudley Murphy. Starring Barney Bigard, Tricky Sam Nanton, Hall Johnson, Arthur Parker Whetsol and Duke Ellington. Running time: 19 min.

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