Duke Ellington Movies

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...

With a unique style that encompassed soul, jazz and pop, Lou Rawls established himself as one of the premier voices of the modern musical age. This...

A white man's brain is transplanted into a black man's skull.

Restored Film released in 1943, directed by Jay Bonafield

1942 Short restored in true form

Restored film directed by Will Cowan in 1943

Duke Ellington at the piano conducts a group of puppet perfume bottles playing his "Perfume Suite."

In this musical short, three individuals try to entice a reclusive uncle to join the festivities during Mardi Gras.

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,...

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...

Restored film directed by Josef Berne, released in 1942