| | |  | Musicals | Home » » » Swing Era - Duke Ellington in Hollywood | | | | | | | Description: | | Widely considered to be the most important and influential composer in the history of jazz, Duke Ellington is the focus of this collection of short films and rare footage. Includes "Black and Tan" (1929); "Symphony in Black" (1935), co-starring Billie Holiday; and sequences from "Belle of the Nineties" (1934), featuring Mae West. 60 min. Standard; Soundtrack: English. | | | Product Details: | | | Actors:
| Duke Ellington | | Format:
| Closed-captioned, Color, DVD, Import, NTSC | | Language:
| English | | Number of Discs:
| 1 | | Studio:
| IDEM HOME VIDEO | | Run Time:
| 60 minutes | | DVD Release Date:
| April 29, 2008 | | Average Customer Rating:
|  based on 2 reviews |
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| $6.77 | New | | | $6.78 | New | | | $7.91 | Used
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| $6.77 | New | | | $6.78 | New | | | $8.18 | New | | | $9.56 | New | | | $13.71 | New | |
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 22 GREAT VIDEOS OF EARLY DUKE ELLINGTONFeb 05, 2011
By W. BUTLER
"lost in las vegas"
Just to balance out an incredibly vapid 2 Star review from someone who says "it could have been better" but does not say how. As this 60 min. DVD appears to contains all the available black and white snippets Duke made in Hollywood in the 30's one wonders where the compilers went wrong? The visual and sound quality is remarkably good too. For the rest of my review please see the comment I added before realising it was a DUTY to let Ellington enthusiasts know this is as good a visual historical record of his 1929-43 period as you are likely to get. There are a few other videos of his later bands contained in the PBS 2-part documentary but to see them means ploughing thru 2 hours of Ducal interviews (which can get rather boring watched over and over).
4 of 7 found the following review helpful:
 could have been a whole lot betterMar 10, 2006
By P. Atkins
Credits are important. They help define the creative process and guide the viewer's point of view. We like to know what we are watching, especially nostalgic compilations like this. Other than a few brief liner notes, the DVD does not impart enough information and leaves the viewer disappointed. The Duke is great, this DVD is not.
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