Duke Ellington Movies

Restored Film released in 1943, directed by Jay Bonafield

1942 Short restored in true form

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

Documentary portrait of the legendary jazz bandleader. Preserved by the Academy Film Archive in partnership with The Film Foundation in 2000.

A rising nineteen-year-old singer by the name of Billie Holiday made her screen debut in this musical landmark, which features Duke Ellington and his...

"This documentary film covers a 24-day arts festival in Dakar, Senegal that highlighted Black contributions to the cultural heritage of mankind and...

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,...

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...

Restored film directed by Josef Berne, released in 1942

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