Duke Ellington

Duke Ellington

Edward Kennedy "Duke" Ellington was an American composer, pianist, and leader of a jazz orchestra from 1923 through the rest of his life. Born in Washington, D.C., Ellington was based in New York City from the mid-1920s and gained a national profile through his orchestra's appearances at the Cotton Club in Harlem.

  • Title: Duke Ellington
  • Popularity: 1.122
  • Known For: Acting
  • Birthday: 1899-04-29
  • Place of Birth: Washington, District of Columbia, USA
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  • Also Known As: Edward Kennedy Ellington, Edward Kennedy "Duke" Ellington
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Duke Ellington Movies

  • 1959
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    Anatomy of a Murder

    Anatomy of a Murder

    7.84 1959 HD

    Semi-retired Michigan lawyer Paul Biegler takes the case of Army Lt. Manion, who murdered a local innkeeper after his wife claimed that he raped her....

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  • 1934
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    Murder at the Vanities

    Murder at the Vanities

    5.4 1934 HD

    Shortly before the curtain goes up the first time at the latest performance of Earl Carroll's Vanities, someone is attempting to injure the leading...

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  • 1934
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    Belle of the Nineties

    Belle of the Nineties

    5.8 1934 HD

    Cabaret entertainer Ruby Carter shifts her operations to New Orleans and becomes exceedingly popular with the local men.

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  • 1941
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    Birth of the Blues

    Birth of the Blues

    5.3 1941 HD

    Jeff grows up near Basin Street in New Orleans, playing his clarinet with the dock workers. He puts together a band, the Basin Street Hot-Shots,...

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  • 2014
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    Duke Ellington & Sarah Vaughan Live At The Berlin Philharmonic Hall 1989

    Duke Ellington & Sarah Vaughan Live At The Berlin Philharmonic Hall 1989

    0.5 2014 HD

    Duke Ellington & His Orchestra plus Sarah Vaughan & Her Trio live in Berlin. Featuring: Duke Ellington (piano), Sarah Vaughan (vocals), Harold Ashby...

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  • 2007
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    Jazz Icons: Duke Ellington Live in '58

    Jazz Icons: Duke Ellington Live in '58

    1 2007 HD

    Jazz Icons: Duke Ellington features the earliest-known filmed full-length concert by one of the 20th Century's greatest songwriters and bandleaders....

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  • 1929
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    Black and Tan

    Black and Tan

    6.3 1929 HD

    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,...

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  • 2021
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    Duke Ellington in Isfahan

    Duke Ellington in Isfahan

    1 2021 HD

    This short documentary by writer and archivist Ehsan Khoshbakht tells the story of Duke Ellington's concert tour of the Middle East in 1963 and the...

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  • 1974
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    On the Road with Duke Ellington

    On the Road with Duke Ellington

    1 1974 HD

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

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  • 1933
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    A Bundle of Blues

    A Bundle of Blues

    5.6 1933 HD

    Duke Ellington and his orchestra play two jazz compositions plus 'Stormy Weather' (sung by Ivy Anderson).

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  • 1935
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    Symphony in Black: A Rhapsody of Negro Life

    Symphony in Black: A Rhapsody of Negro Life

    6.6 1935 HD

    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...

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  • 1937
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    The Hit Parade

    The Hit Parade

    4 1937 HD

    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...

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  • 1947
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    Date with Duke

    Date with Duke

    1 1947 HD

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

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  • 1991
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    The Lou Rawls Show with Duke Ellington

    The Lou Rawls Show with Duke Ellington

    1 1991 HD

    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...

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  • 1942
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    Jam Session

    Jam Session

    6.1 1942 HD

    Duke Ellington and Orchestra perform 'C Jam Blues'.

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  • 1943
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    Reveille with Beverly

    Reveille with Beverly

    7 1943 HD

    Beverly Ross, the switchboard operator at a local radio station, jumps at the chance to be the DJ for an early morning show before the soldiers at a...

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  • 1942
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    Bli-Blip

    Bli-Blip

    8 1942 HD

    Duke Ellington and His Orchestra perform "Bli-Blip" with Marie Bryant and Paul White

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  • 1952
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    Mood Indigo

    Mood Indigo

    1 1952 HD

    Duke Ellington Orchestra performs "Mood Indigo" for Snader Telescriptions.

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  • 1952
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    Sophisticated Lady

    Sophisticated Lady

    1 1952 HD

    Duke Ellington Orchestra performing "Sophisticated Lady" for Snader Telescriptions film.

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  • 2005
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    Billie Holiday: The Ultimate Collection

    Billie Holiday: The Ultimate Collection

    1 2005 HD

    This remarkable DVD includes rare TV and film performances, an especially rare radio interview with Mike Wallace, an audio-only rehearsal session...

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  • 2004
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    The Story Of The Blues

    The Story Of The Blues

    4.2 2004 HD

    The story of The Blues traces the four main traditions of blues music: Form Blues, Blues, Urban Blues and Blues Electric. The blues has evolved and...

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  • 2024
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    Steve e il Duca

    Steve e il Duca

    1 2024 HD

    In 1999, on the occasion of the centenary of Ellington's birth, Franco Maresco commissioned Steve Lacy to perform ten songs by the Duke, which were...

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  • 2007
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    Alice Babs - Swing It!

    Alice Babs - Swing It!

    1 2007 HD

    This documentary film features plenty of archival material, also showing Alice Babs from her private side: as a vivacious lady who has held on to her...

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  • 2004
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    The Harlem Renaissance

    The Harlem Renaissance

    6 2004 HD

    Chronicling the Harlem Renaissance era, this retrospective documentary tracks the origins of the soulful music of the period, along with the...

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  • 1952
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    Solitude

    Solitude

    1 1952 HD

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  • 1942
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    I Got It Bad & That Ain't Good

    I Got It Bad & That Ain't Good

    1 1942 HD

    1942 Short restored in true form

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  • 1949
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    Symphony In Swing

    Symphony In Swing

    1 1949 HD

    Restored film directed by Will Cowan in 1943

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  • 1943
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    Duke Ellington and His Orchestra

    Duke Ellington and His Orchestra

    1 1943 HD

    Restored Film released in 1943, directed by Jay Bonafield

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  • 1942
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    Flamingo

    Flamingo

    1 1942 HD

    Restored film directed by Josef Berne, released in 1942

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  • 1950
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    Salute to Duke Ellington

    Salute to Duke Ellington

    1 1950 HD

    Short directed by Will Cowan as tribute to Duke Ellington

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  • 2004
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    Improvisation

    Improvisation

    1 2004 HD

    Improvisational jazz performance filmed in 1950 by Gjon Mili plus Duke Ellington Trio filmed in July 1966, Count Basie at the Montreux Jazz Festival...

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  • 1941
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    Hot Chocolate

    Hot Chocolate

    7.5 1941 HD

    Whitey's Lindy Hoppers at their best along with Duke Ellington and his Orchestra performing for this "Hot Chocolate" musical short.

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  • 1966
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    The Strolling '20s

    The Strolling '20s

    1 1966 HD

    Harry Belafonte and Sidney Poitier travel down memory lane to see what life was like back in the 1920s. Harry Belafonte introduces this musical,...

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  • 2000
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    Duke Ellington & His Orchestra 1929-1943

    Duke Ellington & His Orchestra 1929-1943

    1 2000 HD

    Joined by the likes of saxophonist Ben Webster and trumpeter Cootie Williams, jazz giant Duke Ellington demonstrates in this collection of...

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  • 2018
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    The Jazz Ambassadors

    The Jazz Ambassadors

    7 2018 HD

    The Cold War and Civil Rights collide in this remarkable story of music, diplomacy and race. Beginning in 1955, when America asked its greatest jazz...

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  • 2008
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    Jazz Evolution

    Jazz Evolution

    6 2008 HD

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  • 1956
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    Jazz Ball

    Jazz Ball

    7 1956 HD

    A made-for-TV musical revue, compiled from soundies and film and TV performances by jazz greats from the 1930s to the 1950s.

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  • 1943
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    Cabin in the Sky

    Cabin in the Sky

    6.3 1943 HD

    When compulsive gambler Little Joe Jackson dies in a drunken fight, he awakens in purgatory, where he learns that he will be sent back to Earth for...

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  • 2003
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    Duke Ellington: Live At The Tivoli Gardens

    Duke Ellington: Live At The Tivoli Gardens

    1 2003 HD

    Call him the Duke of Denmark, as this is the second superb Ellington performance recorded in that country to be released in 2003 alone. It's also an...

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  • 2003
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    Piano Blues

    Piano Blues

    6.5 2003 HD

    Director — and piano player — Clint Eastwood explores his life-long passion for piano blues, using a treasure trove of rare historical...

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  • 2003
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    The Intimate Duke Ellington

    The Intimate Duke Ellington

    1 2003 HD

    Duke Ellington's fifty year career was full of accomplishments as a highly original pianist, arranger, prolific composer and leader of a timeless...

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  • 2002
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    It's Black Entertainment

    It's Black Entertainment

    8 2002 HD

    A star-studded tribute (from the creators of That's Entertainment) to the contributions of Afro-Americans in film over the last century. Vanessa...

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  • 1975
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    Black Shadows on a Silver Screen

    Black Shadows on a Silver Screen

    1 1975 HD

    Ossie Davis narrates a history of "race films," films made before 1950 which catered to a primarily black audience.

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  • 2019
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    The Apollo

    The Apollo

    6.4 2019 HD

    The history of New York City's Apollo Theater in Harlem is given the full treatment.

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  • 1930
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    Check and Double Check

    Check and Double Check

    5.3 1930 HD

    Amos and Andy trying to make a go of their "open-air" taxi business while they get caught up in a society hassle, involving driving musicians to a...

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  • 2005
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    Duke Ellington: The Big Band Feeling

    Duke Ellington: The Big Band Feeling

    1 2005 HD

    This 1952 recording includes 2 performances of Duke and his Orchestra, one on Jan. 7, 1952 and one on Aug. 12, 1952. 12 of his signature pieces are...

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  • 1934
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    Many Happy Returns

    Many Happy Returns

    5.3 1934 HD

    Gracie Allen assumes the "management" of the shop owned by her papa Horatio Allen, turning it into a radio station and then an aviary---with the...

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  • 2019
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    The Green Book: Guide to Freedom

    The Green Book: Guide to Freedom

    7.6 2019 HD

    In 1936, Victor H. Green (1892-1960) published The Negro Motorist Green Book, a book that was both a travel guide and a survival manual, to help...

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  • 2022
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    Charlie Parker: Bird Songs

    Charlie Parker: Bird Songs

    6.8 2022 HD

    In 1955, on his report, a medical examiner wrote in the box: age, “about 53 years”. Charlie Parker nicknamed Bird just died, at 34. His...

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  • 2024
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    Soundtrack to a Coup d'État

    Soundtrack to a Coup d'État

    7.8 2024 HD

    In 1960, United Nations: the Global South ignites a political earthquake, musicians Abbey Lincoln and Max Roach crash the Security Council, Nikita...

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  • 1967
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    Duke Ellington: Love You Madly

    Duke Ellington: Love You Madly

    1 1967 HD

    Profile of Duke Ellington featuring performances and interviews with the legendary bandleader. The performance footage was recorded in a number of...

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  • 2014
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    Jazz Legends in Their Own Words

    Jazz Legends in Their Own Words

    1 2014 HD

    A journey into the BBC archives unearthing glorious performances and candid interviews from the golden age of jazz. Featuring some of the greatest...

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  • 2024
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    I Can't Give You Anything But Love: The Jimmy McHugh Story

    I Can't Give You Anything But Love: The Jimmy McHugh Story

    1 2024 HD

    An aspiring singer is tasked with promoting the music catalogue of his great-grandfather, the famous songwriter Jimmy McHugh, recorded by everyone...

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  • 1959
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    Anatomy of a Murder

    Anatomy of a Murder

    7.84 1959 HD

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  • 2012
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    So Long

    So Long

    7 2012 HD

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  • 1977
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    The Turning Point

    The Turning Point

    6.5 1977 HD

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  • 1966
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    Assault on a Queen

    Assault on a Queen

    5.5 1966 HD

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  • 1953
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    Daybreak Express

    Daybreak Express

    7.3 1953 HD

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  • 1969
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    Change of Mind

    Change of Mind

    6 1969 HD

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  • 1943
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    Cabin in the Sky

    Cabin in the Sky

    6.3 1943 HD

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  • 1982
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    Sophisticated Ladies

    Sophisticated Ladies

    1 1982 HD

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  • 2010
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    The Bankbus

    The Bankbus

    1 2010 HD

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  • 1935
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    Symphony in Black: A Rhapsody of Negro Life

    Symphony in Black: A Rhapsody of Negro Life

    6.6 1935 HD

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  • 1974
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    On the Road with Duke Ellington

    On the Road with Duke Ellington

    1 1974 HD

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  • 1945
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    The Vampire

    The Vampire

    6.5 1945 HD

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  • 1958
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    A Smattering of Spots

    A Smattering of Spots

    1 1958 HD

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  • 1961
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    Paris Blues

    Paris Blues

    6.4 1961 HD

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  • 1962
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    The Merv Griffin Show

    The Merv Griffin Show

    5.571 1962 HD

    The Merv Griffin Show is an American television talk show, starring Merv Griffin. The series ran from October 1, 1962 to March 29, 1963 on NBC,...

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  • 2001
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    Jazz

    Jazz

    8 2001 HD

    Jazz is a ten part series that explores the evolution – and the genius – of America’s greatest original art form, focusing on the...

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  • 1956
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    The Steve Allen Show

    The Steve Allen Show

    5 1956 HD

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  • 1957
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    Tonight Starring Jack Paar

    Tonight Starring Jack Paar

    6.5 1957 HD

    Tonight Starring Jack Paar is an American talk show hosted by Jack Paar under The Tonight Show franchise from 1957 to 1962. It originally aired...

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  • 1948
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    The Ed Sullivan Show

    The Ed Sullivan Show

    6.632 1948 HD

    The Ed Sullivan Show is an American TV variety show that originally ran on CBS from Sunday June 20, 1948 to Sunday June 6, 1971, and was hosted by...

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  • 1948
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    The Ed Sullivan Show

    The Ed Sullivan Show

    6.632 1948 HD

    The Ed Sullivan Show is an American TV variety show that originally ran on CBS from Sunday June 20, 1948 to Sunday June 6, 1971, and was hosted by...

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  • 1972
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    Le Grand Échiquier

    Le Grand Échiquier

    8 1972 HD

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  • 1951
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    Deutscher Filmpreis

    Deutscher Filmpreis

    6 1951 HD

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  • 1948
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    Bambi Awards

    Bambi Awards

    9 1948 HD

    The Bambi, often called the Bambi Award and stylised as BAMBI, is a German award presented annually by Hubert Burda Media to recognize excellence in...

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  • 1959
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    Discorama

    Discorama

    1 1959 HD

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  • 1968
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    The Dick Cavett Show

    The Dick Cavett Show

    6.658 1968 HD

    The Dick Cavett Show has been the title of several talk shows hosted by Dick Cavett on various television networks.

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  • 1959
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    The Bell Telephone Hour

    The Bell Telephone Hour

    7 1959 HD

    “The Bell Telephone Hour” was a musical variety show that aired on “NBC” TV from 12 January 1959 to 14 June 1968 that...

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  • 1950
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    What's My Line?

    What's My Line?

    6.7 1950 HD

    Four panelists must determine guests' occupations - and, in the case of famous guests, while blindfolded, their identity - by asking only "yes" or...

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  • 1961
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    The Mike Douglas Show

    The Mike Douglas Show

    5.1 1961 HD

    The Mike Douglas Show is an American daytime television talk show hosted by Mike Douglas that originally aired only in the Cleveland area during much...

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  • 1957
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    Aktuelle Schaubude

    Aktuelle Schaubude

    6 1957 HD

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  • 1966
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    Best of The Dean Martin Variety Show

    Best of The Dean Martin Variety Show

    1 1966 HD

    Dean Martin at his best, each episodes is a combination of extracted performances compiled by the Dean Martin Show's director, Greg Garrison for a...

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  • 1970
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    Best of The Dean Martin Variety Show

    Best of The Dean Martin Variety Show

    5 1970 HD

    Police adventure series set in a modern American metropolis, concerning the problems of a special police group formed to fight high echelon crime....

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