[78-L] Duke Ellington on film, 1925?

[Cary Ginell]

Yes, when I clicked on the widescreen blow-up, the images distorted left to right. I see a piano in the picture and the image of a banjo player sitting in front of it, but how anyone can positively confirm Ellington's presence, except by inference, is beyond me. Even if Ellington were the only band to play at that club at the time, surely there could have been a substitute playing that day for whatever reason. I'd like to know who the "Ellington experts" were who identified him and maybe they can come forward and enlighten me. I want to believe, but...
Cary Ginell

> Date: Mon, 29 Apr 2013 13:17:11 -0400
> From: dlennick at sympatico.ca
> To: 78-l at klickitat.78online.com
> Subject: Re: [78-L] Duke Ellington on film, 1925?
> 
> Okay, I couldn't even see a band let alone a bean-shaped head. I was switching 
> between small and full screen and did it seem to anyone else that this was in 
> the wrong ratio? Not much use of widescreen in 1925.
> 
> On 4/29/2013 1:09 PM, David Lennick wrote:
> > The pianist in the still looks a bit like Duke to me..also looks like Jamie
> > Foxx..I'm seeing only the still, not the film.
> >
> > dl
> >
> > On 4/29/2013 1:01 PM, Cary Ginell wrote:
> >> Sorry - didn't attach the link.
> >> http://blogs.loc.gov/loc/
> >> CG
> >>
> >>> From: soundthink at live.com
> >>> To: 78-l at klickitat.78online.com
> >>> Date: Mon, 29 Apr 2013 10:00:31 -0700
> >>> Subject: [78-L] Duke Ellington on film, 1925?
> >>>
> >>> Seems to me Duke's appearance in the film is more by inference than direct identification. I can't make hide nor hair out of the guy at the piano - it's like searching for the gunman hidden in the trees on the grassy knoll. You want to see him, so you do. Anyone better able to identify Duke here? I'm not convinced.
> >>> Cary Ginell
> >>>
> >>> The Library of Congress today announced the discovery of an appearance by Duke Ellington and the Washingtonians in a 1925 silent film, "Headlines." Here's a link to the Library of Congress blog with a clip of the film: http://blogs.loc.gov/loc/
> >>>
> >>> Happy Birthday Duke!
> >>>
> >>> Ken Steiner
> >>>
> >>>
> >>> Seattle
> >>>
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