Ebony Parade

Ebony Parade
Ebony Parade
	Movie Poster for Ebony Parade
Produced by	William Forest Crouch
Starring	Cab Calloway; Count Basie; The Mills Brothers; Vanita Smythe; Mantan Moreland; Mabel Lee; Ruby Hill; Francine Everett; Dorothy Dandridge; Pat Flowers;
Distributed by	Astor Pictures
Release date	April 1947;
Running time	30 minutes
Language	English

Ebony Parade is a 1947 American musical compilation film made from footage of African-American performers.[1] The 3-reel film features jazz music from many famous acts (usually from soundies) with interstitial segments featuring Mantan Moreland as a comedic magician.[2] Advertised as including 20 great stars, it was an Astor Pictures release. The National Museum of African American History and Culture has a poster for the film.[3] Getty Images also has an image of a poster from the film.[4]

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"EBONY PARADE". Library of Congress.
Pitts, Michael R. “Astor Pictures: a Filmography and History of the Reissue King, 1933-1965.” Astor Pictures: a Filmography and History of the Reissue King, 1933-1965, McFarland & Company, Inc., Publishers, 2019, p. 64.
"Poster for Ebony Parade". National Museum of African American History and Culture.
"Photo of Count BASIE and Cab CALLOWAY and FILM POSTERS; Ebony Parade -". Getty Images.

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