{{short description|1947 American musical compilation film with African American performers}} {{Infobox film | name = Ebony Parade | image = Ebony Parade Movie Poster.jpg | caption = Movie poster for ''Ebony Parade'' | producer = William Forest Crouch | starring = {{plainlist| * Cab Calloway * Count Basie * The Mills Brothers * Vanita Smythe * Mantan Moreland * Mabel Lee * Ruby Hill * Francine Everett * Dorothy Dandridge * Pat Flowers }} | distributor = Astor Pictures | runtime = 30 minutes | country = United States | released = {{Film date|1947|04}} | language = English }}
'''''Ebony Parade''''' is a 1947 American musical compilation film made from footage of African-American performers.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.loc.gov/item/jots.200015137/|title=EBONY PARADE|website=Library of Congress}}</ref> The three-reel film featured jazz music from many acts (usually from soundies) with interstitial segments featuring Mantan Moreland as a comedic magician.<ref>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.</ref> 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.<ref name=nm>{{Cite web|url=https://nmaahc.si.edu/object/nmaahc_2013.118.31|title=Poster for Ebony Parade|website=National Museum of African American History and Culture}}</ref> Getty Images also has an image of a poster from the film.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.gettyimages.com/detail/news-photo/photo-of-count-basie-and-cab-calloway-and-film-posters-news-photo/85239576|title=Photo of Count BASIE and Cab CALLOWAY and FILM POSTERS; Ebony Parade -|website=Getty Images}}</ref>
==Cast== *Cab Calloway *Count Basie *The Mills Brothers *Vanita Smythe *Mantan Moreland *Mable Lee *Ruby Hill *Francine Everett *Dorothy Dandridge *Pat Flowers *Day, Dawn, and Dusk *The Jubalaires<ref name=nm/>
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Category:1947 films Category:Jazz films Category:Documentary films about jazz music and musicians