A Rhapsody in Black and Blue

Rhapsody in Black and Blue is a short ten-minute film that was created and released in 1932, starring Sidney Easton[1] and Fanny Belle DeKnight.

[1] It is an early example of a "music video", showcasing the tunes I’ll Be Glad When You Are Dead You Rascal You and Shine,[2] sung and played by well-known jazz artist Louis Armstrong.

In the dream Louis Armstrong plays and sings jazz for him while dressed in a leopard print cave man outfit.

When he wakes up and sees his flustered wife still standing over him, he smiles and breaks a vase over his own head.

The racism in this film was appalling and offensive to Black America but as stated by Krin Gabbard, In the book Jammin’ at the Margins, Krin Gabbard quotes Miles Davis saying in his autobiography, Phil Cohan tried to portray Armstrong's role in the film as degrading, but instead Louis decided to embrace his role, and he played his trumpet and sang just as he would any other night with power and authority owning every word he sang.