| The Duke Is Tops | |
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 The cover of a video-tape release using the title of the film's re-release as The Bronze Venus. | |
| Directed by | William Nolte |
| Written by | Adaptation: Phil Dunham |
| Produced by | Harry M. Popkin |
| Starring | Ralph Cooper Lena Horne |
| Cinematography | Robert E. Cline J. Henry Kruse |
| Edited by | Alice Greenwood Arthur A. Brooks |
| Music by | Harvey Brooks Ben Ellison |
Production company | |
| Distributed by | Million Dollar Productions |
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Running time | 73 minutes |
| Country | United States |
| Language | English |
The Duke Is Tops is a 1938 American musical film released by Million Dollar Productions and directed by William Nolte. The film was later released in 1944 under the title The Bronze Venus. It features top-billed Lena Horne in her film debut, along with Ralph Cooper. The film was one of the low-budget musical film "race movies" made in the 1930s and 1940s for the African-American market. The casts and production teams of these films were almost all black, and the music reflected current tastes in jazz and rhythm and blues.