Billy Dee Williams
Scott Joplin
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In the late 19th century, Scott Joplin, a young African-American musician, moves to Missouri and to make ends meet finds a job as a piano teacher. He befriends Louis Chauvin, who plays the piano in a brothel. Joplin composes ragtime music.
Feb 11, 1977 · Scott Joplin: Directed by Jeremy Kagan. With Billy Dee Williams, Clifton Davis, Margaret Avery, Eubie Blake. Details the life story of Scott Joplin and how he became the greatest ragtime composer of all time.
PG. Billy Dee Williams stars in the life story of the gifted composer who made an indelible mark upon ragtime music at the beginning of the 20th century.
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The life story of the gifted composer who made an indelible mark upon ragtime music. 272 IMDb 6.5 1 h 35 min 1977. PG.
Brief Synopsis. The life story of famed ragtime composer and pianist Scott Joplin is told. Born in the 19th century, racism had kept the brilliant African American in the lower echelons of show business, but when he introduced his composition "The Maple Leaf Rag" in a musical competition, he gained the attention of.
The American pianist and composer (Billy Dee Williams) becomes the king of ragtime and dies tragically in 1917.
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