Question: What film did the actress that played "Ruth Younger" in "A Raisin in the Sun" star in with Cab Calloway and Ella Fitzgerald?

Context articles: Republic Gardens
New Granada Theater
Ella in Japan: 'S Wonderful
Todd Gordon
Congaroos
Reefer Songs
Ruby Dee
St. Louis Blues (1958 film)
Cab Calloway School of the Arts
Rockhead's Paradise

Republic Gardens is an historic nightclub located in Washington, D.C..
 It first opened in the 1920s and operated as a popular nighttime music attraction for several decades.
 During its early years, notable musicians such as Cab Calloway and Ella Fitzgerald performed at the nightclub.
 After the burn out of the 60's riots, Republic Gardens closed and remained vacant until 1996, when club visionary Marc Barnes purchased and reopened the nightclub.
 Republic Gardens was originally renovated in 1992 by George Saah and Bob Speidel, then sold to the Whitney brothers, who then sold to Marc Barnes.
The New Granada Theater at 2007 Centre Avenue in the Hill District neighborhood of Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, was built in 1927 and 1928.
 This Art Deco theater was designed by architect Louis A. S. Bellinger, and originally was a Pythian Temple, a meeting place for the Knights of Pythias (a fraternal order and secret society).
 In this case, it was a lodge for a group of African American construction workers known as the Knights of the Pythian.
 In the 1930s, the building was sold to Harry Hendel, who moved two blocks from his old Granada Theater to this New Granada Theater.
 The building was remodeled in 1937 and 1938 by Alfred M. Marks, and it became a movie theater as well as a place for live entertainment, music and dancing.
 Jazz legends such as Duke Ellington, Ella Fitzgerald, Count Basie and Cab Calloway performed at this location.
Ella in Japan: 'S Wonderful is a 1964 live album by the American jazz singer Ella Fitzgerald, recorded in Tokyo, Japan.
 Norman Granz sold the Verve label to MGM Records in 1961, but continued to manage her career and produce Ella Fitzgerald's recordings.
 Granz supervised frequently live concert tours, planning several live projects for release on record.
 In late January 1964 work began on an album, called "Ella In Nippon", the album did not reach past the post-production stage, remaining uncompleted and unreleased for 47 years.
 Tracks 1 to 12 on this 2011 release are the tracks Norman Granz mixed for the unreleased album "Ella In Nippon".
Todd Gordon is a singer and entertainer from Scotland, United Kingdom.
 He was a Beatles fan until the age of eleven when he first listened to Frank Sinatra's seminal "Songs for Swingin' Lovers".
 Gordon's first-ever visit to a major jazz concert was in 1973 to see Duke Ellington performing at the Usher Hall in Edinburgh.
 His second was on April 11, 1974 to see Ella Fitzgerald at The Apollo in Glasgow.
 Recently, the "Ella Fitzgerald Charitable Foundation" included Gordon's off- and on- stage encounters with Ella Fitzgerald.
The Congaroos (also known as Four Congaroos, Congaroo Dancers) was a dance group created in 1947 by Frankie Manning after completing his military service for World War II.
 The group originally consisted of Frankie Manning dancing with Ann Johnson and Russell Williams dancing with Willamae Ricker.
 Later Helen Daniels joined the group and partnered Frankie Manning.
 The group performed Lindy Hop, Conga, jazz dance, tap dance, Latin dances, and comedy with musicians and vocalists such as Alvino Rey, Lucky Millinder, Illinois Jacquet, Ella Fitzgerald, Count Basie, Erskine Hawkins, Andy Kirk, Fletcher Henderson, and Cab Calloway.
Reefer Songs is a 1989 compilation album of jazz songs about drugs from the 1920s, 1930s, and 1940s.
 It features notable artists and musicians of the period, including Ella Fitzgerald, Chick Webb, Cab Calloway, Sidney Bechet and Benny Goodman.
 Although jive / cannabis is the main drug cited here, cocaine, benzedrine (amphetamine) and heroin are also mentioned.
Ruby Dee (October 27, 1922 – June 11, 2014) was an American actress, poet, playwright, screenwriter, journalist and civil rights activist.
 She is perhaps best known for originating the role of "Ruth Younger" in the stage and film versions of "A Raisin in the Sun" (1961).
 Her other notable film roles include "The Jackie Robinson Story" (1950), and "Do the Right Thing" (1989).
St. Louis Blues is a 1958 American film broadly based on the life of W. C. Handy.
 It starred jazz and blues greats Nat "King" Cole, Pearl Bailey, Cab Calloway, Ella Fitzgerald, Eartha Kitt, and Barney Bigard, as well as gospel singer Mahalia Jackson and actress Ruby Dee.
 The film's soundtrack used over ten of Handy's songs including the title song.
The Cab Calloway School of the Arts is an arts-oriented magnet school in Wilmington, Delaware, operated by the Red Clay Consolidated School District, which focuses on a strong academic curriculum along with an education in the arts.
 It is a public school, but students must audition within a field of study in order to be admitted.
 It is one of the most selective public schools in the United States.
 Cab Calloway encompasses both a middle school and a high school, with students ranging from 6th to 12th grade, and each student chooses a particular concentration in a field of arts that they study through high school.
Rockhead’s Paradise Cafe—along with other jazz clubs in Montreal, such as The Nemderoloc Club (colored men spelled backwards), The Boston Café, and The Terminal Club—helped established Montreal’s reputation as “Harlem of the North”.
 Of all the jazz clubs in Montreal throughout the twentieth century Rockhead’s Paradise, located at 1254 St. Antoine Street, was the most popular until it closed its doors permanently in 1980 when it was sold and then shortly thereafter demolished, followed by the creation of the Ville Marie Expressway overhead, which solidified the club’s demise.
 During its fifty-year tenure, numerous renowned jazz players were drawn to the Rockhead’s Paradise, including Duke Ellington, Louis Armstrong, Fats Waller, Cab Calloway, Billie Holiday, Ella Fitzgerald, Leadbelly, Nina Simone, Dizzy Gillespie, and Sammy Davis Jr., among countless others.