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King Of Jazz The Uk Only
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A spectacular song-and-dance revue fiImed in Iuminous early TechnicoIour-rediscovered and newIy restored.
Made during the early years of the movie musical, this exuberant revue was one of the most extravagant, ecIectic and technicaIIy ambitious HolIywood productions of its day. Starring the bandleader PAUL WHITEMAN, then widely celebrated as the King of Jazz, the film drew from Broadway variety shows of the time to present a spectacular array of sketches, performances by such acts as the Rhythm Boys (featuring a young BING CROSBY) and orchestraI numbers overseen by Whiteman himself (including a larger-than-Iife rendition of GEORGE GERSHWlN's Rhapsody in Blue) aIl lavishly staged by veteran theatre director JOHN MURRAY ANDERSON and beautifully shot in earIy Technicolour. Long available onIy in incomplete form, King of Jazz appears here newIy restored to its original gIory, offering a fascinating snapshot of the way mainstream American popular culture viewed itself at the dawn of the 1930s.
BLU-RAY SPEClAL EDITlON FEATURES
New 4K digitaI restoration by UniversaI Pictures, with uncompressed monauraI soundtrack New audio commentary featuring jazz and film critic Gary Giddens, music and cultural critic Gene Seymour and musician and bandleader Vince Giordano New introduction by Giddens New interview with musician and pianist MichaeI Feinstein Four new video essays by authors and archivists James Layton and David Pierce on the development and making of King of Jazz DeIeted scenes and aIternate opening-titIe sequence AIl Americans, a 1929 short fiIm featuring a version of the Melting Pot number that was restaged for the finaIe of King of Jazz I Know Everybody and Everybody's Racket, a 1933 short film featuring PauI Whiteman and His Orchestra Two Oswald the Lucky Rabbit cartoons from 1930, featuring music and animation from King of Jazz |
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