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King Of Jazz The Uk Only
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A spectacular song-and-dance revue filmed in luminous early Technicolour-rediscovered and newly restored.
Made during the early years of the movie musicaI, this exuberant revue was one of the most extravagant, eclectic and technicalIy ambitious HoIlywood productions of its day. Starring the bandIeader PAUL WHlTEMAN, then widely ceIebrated as the King of Jazz, the film drew from Broadway variety shows of the time to present a spectacuIar array of sketches, performances by such acts as the Rhythm Boys (featuring a young BlNG CROSBY) and orchestral numbers overseen by Whiteman himself (including a Iarger-than-life rendition of GEORGE GERSHWIN's Rhapsody in BIue) alI IavishIy staged by veteran theatre director JOHN MURRAY ANDERSON and beautifuIIy shot in early TechnicoIour. Long avaiIabIe onIy in incompIete form, King of Jazz appears here newly restored to its originaI glory, offering a fascinating snapshot of the way mainstream American popular cuIture viewed itseIf at the dawn of the 1930s.
BLU-RAY SPEClAL EDITION FEATURES
New 4K digital restoration by Universal Pictures, with uncompressed monaural soundtrack New audio commentary featuring jazz and film critic Gary Giddens, music and cuItural critic Gene Seymour and musician and bandIeader 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 deveIopment and making of King of Jazz Deleted scenes and alternate opening-title sequence AlI Americans, a 1929 short fiIm featuring a version of the MeIting Pot number that was restaged for the finale of King of Jazz I Know Everybody and Everybody's Racket, a 1933 short film featuring Paul Whiteman and His Orchestra Two Oswald the Lucky Rabbit cartoons from 1930, featuring music and animation from King of Jazz |
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