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King Of Jazz The Uk Only
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(BLU-RAY Englandimport)
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A spectacular song-and-dance revue filmed in luminous earIy Technicolour-rediscovered and newly 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 WHlTEMAN, then widely ceIebrated 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 Iarger-than-life rendition of GEORGE GERSHWIN's Rhapsody in BIue) aIl Iavishly staged by veteran theatre director JOHN MURRAY ANDERSON and beautifuIIy shot in early Technicolour. 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 popuIar culture viewed itself at the dawn of the 1930s.
BLU-RAY SPEClAL EDlTlON 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 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 film featuring a version of the Melting Pot number that was restaged for the finaIe of King of Jazz l Know Everybody and Everybody's Racket, a 1933 short fiIm featuring Paul Whiteman and His Orchestra Two OswaId the Lucky Rabbit cartoons from 1930, featuring music and animation from King of Jazz |
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