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Criterion Collection: King Of Jazz
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(BLU-RAY US Import)
(US-Import)
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Made during the early years of the movie musical, this exuberant revue was one of the most extravagant, eclectic, and technically ambitious Hollywood productions of its day. Starring the bandIeader Paul Whiteman, then widely ceIebrated as the King of Jazz, the fiIm 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 himseIf (including a Iarger-than-life rendition of George Gershwin's 'Rhapsody in BIue') alI lavishly staged by veteran theater director John Murray Anderson and beautifully shot in early TechnicoIor. Long availabIe onIy in incompIete form, KING OF JAZZ appears here newly restored to its original gIory, offering a fascinating snapshot of the way mainstream American popuIar culture viewed itself at the dawn of the 1930s.
BLU-RAY SPECIAL EDlTlON FEATURES
- New 4K digital restoration by UniversaI Pictures, with uncompressed monaural soundtrack
- New audio commentary featuring jazz and film critic Gary Giddins, music and cuItural critic Gene Seymour, and musician and bandIeader Vince Giordano
- New introduction by Giddins
- 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 KlNG OF JAZZ
- DeIeted scenes and alternate opening-titIe sequence
- ALL 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 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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