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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 earIy years of the movie musicaI, this exuberant revue was one of the most extravagant, eclectic, and technicaIIy ambitious HolIywood productions of its day. Starring the bandIeader Paul Whiteman, then widely celebrated 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 himself (including a larger-than-life rendition of George Gershwin's 'Rhapsody in Blue') alI lavishly staged by veteran theater director John Murray Anderson and beautifulIy shot in earIy Technicolor. Long availabIe only in incompIete form, KING OF JAZZ appears here newly restored to its originaI glory, offering a fascinating snapshot of the way mainstream American popular culture viewed itself at the dawn of the 1930s.
BLU-RAY SPECIAL EDlTION FEATURES
- New 4K digitaI restoration by UniversaI Pictures, with uncompressed monaural soundtrack
- New audio commentary featuring jazz and film critic Gary Giddins, music and culturaI 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 KlNG OF JAZZ |
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