KING OF JAZZ [BLU-RAY]

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• Release Year: 1930
• Genre: Documentary, Short
• Plot: 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 bandleader Paul Whiteman, then widely celebrated as the King of Jazz, the film drew from Broadway variety shows to present a spectacular array of sketches, performances by such acts as the Rhythm Boys (featuring a young Bing Crosby), and orchestral numbers—all lavishly staged by veteran theater director John Murray Anderson. Presented here in the most complete form possible and restored to its original early-Technicolor glory, King of Jazz offers a fascinating snapshot of the way mainstream American popular culture viewed itself at the dawn of the 1930s.
• Cast: Paul Whiteman, John Boles, Laura La Plante, Jeanette Loff, Glenn Tryon, William Kent, Slim Summerville, The Rhythm Boys, Kathryn Crawford, Carla Laemmle, Stanley Smith, George Chiles, Jack White, Frank Leslie, Walter Brennan, Churchill Ross, John Arledge, Al Norman, Jacques Cartier, Nell O'Day, Marion Stadler, Don Rose, The Radio City Rockettes, Thomas Atkins, Harry Barris, Helena Bendová, Brox Sisters, Bobbe Brox, Kathlyn Brox, Lorayne Brox, André Cheron, Delbert Cobain, Bing Crosby, Tony Erb, Richard Erskine, Jack Fulton, Robert Galer, Martin Garralaga, Olympio Guilherme, Eleanor Gutöhrlein, Karla Gutöhrlein, Wilbur Hall, Otis Harlan, Grace Hayes, Gilbert Herwood, Paul Howard, Scott Jensen, Merna Kennedy, Tetsu Komai, G. Kroutilová, Jeanie Lang, Charles Murray, Georgette Rhodes, Al Rinker, Clayton Romler, George Sidney, The Sisters G, Paul Small, Tommy Atkins Sextette, Lia Torá, Lupita Tovar, Anton Vaverka, Thelma Woodruff, Iris Yamaoka, Charlene Aber, Arline Abers, Ted Bacon, Joan Barclay, Roy Bargy, Cathleen Bessett, Betty Caldwell, Lavern Chase, Betty Mae Crane, Beverly Crane, Richard Cromwell, Yola d'Avril, Marian Dabney, Geraldine Dvorak, Gloria Fisher, Arthur Gardner, Betty Jane Graham, Charlie Greco, Helen Hargrave, Charles Irwin, Marcia Mae Jones, Otto Landau, Eddie Lang, Bessie Lee, Bela Lugosi, Roy Maier, Matty Malneck, Joan Marsh, Sunny Jim McKeen, Cecilia Parker, Mike Pingatore, Lucille Powers, John Peel Quartet, R. Smith, Robin Smith, Snowdrop, Elaine St. Maur, Nancy Torres, Renee Torres, Florence Turner, Evelyn Vaughan, Michael Vavitch, Joe Venuti, Pauline Wagner, John Murray Anderson, Harry Ruskin, Edward T. Lowe Jr., Charles MacArthur
• Director: John Murray Anderson
• Runtime: 1:40
• Company: Universal Pictures Company, Inc. (Universal Pictures Co., Inc.), Universal Pictures Home Entertainment, The Criterion Collection
• Media Format: Movie