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Alexander's Ragtime Band (Widescreen)

Starring: Don Ameche, Alice Faye & Tyrone Power Director: Henry King
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Alexander's Ragtime Band (Widescreen)
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FOX 2222035D
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DVD Features:

  • Commentary by Film Score Restorationist Ray Fiola
  • 3 Deleted Scenes
  • "Alice Faye: The Star Next Door" as seen on "Biography" on the A&E Network
  • Movietone News Footage
  • Theatrical Trailer
  • Subtitles: English, Spanish
  • Rated: Not Rated
  • Run Time: 1 hours, 45 minutes
  • Video: Black & White
  • Released: September 7, 2004
  • Originally Released: 1938
  • Label: 20th Century Fox
Encoding: Region 1 (USA & Canada)
Packaging: Keep Case
Aspect Ratio: Full Frame - 1.33
Additional Release Material:
  • Trailers - 1.Theatrical Trailer
    • 2.Three Coins in the Fountain
    • How to Steal a Million
  • Audio Commentary - 1.Ray Faiola
  • Deleted Scenes:
    1. Some Sunny Day
    2. In My Harem
    3. Marching Along With Me
  • Biography -1. Alice Faye
  • Fox Movietone News - 1.Sensational London Premiere of "Alexander's Ragtime Band"
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Performers, Cast and Crew:

Starring Don Ameche, Alice Faye & Tyrone Power
Performer: Jack Haley, Jean Hersholt, Ethel Merman, Helen Westley, John Carradine, Paul Hurst, Wally Vernon, Ruth Terry, Eddie Collins, Douglas Fowley, Chick Chandler & Charles Williams
Directed by Henry King
Edited by Barbara McLean
Screenwriting by Lamar Trotti
Written by Kathryn Scola
Composition by Irving Berlin & Alfred Newman
Art Direction by Boris Leven & Bernard Hertzrun
Produced by Darryl F. Zanuck
Director of Photography: Peverell Marley

Major Awards:

Academy Awards 1938 - Best Adapted or Musical Song/Score: Alfred Newman

Description by OLDIES.com:

Tyrone Power stars in this "must-see" (TV Guide) film as a free-thinking classical musician who wants the world to dance to a different beat. Set in the early 1900s, this extravaganza of music, story and romance follows the highs and lows in the life of Roger Grant, a high-brow-born San Franciscan who changes his name to Alexander and conducts a band with a whole new sound - Swing! And just as Grant meets with musical successes and failures, he smolders and is occasionally scorched by Stella Kirby ( Alice Faye), his lead singer. Also featuring the delightful Don Ameche as Grant's romantic competitor, a wonderfully comic Jack Haley and then newcomer Ethel Merman, this musical treasure is a perfect addition to any collection of film classics.

Product Description:

ALEXANDER'S RAGTIME BAND offers a star-studded cast (Tyrone Power, Alice Faye, Don Ameche, and Ethel Merman) in a sumptuous showcase for 29 fantastic Irving Berlin tunes, including the title song, "A Pretty Girl Is Like a Melody," "Blue Skies," and "Pack Up Your Sins and Go to the Devil." The music begins rolling in San Francisco, where classically trained violinist Roger Grant (Tyrone Power) flouts his aristocratic family conventions to take up ragtime. He starts a band with composer Charlie Dwyer (Don Ameche) and singer Stella Kirby (Alice Faye). Over the next 30 years, two members of this triangle fall in love, a different two get married, one goes away to war, and the band breaks up and gets back together again. The lead role is based on the lives of George Gershwin, Irving Berlin, and Paul Whiteman. Director Henry King's ALEXANDER'S RAGTIME BAND was one of the first and is still one of the best "let's put on a show" films of all time. Love, loyalty, fame, jealousy, duty, honor, and country all play alongside each other as the spectacular cast bursts through this breathtaking showbiz epic.

Plot Keywords:

Dance | Recommended | Romance

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  • Sales Rank: 60,930
  • UPC: 024543120346
  • Shipping Weight: 0.22/lbs (approx)
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