King of Jazz (Blu-ray)

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Blu-ray Disc Features:

Run Time: 1 hours, 40 minutes
Video: Color
Encoding: Region A
Released: March 27, 2018
Originally Released: 1930
Label: Criterion Collection
Note: New 4k digital restoration by Universal Pictures, with uncompressed monaural soundtrack

New Audio Commentary featuring jazz and film critic Gary Giddins, music and cultural critic Gene Seymour, and musician and bandleader Vince Giordano
New introduction to the film by Giddins
New interview with musician and pianist Michael Feinstein
Four new video essays by authors and archivists James Layton and David Pierce on the development and making of King of Jazz
Deleted scenes and alternate opening title sequence
All Americans, a 1929 short film featuring a version of the "Melting Pot" number that was restaged for King of Jazz
I Know Everybody ad Everybody's Racket, a 1933 short film featuring Paul Whiteman and His Orchestra
Two Oswald the Lucky Rabbit Cartoons from 1930, featuring music and animation from King of Jazz
Plus: An essay by critic Farran Smith Nehme

Aspect Ratio: Full Frame - 1.37
Audio:

Subtitles - English

Performers, Cast and Crew:

Starring		Paul Whiteman, John Boles, Laura La Plante, Jeanette Loff & Bing Crosby
Performer:		Harry Barris, William Kent, Glenn Tryon, Slim Summerville, Kathryn Crawford, Carla Laemmle & Walter Brennan
Directed by		John Murray Anderson
Edited by		Robert Carlisle
Produced by		Carl Laemmle Jr.

Major Awards:

Academy Awards 1930 - Best Interior Decoration (b&w)

Entertainment Reviews:

Creative Loafing

Apr 9, 2018

The Retro Set

Dec 29, 2018

Ozus' World Movie Reviews

Apr 21, 2019

Product Description:

A spectacular jazz revue which features a plethora of elaborate production numbers. Bing Crosby made his first screen appearance in this classic Hollywood musical. Academy Awards: Best Interior Decoration.

Plot Synopsis:

Paul Whiteman and his Band headline this musical revue, featuring numerous top actors, comics and musicians of the period.
The film includes a humorous number in which Whiteman gets chased by a lion; a large-scale "Wedding Veil" production sequence, done in the manner of Ziegfeld; songs by Tom Boles, Jeanette Loff and the Sisters G; and dances by the Russell Markert girls.
Particular highlights are Whiteman's band performing "The Melting Pot" and Gershwin's "Rhapsody in Blue."

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Production Notes:

Film debut for Bing Crosby.
A French version, entitled "La Féerie du Jazz," was also made.
Color by Technicolor.
This was director J. Murray Anderson's film directorial debut; he formerly worked staging theatrical revues.
The film's budget was $2,000,000.
John Boles performs "Monterey" and "Dawn."