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King of Jazz

Name: King of Jazz
Genre: Music
Released: 1930-04-20
Duration: 100 min
Rating: 6.3

★ 6,3 /10 (39 Votes)

1930 EN 100 min

Overview

A large-scale revue musical built around Paul Whiteman and his orchestra, presenting a series of musical performances, sketches, and staged tableaux in early two-color Technicolor, emblematic of Hollywood’s early sound-era “all-star” musical productions.

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Release date

20/04/1930

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Popularity

0.8

A NEW ERA in sound and color entertainment!

Genres

Music

Status

Released

Language

Runtime

100 min

Budget

$2,000,000

Paul Whiteman

John Boles

Vocalist ('Song of the Dawn' / 'It Happened in Monterey')

Jeanie Lang

Vocalist ('I'd Like To Do Things For You' / 'Ragamuffin Romeo')

Laura La Plante

Editor ('Ladies of the Press') / Stenographer ('In Conference') / Quartet Member, 'Nellie'

Jeanette Loff

Vocalist ('It Happened in Monterey' / 'Bridal Veil' / 'A Bench in the Park')

Glenn Tryon

Executive ('In Conference') / Unmarried Husband

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William Kent

General ('All Noisy on the Eastern Front') / Goldfish Owner ('Oh! Forevermore!') / Unmarried Couple's Offspring / Vocal ('Do Things For You')

Slim Summerville

Automobile Owner ('Springtime') / Rear End of Horse / Charles

Kathryn Crawford

Fourth Reporter ('Ladies of the Press')

Carla Laemmle

Chorine (as Beth Laemmle)

Stanley Smith

Bridegroom ('Bridal Veil' / 'A Bench in the Park')

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Charles Irwin

Himself, Announcer / Soldier ('All Noisy on the Eastern Front')

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George Chiles

Dancer ('It Happened in Monterey' / Vocalist 'A Bench in the Park' / 'Ragamuffin Romeo')

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Jack White

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Frank Leslie

Quartet Lead Singer ('Nellie')

Walter Brennan

Desk Sergeant ('Springtime') / Soldier ('All Noisy on the Eastern Front') / Waiter ('Oh! Forevermore!') / Front End of Horse / Quartet Member ('Nellie')

Churchill Ross

Quartet Member ('Nellie')

John Arledge

First Pianist at Giant Piano ('Rhapsody in Blue') / Quartet Member ('Nellie') (as Johnson Arledge)

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Al Norman

Rubber Legs Dancer ('Happy Feet')

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Jacques Cartier

Voodoo Dancer ("Rhapsody in Blue")

Nell O'Day

Dancer

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Marion Stattler

Specialty Dancer 'Ragamuffin Romeo' / 'Melting Pot'

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Don Rose

Specialty Dancer 'Ragamuffin Romeo'

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Bobbe Brox

Bobbe (as The Brox Sisters)

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Patricia Brox

Kathlyn (as The Brox Sisters)

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Lorayne Brox

Lorraine (as The Brox Sisters)

Bing Crosby

Trio Singer (as The Rhythm Boys)

Yola d'Avril

Automobile Owner's Wife ("Springtime") / Marie ("All Noisy on the Eastern Front") (uncredited)

Marcia Mae Jones

Child ('Bridal Veil') (uncredited)

Bela Lugosi

Emcee - Hungarian Version

Joan Marsh

Blonde ("A Bench in the Park") (uncredited)

Harry Barris

Trio Singer (as The Rhythm Boys)

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Al Rinker

Trio Singer (as The Rhythm Boys)

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The title of this film is a touch misleading. I was expecting much more of a jazz-based musical revue but instead got pretty much a whole gamut of colourful and precisely staged repertoire. Paul Whiteman and his accomplished orchestra provide the conduit, as it were, as a variety of performers sing, dance and make us laugh (or cringe) for the next hundred minutes. There's a bit of Bing Crosby's first screen appearance with the "Rhythm Boys" doing a lively version of "Happy Feet" and probably my favourite staging of George Gershwin's "Rhapsody in Blue" - featuring an orchestra within the belly …

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