Container of (work): All Americans. Container of (work): I know everybody and everybody's racket.
Notes:
Title from web page. Originally released as a motion picture in 1930. Full screen (1.33:1). Special features: New audio commentary featuring jazz and film critic Gary Giddins, music and cultural critic Gene Seymour, and musician and bandleader Vince Girodano; new introduction 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 the finale "King of jazz"; "I know everybody and 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". Paul Whiteman, Bing Crosby.
Contents:
Disc 1. Feature film -- disc 2. Special features.
Summary:
Long available only in incomplete form, this film appears here newly restored to its original glory, offering a fascinating snapshot of the way mainstream American popular culture viewed itself at the dawn of the 1930s.
This resource is supported by the Institute of Museum and Library Services under the provisions of the Library Services and Technology Act as administered by State Library of Iowa.