Finally, two oswald the lucky rabbit cartoons from 1930 that have a king of jazz connection, plus a 24page illustrated booklet. If youre wondering why there are shouts of jubilation from film buffs and aficionados of preswingera music its because the criterion collection has released a beautiful bluray and dvd of king of jazz 1930, the movie features bing crosbys first appearance onscreen, as part of the rhythm boys trio, jazz giants joe venuti and eddie. King of jazz 1930 this lost film found in 1970 features dance numbers, pioneer special effects, animation, the rhythm boys with bing crosby. King of jazz is a 1930 film directed by john murray anderson, starring paul whiteman and his orchestra whiteman, who called himself king of jazz despite being as white as his name, was a famous american bandleaderthe first famous bandleader, in fact and thus, being also one of the first stars of american popular music. Save on postage by bidding on the other vintage sheet music that we are listing on ebay this week. This is the before restoration look of this spectacular movie musical in the early twocolor technicolor process. The technical achievement is extremely high, for a film of this period, and one wonders at how cinema audiences of 1930 must have been amazed by this picture. Marion stadler was born on december 15, 1911 in glendale, california, usa as marion eleanor stadler.
Music includes joe venuti and eddie lang, bing crosby and the rhythm boys. Of course, the dancing cavalier never existed, but if it did it would resemble king of jazz, a crazy quilt of a film that arrived in theaters in 1930 with an avalanche of hype and one of the biggest budgets ever afforded a movie at the time, only to suffer catastrophic boxoffice failure. Only the second movie to be filmed entirely in twostrip technicolor. Its so rich an full of variety, its impossible that anyone who genuinely loves oldschool hollywood movies will walk away from it not feeling drunk on its pageantry. By the time it finally hit theaters, audiences were thoroughly revued out. King of jazz 1930 cast and crew this lost film found in 1970 features dance numbers, pioneer special effects, animation, the rhythm boys with bing crosby. It happened in monterey 1930 sheet music from movie. Its the piano thats oversized, as is everything in king of jazz 1930, a buoyant revue shot in twostrip technicolor, featuring a bevy of. The image measures 1520 2145 pixels and is 580 kilobytes large. This summer, i attended a soldout screening of universal studios digital restoration of king of jazz 1930 at the cinema ritrovato in bologna. This cartoon sequence was produced by walter lantz and bill nolan.
Criterion returns king of jazz to its rightful throne tv. King of jazz 1930 directed by john murray anderson. All hail king of jazz from criterion leonard maltins. Opening the universal twostrip technicolor musical revue, starring bandleader paul whiteman and his wildly popular orchestra, charles irwin the announcer, winds up introducing what was the firstever technicolor cartoon, by walter lantz, later known for woody woodpecker, with some nowdated attitudes, in king of jazz, 1930. King of jazz is a 1930 american precode color film starring paul whiteman and his orchestra. This is probably the best of the revuemovies that the studios produced in 19291930, although john barrymores richard iii scene in warner s show of shows is a standout. The king of jazz is as decadent as movies get, not by 1930s standards, but by any standards. A technical marvel, the film utilizes the first technicolor animation, and expert use. 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. He marketed himself well the cartoon image of his face was known the world over. King of jazz is a lot of fun, if you dont mind the fat jokes.
Id like to do things for you from king of jazz duration. All americans, a 1929 short film featuring a version of the melting pot number that was restaged for the finale of king of jazz i know everybody and everybodys 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. The king of jazz was on the cutting edge of 1930s film tech from its color to its music, every aspect of john murray andersons musical revue the king of jazz was innovative. 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. At the time the film was made, jazz, to the general public, meant the jazz influenced syncopated dance music which was being heard everywhere on phonograph records and through radio broadcasts. The film title was taken from whitemans selfconferred appellation. King of jazz 1930 tt0021025 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. Rare original release trailer for king of jazz from 1930, from a 16mm dupe film print a copy not as sharp as the original 35mm in the collection of matias bombal. King of jazz 1930 cast and crew credits, including actors, actresses, directors, writers and more. This is the film that introduced the film going public to bing crosby and to the most.
For decades the film had a somewhat underwhelming reputation as universals rhapsody in the red, because it was one of the studios biggest money losers, contributing ultimately to the demise of the. King of jazz is considered, at least by one of the trivia posters, to be the film that killed off musicals for the next two years because it was such a big flop though at least part of that might be a zeitgeist problem. Starring the bandleader paul whiteman, then widely celebrated as the king of jazz, the film drew from. Gallery of 9 movie poster and cover images for king of jazz 1930. We also offer a range of movie collections at value prices in the special offers section of our shop, feel free to browse.
The king of jazz was on the cutting edge of 1930s film. From the movie king of jazz 1930 precode risque musical number. Highlight for me of the 2017 glasgow film festival was the beautifully restored 1930 universal revue, king of jazz. The king of jazz 1930 rotten tomatoes movie trailers. A significant movie restoration not only can return a films patina of newness but its place in film history as well. The enormously successful bandleader paul whiteman called himself king of jazz yet ran an orchestra that played pop tunes and dance music.
Original trailer of the film king of jazz 1930 sourced from a 16mm print by matias bombal. Then over a year later, when it was released in greece, they retitled it, the king of kiss. 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. This group is devoted to the 1930 film king of jazz, which was a revuestyle musical that featured musical performances from paul whiteman and his. King of jazz 1930 musical jeanette loff paul whiteman. A forgotten pop artifact painstakingly restored to its twostrip technicolor glory, king of jazz is a jawdroppingly garish revue of songs and comedy sketches. High resolution dvd movie cover image for king of jazz 1930. Part of what makes the movie so impressive is that it is really the first twostrip film i have seen that looks as if it has deliberately chosen and is enthusiastic about its restricted color scheme. King of jazz is back, burnished for movie fans the new. This revue presents its numbers around the orchestra leader paul whiteman, besides that it shows in its final number that the european popular music are the roots of american popular music, called jazz.
Any lover of classic film, jazz and popculture history will consider this longawaited restoration of the king of jazz required viewing, and i unreservedly give it my highest recommendation. It went hugely overbudget which is abundantly clear while watching, and was released at the wrong time. The king of jazz 1930, is a wonderful example of just what the movies could do in the late 20s early 30s if they put their mind to it. Newly restored, with its 2strip technicolor brought back to full luster, king of jazz is quite a show. Intended as universal pictures entry in the allstar musical cycle of the early talkie era, king of jazz is certainly the most elaborate of the bunch, though far from the most successful. In his push to establish universal as a firstrank studio, junior laemmle put two superproductions on the schedule at once.
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