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20/04/1930 Music 1h 40m
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A NEW ERA in sound and color entertainment!

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.

  1. John Murray Anderson

    Director

  2. Harry Ruskin

    Writer

Top billed cast

  1. Paul Whiteman

    Paul Whiteman

  2. John Boles

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

  3. Jeanie Lang

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

  4. Laura La Plante

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

  5. Jeanette Loff

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

  6. Glenn Tryon

    Executive ('In Conference') / Unmarried Husband

  7. William Kent

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

  8. Slim Summerville

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

  9. Kathryn Crawford

    Fourth Reporter ('Ladies of the Press')

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Full Cast & Crew

Reviews

A review by CinemaSerf
Written by CinemaSerf on 2024-02-12
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 ...read the rest
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Status
Released

Original Language
English

Budget
$2,000,000.00

Revenue
$0.00

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