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King of Jazz

📅 1930 ⭐ 6.3 🕐 1h 40m US US
IMDb tt0021025 TMDB 108213
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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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Cast
Paul Whiteman
Paul Whiteman
Paul Whiteman
 John Boles
John Boles
Vocalist ('Song of the Dawn' / 'It Happened in Monterey')
 Jeanie Lang
Jeanie Lang
Vocalist ('I'd Like To Do Things For You' / 'Ragamuffin Romeo')
 Laura La Plante
Laura La Plante
Editor ('Ladies of the Press') / Stenographer ('In Conference') / Quartet Member, 'Nellie'
 Jeanette Loff
Jeanette Loff
Vocalist ('It Happened in Monterey' / 'Bridal Veil' / 'A Bench in the Park')
 Glenn Tryon
Glenn Tryon
Executive ('In Conference') / Unmarried Husband
William Kent
General ('All Noisy on the Eastern Front') / Goldfish Owner ('Oh! Forevermore!') / Unmarried Couple's Offspring / Vocal ('Do Things For You')
 Slim Summerville
Slim Summerville
Automobile Owner ('Springtime') / Rear End of Horse / Charles
 Kathryn Crawford
Kathryn Crawford
Fourth Reporter ('Ladies of the Press')
 Carla Laemmle
Carla Laemmle
Chorine (as Beth Laemmle)
 Stanley Smith
Stanley Smith
Bridegroom ('Bridal Veil' / 'A Bench in the Park')
Charles Irwin
Himself, Announcer / Soldier ('All Noisy on the Eastern Front')
George Chiles
Dancer ('It Happened in Monterey' / Vocalist 'A Bench in the Park' / 'Ragamuffin Romeo')
Jack White
Jack White
Frank Leslie
Quartet Lead Singer ('Nellie')
 Walter Brennan
Walter Brennan
Desk Sergeant ('Springtime') / Soldier ('All Noisy on the Eastern Front') / Waiter ('Oh! Forevermore!') / Front End of Horse / Quartet Member ('Nellie')
 Churchill Ross
Churchill Ross
Quartet Member ('Nellie')
 John Arledge
John Arledge
First Pianist at Giant Piano ('Rhapsody in Blue') / Quartet Member ('Nellie') (as Johnson Arledge)
Al Norman
Rubber Legs Dancer ('Happy Feet')
Jacques Cartier
Voodoo Dancer ("Rhapsody in Blue")
 Nell O'Day
Nell O'Day
Dancer
Marion Stattler
Specialty Dancer 'Ragamuffin Romeo' / 'Melting Pot'
Don Rose
Specialty Dancer 'Ragamuffin Romeo'
Bobbe Brox
Bobbe (as The Brox Sisters)
Patricia Brox
Kathlyn (as The Brox Sisters)
Crew
Director John Murray Anderson Art Direction Herman Rosse Editor Robert Carlisle Music Alfonso Corelli Producer Carl Laemmle Jr. Writer Harry Ruskin
Production
Universal Pictures
US
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