King of Jazz
- Paul Whiteman Paul Whiteman, bandleader
- John Boles: John Boles, singer
- Laura La Plante: editor and stenographer
- Jeanette Loff Jeanette Loff, singer
- Glenn Tryon: Manager
- William Kent: " Pops " Shendorff
- Maude Turner Gordon: General, goldfish owner, son, singer
- Slim Summerville: automobile owner, Charles
- Kathryn Crawford: reporter
- Carla Laemmle: Chorine
- Stanley Smith: Groom
- Charles Irwin Charles Irwin, announcer, Soldier
- George Chiles: dancers, singers
- Jack White Jack White
- Frank Leslie: Leadsänge the Quartet
- The Rhythm Boys ( vocal group )
The Jazz King (AKA King of Jazz) is an American Revue film from 1930 with the orchestra of Paul Whiteman, consisting of singing, dancing and sketch contributions as well ( the first number ) of an animated sequence of a master of ceremonies and / or by large, decorated with drawings of panels will be announced ( as alleged pages from " Paul Whiteman's sketchpad "). Filmed in two-layer Technicolor process color film for film production company Universal Studios to a financial failure.
Content
The film is a musical revue with no background story (ie not a feature film) with the orchestra Paul Whiteman accompanied numbers that represents the folk music of Europe as the root of American jazz in their final ( motto: America is a melting pot of music, that America is a melting pot of music). The notes played, sung and / or danced pieces of music are Bridal Veil, The Bluebirds and the Blackbirds, It Happened in Monterey ( in embedded La Paloma ), A Bench in the Park, Rhapsody in Blue, Happy Feet, Raggamuffin Romeo, Do Things For You Nellie and song of the Dawn. Another song (Music Hath Charm) is (then as a member of the orchestra belonging singing group Rhythm Boys) highlighted as an early solo by Bing Crosby and the bias thus forms the theme song of the film. The skits are Ladies of the Press, In Conference, All Noisy on the Eastern Front, Oh! Forevermore! , Springtime, The Property Man.
Background information
Electricity produced by Universal Studios with a budget of two million dollars for the film was film production company to a financial failure.
Designed by Walter Lantz animated movie was the first animation that has ever been produced in Technicolor.
In an article in The New York Times on May 3, 1930 Composer George Gershwin is incorrectly referred to as the pianist of the play Rhapsody in Blue, although Roy Bargy playing the piano in the program number.
The also twisted comedy scene titled A Dash of Spice with Kathryn Crawford, Glenn Tryon, William Kent and Sunny McKeen was no longer included in the film version and was probably cut before the premiere.
Paul Whiteman used a double in a dance scene from Paul Small, who had Whiteman also mimics many years before.
In a supporting role Merna Kennedy is to see who had a love affair with Charlie Chaplin in the mid 1920s.
Awards
Herman Rosse won the Oscar for Best Production Design at the Academy Awards in November 1930.