King of Jazz - trailer (1930)

★★★★★ · Paul Whiteman's - "the King of JAZZ!" · op712 · 2006-03-22

Excellent 1930, Universal two strip TechniColor presentation of America's greatest band leader of that era: Paul Whiteman-"the King of Jazz." Film is dedicated to the era of Jazz with special stage numbers - of song, dance and musical skits - and including a cartoon characterizing Paul as a big game hunter in the wilds of Africa. The film's final BIG FINALE is the on-screen recorded premiere arrangement of Gershwin's "Rhapsody in Blue" - in which Gershwin himself was asked by Whiteman to compose this piece back in 1924 and premiered by Gershwin at the piano and Whiteman leading his orchestra.…

★★★★★ · Now THATS a trailer! · Spuzz · 2006-05-07

Simply AMAZING trailer for a movie called the King Of Jazz which looks nothing short of amazing thanks to this incredible trailer. This film looks to be on 2 strip Technicolor, so it looks a tad strange, and the music is sort of odd, even though theyre supposed to be Song Hits. But the visuals and art-deco is nothing short of ga-ga. As a matter of fact, after this was over, I sort of wondered whether they left the stage at all, or did nothing but over the top production numbers for the length of the film. Irregardless, I MUST SEE THIS MOVIE!!!

★★★★ · King of Jazz trailer 1930 · moviepas · 2016-03-29

I would hope the distorted sound can be fixed. The film is due for a Blu Ray/DVD release after June 2016 and a book is being prepared on this famous film. See Nitrate Diva for details.