King of Jazz (Criterion Collection) (DVD)

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Thats what they called popular 20s bandleader Paul Whiteman, and he and his orchestra take center stage in this long-demanded and lavish early Technicolor revue splicing together songs, skits, and animation from Walter Lantz. Score includes quot;Rhapsody in Blue,quot; quot;It Happened in Monterey,quot; quot;Song of the Dawn,quot; quot;Happy Feet,quot; more; with John Boles, Laura La Plante, Walter Brennan, and, in his screen debut, as one of Whitemans Rhythm Boys, Bing Crosby. Includes bonus shorts quot;All Americansquot; (1929), quot;My Pal Paulquot; (1930), quot;I Know Everybody and Everybodys Racketquot; (1933).