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Hollywood Rhythm : The Best of jazz & blues
Title
Hollywood Rhythm : The Best of jazz & blues [videorecording] / Kino International ; produced for video by Bret Wood.
Published
New York, N.Y. : Kino on Video, c2001.
Physical Description
1 videodisc (123 min.) : sd., b&w ; 4 3/4 in.
Notes
Title from container and disc label.
Videodisc release of musical shorts originally produced by Paramount Pictures between 1929 and 1941.
Summary
Musical shorts, originally produced to merely fill out the film program, have in many cases acquired more value than the features they once supported. Filmed at the Paramount Studios in Astoria, Queens, these twelve shorts offer unparalleled opportunities to see and hear early great jazz and blues artists in action.
Variant and related titles
Best of jazz and blues
Hollywood rhythm. Paramount musical shorts. 1, Best of jazz & blues.
Rhapsody in black and blue.
Bundle of blues.
Hi-de-ho.
Ain't misbehavin'
Symphony in black.
Jitterbug party.
St. Louis Blues.
Hoagy Carmichael.
Ol' king cotton.
Black and tan fantasy.
Those blues.
Jazz a la Cuba.
Format
Images / Video & Film
Language
English
Added to Catalog
June 01, 2002
System details note
DVD.
Contents
Rhapsody in black and blue / Louis Armstrong (1932)
Bundle of blues / Duke Ellington, Ivie Anderson (1933)
Hi-de-ho / Cab Calloway (1933)
Ain't misbehavin' / Fats Waller (1941)
Symphony in black / Duke Ellington, Billie Holiday (1935)
Jitterbug party / Cab Calloway (1934)
St. Louis Blues / Bessie Smith (1929)
Hoagy Carmichael / Jack Teagarden (1939)
Ol' king cotton / George Dewey Washington (1930)
Black and tan fantasy / Duke Ellington, Fredi Washington, Arthur Whetsol (1929)
Those blues / Vincent Lopez (1932)
Jazz a la Cuba / Don Aspizau (1933).
Subjects
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Paramount Pictures.
Kino International Corporation.
Kino on Video (Firm)
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