King of Jazz
(1930)
Director:
John Murray Anderson
Writer:
Edward T. Lowe Jr., Harry Ruskin
Cast:
Paul Whiteman, John Boles, Jeanie Lang
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.