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King of Jazz

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Calorie Rating: 138
Released: 1930-04-20
Running Time: 98 Minutes
Budget: 2000000
Studios: Universal Pictures,


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.

Director / Directors

Robert Ross
Assistant Director
Pál Fejős
Assistant Director


Cast

Paul Whiteman
Character: Paul Whiteman
John Boles
Character: Vocalist ('Song of the Dawn' / 'It Happened in Monterey')
Jeanie Lang
Character: Vocalist ('I'd Like To Do Things For You' / 'Ragamuffin Romeo')

Laura La Plante
Character: Editor ('Ladies of the Press') / Stenographer ('In Conference') / Quartet Member, 'Nellie'
Jeanette Loff
Character: Vocalist ('It Happened in Monterey' / 'Bridal Veil' / 'A Bench in the Park')
Glenn Tryon
Character: Executive ('In Conference') / Unmarried Husband

William Kent
Character: General ('All Noisy on the Eastern Front') / Goldfish Owner ('Oh! Forevermore!') / Unmarried Couple's Offspring / Vocal ('Do Things For You')
Slim Summerville
Character: Automobile Owner ('Springtime') / Rear End of Horse / Charles
Kathryn Crawford
Character: Fourth Reporter ('Ladies of the Press')

Carla Laemmle
Character: Chorine (as Beth Laemmle)
Stanley Smith
Character: Bridegroom ('Bridal Veil' / 'A Bench in the Park')
Charles Irwin
Character: Himself, Announcer / Soldier ('All Noisy on the Eastern Front')

George Chiles
Character: Dancer ('It Happened in Monterey' / Vocalist 'A Bench in the Park' / 'Ragamuffin Romeo')
Jack White
Character: Jack White
Frank Leslie
Character: Quartet Lead Singer ('Nellie')

Walter Brennan
Character: Desk Sergeant ('Springtime') / Soldier ('All Noisy on the Eastern Front') / Waiter ('Oh! Forevermore!') / Front End of Horse / Quartet Member ('Nellie')
Churchill Ross
Character: Quartet Member ('Nellie')
John Arledge
Character: First Pianist at Giant Piano ('Rhapsody in Blue') / Quartet Member ('Nellie') (as Johnson Arledge)

Al Norman
Character: Rubber Legs Dancer ('Happy Feet')
Jacques Cartier
Character: Voodoo Dancer ("Rhapsody in Blue")
Nell O'Day
Character: Dancer

Marion Stattler
Character: Specialty Dancer 'Ragamuffin Romeo' / 'Melting Pot'
Don Rose
Character: Specialty Dancer 'Ragamuffin Romeo'
Bobbe Brox
Character: Bobbe (as The Brox Sisters)

Patricia Brox
Character: Kathlyn (as The Brox Sisters)
Lorayne Brox
Character: Lorraine (as The Brox Sisters)
Bing Crosby
Character: Trio Singer (as The Rhythm Boys)

Yola d'Avril
Character: Automobile Owner's Wife ("Springtime") / Marie ("All Noisy on the Eastern Front") (uncredited)
Marcia Mae Jones
Character: Child ('Bridal Veil') (uncredited)
Bela Lugosi
Character: Emcee - Hungarian Version

Joan Marsh
Character: Blonde ("A Bench in the Park") (uncredited)
Harry Barris
Character: Trio Singer (as The Rhythm Boys)
Al Rinker
Character: Trio Singer (as The Rhythm Boys)


Production and Crew

Billy Rose
Additional Music
Carl Laemmle
Presenter
Edward T. Lowe Jr.
Scenario Writer

Walter Lantz
Animation
Maurice Pivar
Supervising Editor

Thomas F. O'Neill
Assistant Art Director

James Dietrich
Additional Music
George Gershwin
Additional Music
Russell Markert
Choreographer

Eddie Ellsworth
Still Photographer
Mabel Wayne
Additional Music

Ferde Grofé Sr.
Music Director
C. Roy Hunter
Recording Supervision
Ferde Grofé Sr.
Orchestrator

Herman Rosse
Costume Design
Hal Mohr
Director of Photography
Ray Rennahan
Director of Photography

Jerome Ash
Director of Photography

Jack Pierce
Makeup Artist
Herman Rosse
Art Direction
Roswell A. Hoffmann
Special Effects Assistant