

King of Jazz
A NEW ERA in sound and color entertainment!
Overview
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.
- Budget
- $2,000,000
- Production
- Universal Pictures
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Cast

Paul Whiteman
Paul Whiteman

John Boles
Vocalist ('Song of the Dawn' / 'It Happened in Monterey')

Jeanie Lang
Vocalist ('I'd Like To Do Things For You' / 'Ragamuffin Romeo')

Laura La Plante
Editor ('Ladies of the Press') / Stenographer ('In Conference') / Quartet Member, 'Nellie'

Jeanette Loff
Vocalist ('It Happened in Monterey' / 'Bridal Veil' / 'A Bench in the Park')

Glenn Tryon
Executive ('In Conference') / Unmarried Husband

Slim Summerville
Automobile Owner ('Springtime') / Rear End of Horse / Charles

Kathryn Crawford
Fourth Reporter ('Ladies of the Press')

Carla Laemmle
Chorine (as Beth Laemmle)

Stanley Smith
Bridegroom ('Bridal Veil' / 'A Bench in the Park')

Walter Brennan
Desk Sergeant ('Springtime') / Soldier ('All Noisy on the Eastern Front') / Waiter ('Oh! Forevermore!') / Front End of Horse / Quartet Member ('Nellie')

Churchill Ross
Quartet Member ('Nellie')

John Arledge
First Pianist at Giant Piano ('Rhapsody in Blue') / Quartet Member ('Nellie') (as Johnson Arledge)

Nell O'Day
Dancer

Bing Crosby
Trio Singer (as The Rhythm Boys)

Yola d'Avril
Automobile Owner's Wife ("Springtime") / Marie ("All Noisy on the Eastern Front") (uncredited)

Marcia Mae Jones
Child ('Bridal Veil') (uncredited)

Bela Lugosi
Emcee - Hungarian Version

Joan Marsh
Blonde ("A Bench in the Park") (uncredited)

Harry Barris
Trio Singer (as The Rhythm Boys)
Crew
- Director
- John Murray Anderson
- Writers
- Harry Ruskin
- Producers
- Carl Laemmle Jr.
- Cinematography
- Hal Mohr,Ray Rennahan,Jerome Ash
- Composer
- Alfonso Corelli
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CinemaSerf
February 12, 2024
The title of this film is a touch misleading. I was expecting much more of a jazz-based musical revue but instead got pretty much a whole gamut of colourful and precisely staged repertoire. Paul Whiteman and his accomplished orchestra provide the conduit, as it were, as a variety of performers sing, dance and make us laugh (or cringe) for the next hundred minutes. There's a bit of Bing Crosby's first screen appearance with the "Rhythm Boys" doing a lively version of "Happy Feet" and probably my …






