The Criterion Collection
Directed by: John Murray Anderson
Featuring: Paul Whiteman
Year: 1930
Time: 98 min.
Series: The Criterion Collection
Edition #: 915
Release Date: March 27 2018
MSRP:
$39.95
Blu-ray
1 Disc | BD-50
1.33:1 ratio
English 1.0 PCM Mono
Subtitles: English
Region A
New audio commentary featuring jazz and film critic Gary Giddins, music and cultural critic Gene Seymour, and musician and bandleader Vince Giordano
New introduction by Gary Giddins
New interview with musician and pianist Michael Feinstein
Four new video essays by authors and archivists James Layton and David Pierce on the development and making of King of Jazz
Deleted scenes and alternate opening-title sequence
All Americans, a 1929 short film featuring a version of the “Melting Pot” number that was restaged for the finale of King of Jazz
I Know Everybody and Everybody’s Racket, a 1933 short film featuring Paul Whiteman and His Orchestra
Two Oswald the Lucky Rabbit cartoons from 1930, featuring music and animation from King of Jazz