Title from web page.
Originally released as a motion picture in 1930.
Full screen (1.33:1).
Special features: New audio commentary featuring jazz and film critic Gary Giddins, music and cultural critic Gene Seymour, and musician and bandleader Vince Girodano; new introduction by 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 "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".
Paul Whiteman, Bing Crosby.
DVD, full screen (1.33:1) presentation; monaural.
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