Talk:King of Jazz

Release Date

I'm not sure where the release date of "August 17, 1930" comes from--probably unsourced from IMDB? Looking through ProQuest's free article abstract for the Boston Globe (http://pqasb.pqarchiver.com/boston/), Chicago Tribune (http://pqasb.pqarchiver.com/chicagotribune/), Washington Post (http://pqasb.pqarchiver.com/washingtonpost_historical/), and the L.A. Times (http://pqasb.pqarchiver.com/latimes/), it was released by the end of May 1930 in all cities, except Chicago, where it was released in June. The New York premiere was May 2, 1930, which I cited. Therefore, I've changed the "release date" to reflect the earliest premiere date, which was April 19, 1930, according to the L.A. Times. Mayor of awesometown (talk) 20:24, 1 July 2013 (UTC)

Untitled

On youtube there is a video supposedly from this movie featuring a dancer referred to as 'rubber legs' al norman. i can't find anything about him on wikipedia, and there is no reference to him in the description of the movie. he has an imdb page but it is quite sparse http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0635433/ does anyone know of a source of info about this guy? Markcox (talk)

Composer/lyricist of "Happy Feet"

Can someone please establish who the composer and lyricist of the song "Happy Feet" is/are?

I know Paul Whiteman and his orchestra performed this, but I can't find anything definitive to establish these credits. It's starting to drive me up the wall.

Can someone please provide something we can hang our hats on?

Thanks

paul klenk ^talk 00:59, 8 April 2010 (UTC)

The lyrics of "Happy Feet" were by Jack Yellen and the music by Milton Ager. They were frequent collaborators. They were, in fact, responsible for most of the new songs in this film, including "Music has Charms", "My Bridal Veil" (with director John Murray Anderson), "A Bench in the Park", "I Like to Do Things for You" and "Song of the Dawn". (They were obviously versatile.) See https://archive.org/stream/motionpicture39moti#page/n319/mode/2up/search/King+of+Jazz O Murr (talk) 06:59, 3 April 2019 (UTC)

Presenting your congenial host, Count Dracula.

Copying an editor's note I embedded in the night-shrouded vault of the text into the light of day here:

Béla Lugosi is said to have been the MC of a Hungarian version, but I know of no concrete evidence to support the claim, which I found in the archives of an online vintage film discussion group that includes several well-known researchers in the mix. Lugosi was at Universal in 1930-31, so it seems perfectly plausible. If true, it would also be his first color film. Was there a Hungarian version? Does any of it survive? Perhaps worth investigating.

AVarchaeologist (talk) 00:27, 28 January 2011 (UTC)

Kurt Cobain's relative

Any information about his relative starring in the movie? — Preceding unsigned comment added by 109.68.173.35 (talk) 19:18, 20 February 2017 (UTC)

Walter Brennan Appearance

Brennan, who won three Oscars in his film career, takes part in two segments of "The King of Jazz". He's the bartender for a comedy sketch about pet goldfish and one of four "barbershop" singers singing about poor Nell from Shamokin, PA — Preceding unsigned comment added by 1939filmlover (talk • contribs)

• Hi. The IMDb page credits even more roles, namely: Desk Sergeant ('Springtime') / Soldier ('All Noisy on the Eastern Front') / Waiter ('Oh! Forevermore!') / Front End of Horse / Quartet Member ('Nellie'). I have no opinion on whether that is worthy of inclusion on the article. - Nabla (talk) 09:53, 9 May 2021 (UTC)

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