Great American Songbook

UPC: 085393738525

Studio: Warner Home Video

MPAA Rating: NR   Contains:[Suitable for Children]

Summary: Musician and historian Michael Feinstein is your host for this whirlwind look at the golden age of American popular song, from the '30s through the '50s. The Great American Songbook offers a look at the significant trends in music and the styles of the great tunesmiths of the day, as well as presents dozens of vintage film clips of such artists as Frank Sinatra, Bing Crosby, Judy Garland, Lena Horne, and many more performances of the great songs celebrated in this film. Along the way, The Great American Songbook also chronicles the history of the American movie musical and how Hollywood and Tin Pan Alley learned to work together. ~ Mark Deming, Rovi

Category: Music [nf]

Features: ccAudio commentary by Michael Feinstein
Vintage musical short
A new romance of celluloid: We Must Have Music
Interactive menus
Scene access
Subtitles in English, Fran?ais, and Espa?ol

Great American Songbook

Format: DVD

Release Date: 04/22/2003

Aspect Ratio: 1.33:1 Pre-1954 Standard

Audio: DD5.1 Dolby Digital 5.1

Runtime: 175 Minutes

Sides: 1

Number of Discs: 1

Language(s) English

Subtitles: English,French,Spanish

Region: USA & territories, Canada

Chapters: Side #1 --
1. Introduction
2. Minstrel Shows
3. Spirituals
4. Ragtime
5. Blues and Jazz
6. Publishing and Recording
7. Operetta; Friml
8. Kern and Berlin
9. World War I
10. Gershwin
11. Show Boat
12. Ziegfeld Legacy
13. Rodgers and Hart
14. Carmichael and Waller
15. Depression; Warren and Dubin
16. Arlen, Duke and Fields
17. Porter
18. Depression Recovery
19. 1930s Recap
20. Hollywood Stampede
21. Pal Joey
22. Hitman Harry
23. Freed/Brown and Harburg
24. Team Gershwin
25. World War II
26. Big Bands and Boogie
27. War on Their Minds
28. Styne and Cahn
29. Postwar Optimism
30. New Life for Old Songs
31. Songwriter Biopics
32. Rodgers and Hammerstein
33. Stage to Screen
34. Loesser and More Berlin
35. A Star Is Born
36. Rock 'n' Roll
37. Tradition: As Time Goes By
38. End Credits

Cast and Crew: Michael Feinstein  Actor 
Michael Feinstein  Executive Producer 
Andrew Kuehn  Director 
Andrew Kuehn  Producer 
Susan B. Landau  Executive Producer 
Stephen Netburn  Producer 
Mary Cleere Haran  Screenwriter 
Joe Gilford  Screenwriter 

Country: USA