Research Catalog

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Additional authors

1. Kuehn, Andrew J.
2. Netburn, Stephen.
3. Gilford, Joe.
4. Haran, Mary Cleere.
5. Feinstein, Michael.
6. AJK Productions.
7. Turner Entertainment Co.
8. Warner Home Video (Firm)

Description

1. 1 videodisc (174 min.) : sd., col. & b&w; 4 3/4 in.

Summary

1. Entertainer extrordinaire Michael Feinstein hosts a brand-new documentary on the evolution of the American popular music, told through stories of the greatest songwriters of all time, including Irving Berlin, Cole Porter, George & Ira Gershwin and more.

Alternative title

1. New romance of celluloid: We must have music.

Subject

1. Nonfiction films
2. Feature films
3. Música popular > Historia y crítica
4. Video recordings for the hearing impaired
5. Documentary films
6. Popular music > United States > History and criticism
7. Film excerpts

Genre/Form

1. Film excerpts.
2. Documentary films.
3. Nonfiction films.
4. Feature films.
5. Video recordings for the hearing impaired.

Contents

1. Minstrel shows ; Stephen Foster -- Spirituals -- Ragtime -- Blues and jazz -- Publishing and recording -- Operetta ; Friml and Romberg -- Kern and Berlin -- World War I -- Gershwin -- Show boat -- Ziegfeld legacy -- Rodgers and Hart -- Carmichael and Waller -- Depression ; Warren and Dubin -- Arlen, Duke, and Fields -- Porter -- Depression recovery -- 1930s recap (Over the rainbow) -- Hollywood stampede -- Pal Joey -- Hitman Harry -- Freed/Brown and Harburg -- Team Gershwin -- World War II -- Big bands and boogie -- War on their minds -- Styne and Cahn -- Postwar optimism -- New life for old songs -- Songwriter biopics -- Rodgers and Hammerstein -- Stage to screen -- Loesser and more Berlin -- A star is born -- Rock 'n' roll -- Tradition : As time goes by.

Call number

1. *LDV 101

Note

1. Special features: Audio commentary by Michael Feinstein; musical short: A new romance of celluloid: We must have music.

Credits (note)

1. Cinematographer, Jose Luis Mignone ; edited by Dirk Meenen, Michael J. Shapiro.

Audience (note)

1. Not rated.

System details (note)

1. DVD, NTSC, Region 1, Standard presentation (1.33.1); Dolby Digital 5.1 surround.
2. DVD, Region 1, Standard presentation (1.33.1); Dolby Digital 5.1 surround.

Language (note)

1. In English with optional subtitles in English, French and Spanish; closed-captioned.

Title

1. Great American songbook [videorecording] / AJK Productions in association with Turner Entertainment Co. ; Produced by Andrew J. Kuehn, Stephen Netburn ; directed by Andrew J. Kuehn ; written by Joe Gilford, Mary Cleere Haran.

Imprint

1. Burbank, CA : Warner Home Video, 2003.

System details

1. DVD, NTSC, Region 1, Standard presentation (1.33.1); Dolby Digital 5.1 surround.

Performer

1. Hosted by Michael Feinstein.

Audience

1. Not rated.

Credits

1. Cinematographer, Jose Luis Mignone ; edited by Dirk Meenen, Michael J. Shapiro.

Language

1. In English with optional subtitles in English, French and Spanish; closed-captioned.

System details

1. DVD, Region 1, Standard presentation (1.33.1); Dolby Digital 5.1 surround.

Added author

1. Kuehn, Andrew J.
2. Netburn, Stephen.
3. Gilford, Joe.
4. Haran, Mary Cleere.
5. Feinstein, Michael.
6. AJK Productions.
7. Turner Entertainment Co.
8. Warner Home Video (Firm)

Added title

1. New romance of celluloid: We must have music.

Other standard identifier

1. 085393738525

Publisher no.

1. 37385 Warner Home Video

ISBN

1. 0790776219

Research call number

1. *LDV 101