Horizon Information Portal

e-branch

Home

My Account/Renew Loans

Find Magazine Articles & more

Item Information

The great American songbook [videorecording (DVD)].

View full image

Warner Home Video, c2003.

DVD 782.4216 G786 Doc

Popular music -- United States -- 20th century.

Popular music -- United States -- History and criticism.

Popular music in motion pictures.

Popular music -- Analysis, appreciation.

Popular music -- History and criticism.

Composers -- United States.

Lyricists -- United States.

Singers -- United States.

Alternate title:

A new romance of celluloid [videorecording (DVD)].

[videorecording (DVD)].

1 videodisc (174 min.) : Dolby digital sd., col. & b&w. ; 12 cm.

Standard version presented in a format preserving the aspect ratio of its original television exhibtion.

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

In English (Dolby surround 5.1) with optional subtitles in English, French and Spanish.

Closed-captioned.

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.

AJK Productions in association with Turner Entertainment Co. ; Producer, Andrew J. Kuehn, Stephen Netburn ; Director, Andrew J. Kuehn ; Writer, Joe Gilford, Mary Cleere Haran.

Host, Michael Feinstein.

Entertainer extraordinaire 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. Includes some rare performance footage.

Documentary films.

Films for the hearing impaired.

Kuehn, Andrew J.

Netburn, Stephen.

Haran, Mary Cleere.

Feinstein, Michael.

AJK Productions.

Turner Entertainment Co.

Warner Home Video (Firm)

Horizon Information Portal 3.24_8902M

© 2001-2013 SirsiDynix All rights reserved.

Horizon Information Portal