Name: Syncopation, an RKO Radio Picture ; a William Dieterle production ; produced and directed by William Dieterle ; screen play by Philip Yordan and Frank Cavett
ISBN: 9781417243501

Syncopation, an RKO Radio Picture ; a William Dieterle production ; produced and directed by William Dieterle ; screen play by Philip Yordan and Frank Cavett

Type

Label

Syncopation, an RKO Radio Picture ; a William Dieterle production ; produced and directed by William Dieterle ; screen play by Philip Yordan and Frank Cavett

Note

Based on a story by Valentine DaviesDVD release of the 1942 motion pictureSpecial features: Nine short jazz films: Symphony in black (1935 with Duke Ellington and Billie Holiday), Rhapsody in black and blue (1932, with Louis Armstrong), St. Louis blues (1929, with Bessie Smith), Cab Calloway's Hi de ho (1933), Bundle of blues (1933, with Duke Ellington), Hoagy Carmichael (1939, with Hoagy Carmichael and Jack Teagarden), Artie Shaw's class in swing (1939, with Artie Shaw), Jazz a la Cuba (1933, with Don Aspiazu), Black and tan fantasy (1929, with Duke Ellington and Fredi Washtington) ; 2015 re-release trailer

Color

black and white

Configuration of playback channels

monaural

resource.creditsNote

Cinematography, J. Roy Hunt ; editor, John Sturges ; musical director, Leith Stevens

Dimensions

other

Edition

Digitally restored & remastered.

Isbn

9781417243501

Medium for sound

videodisc

Participant note

Adolphe Menjou, Bonita Granville, George Bancroft, Jackie Cooper, Ted North, Todd Duncan, Connie Boswell, Hall Johnson Choir and the All-American Dance Band with Benny Goodman, Harry James, Gene Krupa, Charlie Barnet, Jack Jenny, Alvino Rey, Joe Venuti

Physical Description

1 videodisc (89 min.), sound, black and white, 4 3/4 in.

Sound on medium or separate

sound on medium

Specific Material Designation

videodisc

System control number

(OCoLC)899218262

System details

DVD; NTSC; all regions; 4:3 presentation ; Dolby digital 2.0 mono

Upc

741952781691