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King of Jazz
Paul Whiteman's Technicolor Revue
Edited by James Layton
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King of Jazz: Paul Whiteman's Technicolor Revue tells the fascinating story of the making, release and restoration of Universal's 1930 movie musical extravaganza King of Jazz. The book's sumptuously illustrated narrative is an enlightening study of musical entertainment in the 1920s, exploring the parallel histories of Hollywood, jazz, Broadway theater and vaudeville.
"Truly impressive" -Los Angeles Times.
"A model for primary research on the cinema" -CHOICE
About the Author:
James Layton is Manager of the Museum of Modern Art's Celeste Bartos Film Preservation Center. Prior to this he worked at George Eastman House in Rochester, NY, where he curated two gallery exhibitions and the website Technicolor 100, and co-wrote the book The Dawn of Technicolor(2015) with David Pierce. Layton has also acted as Cataloguer and Workflow Coordinator at the East Anglian Film Archive in Norwich, UK, and is co-author of the Image Permanence Institute's informational poster Knowing and Protecting Motion Picture Film (2009). David Pierce is an independent film historian and archivist. He was formerly the Head of Preservation and Curator of the National Film and Television Archive at the British Film Institute. His articles have appeared in numerous journals, and his report on the survival of American silent feature films was published by the Library of Congress in 2013. He founded the Media History Digital Library, providing free online access to millions of pages of motion picture magazines and books. Pierce co-wrote The Dawn of Technicolor (2015) with James Layton.
Press Reviews:
"In the wake of their milestone book The Dawn of Technicolor, Layton and Pierce have produced another exceptionally handsome, oversized book full of rare photos and background information. ... If you love King of Jazz or early talkie musicals you will want to own this." (Leonard Maltin)
King of Jazz: Paul Whiteman's Technicolor Revue is "weighty and sumptuous" and "a model of ambitious research, writing, and publishing. ... The book is an in-depth contextualization of the film, the studio, and the tradition of musical revues, both on stage and in film. It records the production and reception, with rich documentation throughout. [The authors have] given us both a lush picture book and a serious, always enjoyable piece of scholarship." (David Bordwell, Observations on Film Art)
"Layton, Pierce and the newly established Media History Press have achieved a book glamorous enough to match the film itself. The complex story is told with shared delight and in unsparing detail. The illustrations alone afford a comprehensive history of the production, with [Herman] Rosse's vivid designs shown side by side with their realisation on film, and exquisite colour images, directly from the original negative." (David Robinson, Sight & Sound)
"Truly impressive" (Kenneth Turan, Los Angeles Times)
"A magnificently illustrated volume ... a real treasure for collectors" (Jan-Christopher Horak, director, UCLA Film & Television Archive)
See the publisher website: Media History
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