DVD
Syncopation
Call Number
- DVD MUSICAL (CEN)
Edition
DVD edition.
Performers
Jackie Cooper, Todd Duncan, Bonita Granville, Adolphe Menjou, Benny Goodman, Harry James, Gene Krupa, Charlie Barnet.
Publication Information
Port Washington, NY : Entertainment One Film
Physical Description
1 videodisc (89 minutes) : sound, black and white ; 4 3/4 in. + 1 booklet (unpaged : illustrations ; 19 cm)
Audience
Not rated.
Uniform Title
Summary
A love story between a young trumpeter and a New Orleans-born piano player serves as a backdrop for this feature that traces the evolution of jazz from the early sounds of Dixieland to ragtime in Chicago up through the swing era.
Notes
Based on a story by Valentine Davies.
Originally released as a motion picture in 1942.
Special features: New 2K restoration from Archival 35mm Fine Grain Master struck by the Library of Congress from the nitrate negative ; nine short jazz films: Symphony in black (1935, with Duke Ellington and Billie Holiday) (9:36), Rhapsody in black and blue (1932, with Louis Armstrong) (10:00), St. Louis blues (1929, with Bessie Smith) (15:41), Cab Calloway's Hi de ho (1933) (10:00), Bundle of blues (1933, with Duke Ellington) (9:00), Hoagy Carmichael (1939, with Hoagy Carmichael and Jack Teagarden) (10:00), Artie Shaw's class in swing (1939, with Artie Shaw) (10:00), Jazz a la Cuba (1933, with Don Aspiazu) (5:19), Black and tan fantasy (1929, with Duke Ellington and Fredi Washtington) (19:00) ; 2015 re-release trailer.