Duke Ellington
Series
Publisher
Kino on Video
Pub. Date
c2001
Physical Desc
1 videodisc (123 min.) : sd., b&w ; 4 3/4 in.
Description
Musicals shorts, originally produced to merely fill out the film program, have in many cases acquired more value than the features they once supported. Filmed at the Paramount Studios in Astoria, Queens, these twelve shorts offer unparalleled opportunities to see and hear early great jazz and blues artists in action.
Series
Publisher
Universal Studios Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
c[2009]
Physical Desc
3 videodiscs (466 min.) : sd., b&w ; 4 3/4 in. + 1 booklet (19 p. ; 18 cm.)
Description
Six films made before the Production Code. In 1934, Hollywood was turned upside down by the enforcement of a strict "Production Code" that would change the way movies were made for the next 34 years. But during the "pre-Code" period (1929-1934), censorship barely existed and filmmakers had free rein to make the movies they wanted and the public demanded. No subject was taboo including adultery, murder or sex.
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