Al Jolson, Bing Crosby, Dorothy Dandridge

Sparkling performances by Judy Garland, Lena Horne, Al Jolson, the teenage Dorothy Dandridge and the flash-dancing Nicholas Brothers light up this great documentary that originally aired on educationa...( read more  read more... )l television. Using rare and never-before-seen footage, singer-pianist and musical historian Michael Feinstein hosts an informative look at the composers and lyricists who wrote America's standards from the 1890s through the mid-1950s.

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Directed by: Andrew J. Kuehn

Release Date: January 19, 2003

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DVD Release Date: April 22, 2003

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  • April 29, 2009
    Wonderful songs and interesting clips but Micheal Feinstein as host is dull and drags the documentary down whenever he is on screen.

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