16 mm film: THE KING OF JAZZ (1930) - Ultra-Rare Color 16mm - Paul Whiteman, Bing Crosby

Excellent quality 16mm optical sound COLOR print of the rare feature THE KING OF JAZZ (1930) starring Paul Whiteman and his Orchestra (Eddie Lang, Frank Trumbauer, Joe Venuti, Mike Pingatore, Jack Fulton, Roy Bargy, Wilbur Hall, et al) featuring Bing Crosby and "The Rhythm Boys" (Al Rinker & Harry Barris), John Boles, Jeanette Loff, Stanley Smith, Jeanie Lang, The Brox Sisters, The Sisters G, Grace Hayes, Laura LaPlante, Nell O'Day and The Tommy Atkins Sextette and many others. Print runs approximately 100 minutes. Image quality of this reduction from 35mm nitrate is excellent. Print is sharp and has a full tonal range from shadows to highlights, quite accurately representing the slightly "salmon hued" look of the original 35mm nitrate 2-color Technicolor print it was made from. Good, strong sound quality. This is one of the old "Philip Jenkinson" prints - Phil was the ONLY source there ever was for this film on 16mm and I bought this one directly from him in 1987. Over the years Phil made up only a small handful of these KOJ prints - this is the only one I have seen come to market in many years.

For more information on Philip Jenkinson, his KING OF JAZZ 16mm prints (and this one in particular), please refer to James Layton and David Pierce's 2016 book, "KING OF JAZZ - Paul Whiteman's Technicolor Revue".

Accompanying scans are made directly from the print on my flatbed scanner and accurately represent the color in this 16mm.

Here is a list of the contents of the print and the order in which things appear:

(Reel 1)

Opening Titles
Introduction to Paul Whiteman’s Scrap Book

In Darkest Africa

In the Bag (missing "Meet the Girls" dance)

The Bridal Veil (Includes spoken introduction by Jeanie Lang + first few moments of Bridal Veil as SOUND ONLY with black screen)

Ladies of the Press

The Rhythm Boys

Monterey

In Conference

I’d Like To Do Things For You

The Property Man

A Bench in the Park

(Reel 2)

Springtime

All Noisy on the Eastern Front

Willie Hall, One of the Whiteman Boys

The Rhapsody in Blue

Oh! Forevermore!

My Ragamuffin Romeo (complete with Stadler & Rose dance)

Look What It Makes Me

Happy Feet

Lucky So Far

Has Anybody Seen Our Nellie? (missing introduction by Charles Irwin)

The Song of the Dawn

The Melting Pot of Music

Exit Music (with black screen)

In near like-new condition with only a handful of splices throughout, and most of these are at points where I added footage through the years as it became available. No vinegar smell.

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