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  • Paul Whiteman "Motion Picture News (Volume 40) Oct-Dec 1929"

      • Posted Jul 4, 2012 8:37 AM

      Oct 5, 1929.

      Laemmle

      Sr. Arrives From 3-Months' European Trip

      After

      a trip lasting three months in

      Europe,

      Carl Laemmle, president of Universal,

      his

      son-in-law and daughter, Mr. and

      Mrs. Stanley

      Bergerman, and others arrived

      back

      in New York last Tuesday, Sept.

      24,

      aboard the Bremen.

      Also

      in party were Laemmle's secretaries,

      Jack Ross

      and Dave Bader, his relative,

      Mrs.

      Maurice Spreckles, and his nephew,

      Julius

      Bernheim. The party was met by

      L. B.

      Metzger and was serenaded by Paul

      Whiteman

      and his band who on Nov. 1

      will

      arrive in Hollywood to begin "King

      of

      Jazz Revue."

      ***********************************************

      Oct 19, 1929.

      "Rhapsody

      In Blue"  For Whiteman Film

      Paul

      Whiteman and his orchestra depart

      for the

      Coast Oct. 21 to go into production

      Nov.

      1 on "The Kang of Jazz Revue" tor

      Universal.

      Already on the ground is John

      Murray

      Anderssn who is to direct..

      "U" ha

      as closed with George Gershwin,

      the

      composer, and Harms, Inc., for exclusive

      use of

      "Rhapsody in Blue," the price

      reported

      to be $50,000. With importation of

      The

      "G" Sisters, a sister team discovered

      in

      Germany, Universal feels it has unearthed

      a

      new Dolly Sisters combination.

      In

      addition the cast is to have Billy

      Kent from

      musical comedy, Grace Hayes,

      Trini,

      John Boles, Hoot Gibson, Ken May

      nard

      and others. Russell Markert, dance

      master

      Eor the Roxyettes, is to stage the

      chorus numbers,

      while the score will be the

      work

      of George Gershwin.

      *******************************

      Oct 19, 1929

      HAVING

      completed the musical scores for

      the

      two productions they contracted to

      do

      for M-G-M, Jack Yellen and Milton

      Ager

      have signed to write the words and

      music

      for the Paul Whiteman picture. They

      are

      already at this task on the Universal lot,

      working

      with John Murray Anderson.

      ********************************

      Nov 30, 1929

      Welcome

      Home and

      Congratulations

      Uncle

      Carl

      *******************

      Dec 14, 1929

      PAUL

      WHITEMAN'S

      KING OF

      JAZZ

      GET

      yourself set for the biggest news you've

      ever heard since the advent of the audible

      screen...

      for Paul Whiteman's King of Jazz

      Revue

      will be a startling new kind of entertainment

      . .

      a continuous innovation . . a luxury of song,

      dance,

      music and joy . . . Think of PAUL WHITEMAN,

      the

      King of Jazz himself, and his whole band, doing

      their

      stuff ...including Whiteman's own interpreta-

      tion

      of George Gershwin's Rhapsody in Blue * * Songs

      composed by

      such famous songsmiths as Ager and

      Yellen

      . . . Mabel Wayne . . . Billy Kent, musical comedy

      star

      ... Grace Hayes, radio, night club star...

      John

      Murray Andersonproducer of six Greenwich

      Village

      Follies and "Almanacs" . . . Herman Rosse

      doing

      the settings . . . Russell Markert Dancers . .

      .

      The

      Sisters G, European dancing and singing sensation

      . .

      .Tommy Atkins Sextette. . . more big names

      being

      added every day . . . and practically every

      Universal

      star and featured player ... John Boles . .

      Laura

      La Plante . . . Joseph Schildkraut . . Mary

      Nolan

      . . . Barbara Kent . . . Kathryn Crawford . . . and

      about

      a million of the best-looking chorus girls you

      ever

      saw . . . The whole Universal studio force is

      burning

      up with enthusiasm over this one... Because

      it's

      another indication of the GREATER UNIVERSAL.

      ************************************

      Dec 21, 1929

      "Battle

      Of Music" Impends

      What

      has all the earmarks of a battle in

      music

      will take place Christmas Eve when

      the

      new Vincent Youmans score for "Hit

      The

      Deck" will be played almost simultaneously

      by

      Paul Whiteman on the Old

      Gold Hour,

      broadcasting from the Coast at

      9:00

      P. M. Eastern Standard Time over the

      Columbia

      chain, and by Leo Heisman [sic] on

      the

      RKO hour, broadcasting from New

      York

      over the NBC chain, at 10:00 P. M.

      Eastern Standard

      Time. Three of the songs

      will

      be "Keepin' Myself For You," "Hallelujah"

      and

      "Sometimes I'm Happy."

      The

      picture will have its premiere at the

      RKO,

      Los Angeles, on Dec. 25.

      **************************************************

       

      Note the the film was referrred to as the "King of Jazz Revue."

      Albert

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