King of Jazz
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King of Jazz is a 1930 American pre-Code color musical film starring Paul Whiteman and his orchestra. In the 1920s Whiteman signed and featured jazz musicians including Joe Venuti and Eddie Lang, Bix
Theatrical release poster
Paul Whiteman stars in the King of Jazz ad from The Film Daily, 1930
The Rhythm Boys
The Brox Sisters and the Rhythm Boys
John Boles (actor)
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John Boles was an American singer and actor best known for playing Victor Moritz in the 1931 film Frankenstein.
King of Jazz
…the largest veil ever made, exhibits Victorian sentimentality that might best appeal to the elderly. The middle-aged were courted with a tune by John Boles in a lush setting crooning. "It Happened in Monterey" in waltz time, or in a barn with a chorus of red-shirted ranch hands belting out the "Song of the…
Boles in King of Jazz (1930)
Lobby card for Rio Rita (1929)