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The Great American Songbook

Description: 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 educational 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.

Cast: June Allyson, Eddie 'Rochester' Anderson, The Andrews Sisters, Fred Astaire,Irving Berlin, Fanny Brice, Anne Brown, James Cagney, Ben Carter, Maurice Chevalier,Bing Crosby, Dorothy Dandridge, Johnnie Davis, Doris Day, Nelson Eddy, Alice Faye,Michael Feinstein, Dorothy Fields, Judy Garland, Benny Goodman, Bob Hope, Lena Horne,Betty Hutton, Al Jolson, Ruby Keeler, Howard Keel, Gene Kelly, Frances Langford,Joan Leslie, Jeanette MacDonald, Gordon MacRae, Ray McDonald, Johnny Mercer, Ethel Merman,Dennis Morgan, Jules Munshin, Fayard Nicholas, Dick Powell, Paul Robeson, Ginger Rogers,Mickey Rooney, Frank Sinatra, Kate Smith, Ann Sothern, Sophie Tucker, Ethel Waters

DVD Format: NTSC

DVD9: 7.49 GiB - Exact Copy

Color: Color / Black & White

Aspect Ratio: 1.33:1

Language: English

Subtitles: English; Fran?ais; Espa±ol

Closed Captioned: English

Commentary: By Michael Feinstein

Extras: Vintage Musical Short: 'A New Romance of Celluloid: We Must Have Music' (10:53)

Audio: Dolby Digital 5.1

Time: 02:54:31

DVD Studio: Warner Home Video

Release Date: 2003-04-22