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  • Rhapsody in Blue

  • Blu-ray
  • (1945)
Rhapsody in Blue
  • Rhapsody in Blue

  • Blu-ray
  • (1945)
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Robert Alda stars alongside musical greats Al Jolson, Paul Whiteman, and Oscar Levant in this lavish fictionalized biography of composer George Gershwin. The film traces Gershwin's rise from a song plugger for a Manhattan music publishing company to the heights of international fame and fortune. Gershwin's first big hit is Swanee, introduced on Broadway by Al Jolson (playing himself). In collaboration with his lyricist brother, Ira (Herbert Rudley), George pens hit after hit in show after show. But George's kindly old music teacher wants his prize pupil to aspire to something more artistic. Gershwin responds with Rhapsody in Blue, which debuts at Aeolian Hall in 1924 under the baton of bandleader Paul Whiteman (also playing himself). As his fame and workload grows, George finds he has no time at all for romance; the two ladies in his life both eventually realize that they'll always have to play second fiddle to Gershwin's muse. Newly remastered from 4K scans of nitrate materials, this new Blu-ray disc restores over 12 minutes of footage never before seen by the general public, and also includes the outstanding overture of Gershwin melodies which only accompanied the film during it's New York and Hollywood premiere engagements.

Title: Rhapsody in Blue
Genre: Musical, Biography
Starring: Robert Alda, Joan Leslie, Alexis Smith, Charles Coburn, Julie Bishop, Rosemary DeCamp, Oscar Levant, Paul Whiteman, Al Jolson, George White
Director: Irving Rapper
Studio: Warner Bros
Attributes: Manufactured on Demand, Subtitled, Sign Language, Digital Theater System
Release Date: 5/27/2025
Original Year: 1945
Product Type: Blu-ray
Rated: NR
UPC: 840418326473
Item #: 2719342X

Subtitles: ENG
Street Date: 5/27/2025
Original Language: ENG
Run Time: 161 minutes

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