Rhapsody in Blue (1945) Story of George Gershwin - Xvid 1cd- Joan Leslie, Robert Alda [DDR]

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Rhapsody in Blue (1945) Story of George Gershwin - Xvid 1cd- Joan Leslie, Robert Alda [DDR]

Rhapsody in Blue (1945) is a fictionalized screen biography of the American composer and musician George Gershwin (September 26, 1898 – July 11, 1937) released by Warner Brothers.
The film was nominated for the Grand Prize at the 1946 Cannes Film Festival.
The film was also nominated for two Academy Awards; Music (Scoring of a Musical Picture) and Best Sound (Nathan Levinson).

CAST:-
Robert Alda as George Gershwin
Joan Leslie as Julie Adams
Alexis Smith as Christine Gilbert
Charles Coburn as Max Dreyfus
Julie Bishop as Lee Gershwin
Albert Bassermann as Prof. Franck
Morris Carnovsky as Poppa Morris Gershwin
Rosemary DeCamp as Momma Rose Gershwin
Oscar Levant as Himself
Paul Whiteman as Himself
Al Jolson as Himself
George White as Himself
Hazel Scott as Herself
Anne Brown as Herself as Bess in 'Porgy and Bess' scene
Herbert Rudley as Ira Gershwin

Directed by Irving Rapper
Written by Howard Koch, Elliot Paul
Music by George Gershwin, Max Steiner, Ray Heindorf
Running time 141 minutes

MOVIE REVIEW:- Rhapsody in Blue (1945)
Starring Robert Alda as Gershwin, the film features a few of Gershwin's acquaintances (including Paul Whiteman, Al Jolson, and Oscar Levant) playing themselves. Alexis Smith and Joan Leslie play fictional women in Gershwin's life, Morris Carnovsky and Rosemary De Camp play Gershwin's parents, and Herbert Rudley portrays Ira Gershwin. Oscar Levant also recorded most of the piano playing in the movie, and also dubbed Alda's piano playing. Both the Rhapsody in Blue and An American in Paris are performed nearly completely, the "Rhapsody..." debut of 1924 conducted, as it was originally, by Whiteman himself.

The film introduces two fictional romances into the story, one with a woman named Julie Adams (played by Joan Leslie) and the other a near-romance with a rich society woman played by Alexis Smith.

The film notably features performances of Gershwin music by two talented and accomplished African-American musician/singers, Anne Brown (1916-2009) and Hazel Scott (1920-1981). Both were child prodigies whose training included study at the Juilliard School.

Anne Brown, a soprano, created the role of "Bess" in the original production of George Gershwin's opera Porgy and Bess in 1935. In the film, Brown sings the aria Summertime from Porgy and Bess. But in the film, the song is completely rearranged, with the first verse sung by chorus only. William Gillespie, an African-American bass-baritone, appeared uncredited as "Porgy" in the 'Porgy and Bess' sequence, but did not sing.

Born in Trinidad and Tobago, Hazel Scott was raised in New York City and became known as a jazz and classical pianist and singer. Like Lena Horne, Scott was one of the first African-American women to have a career in Hollywood as well as television. Scott plays herself in the film, performing in a Paris nightclub.

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TECHNICAL SPECIFICATIONS:-
Video Codec: MPEG-2
Video Bitrate: 7173 kbps
Video Resolution: 720x480
Video Aspect Ratio: 1.333:1
Frames Per Second: 29.970
Audio Codec: AC3
Audio Bitrate: 192kb/s CBR 48000 Hz
Audio Streams: 2
Audio Languages: English
RunTime 141 mins
Subtitles: NONE
Ripped by: Trinidad [DDR]