Bibliograph

Great American songbook, AJK Productions in association with Turner Entertainment Co. ; Produced by Andrew J. Kuehn, Stephen Netburn ; directed by Andrew J. Kuehn ; written by Joe Gilford, Mary Cleere Haran

Type

Label

Great American songbook, AJK Productions in association with Turner Entertainment Co. ; Produced by Andrew J. Kuehn, Stephen Netburn ; directed by Andrew J. Kuehn ; written by Joe Gilford, Mary Cleere Haran

Language

eng

Characteristic

videorecording

Intended audience

MPAA rating: Not rated

Main title

Great American songbook

Oclc number

52095943

Responsibility statement

AJK Productions in association with Turner Entertainment Co. ; Produced by Andrew J. Kuehn, Stephen Netburn ; directed by Andrew J. Kuehn ; written by Joe Gilford, Mary Cleere Haran

Runtime

174

Summary

Entertainer extrordinaire Michael Feinstein hosts a brand-new documentary on the evolution of the American popular music, told through stories of the greatest songwriters of all time, including Irving Berlin, Cole Porter, George & Ira Gershwin and more

Table Of Contents

Minstrel shows ; Stephen Foster -- Spirituals -- Ragtime -- Blues and jazz -- Publishing and recording -- Operetta ; Friml and Romberg -- Kern and Berlin -- World War I -- Gershwin -- Show boat -- Ziegfeld legacy -- Rodgers and Hart -- Carmichael and Waller -- Depression ; Warren and Dubin -- Arlen, Duke, and Fields -- Porter -- Depression recovery -- 1930s recap (Over the rainbow) -- Hollywood stampede -- Pal Joey -- Hitman Harry -- Freed/Brown and Harburg -- Team Gershwin -- World War II -- Big bands and boogie -- War on their minds -- Styne and Cahn -- Postwar optimism -- New life for old songs -- Songwriter biopics -- Rodgers and Hammerstein -- Stage to screen -- Loesser and more Berlin -- A star is born -- Rock 'n' roll -- Tradition : As time goes by

Technique

live action

Classification