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Presented by Samuel Goldwyn Released by RKO Radio Pictures Inc.
Starring
Danny KAYE & Virginia MAYO
with the Famous GIANTS of JAZZ
NO story of American life and times is complete without an account of the growth of American popular music. For the jazz that has the irresistible beat and rhythm, that can be gay and happy, that can have the power of a locomotive in sheer exuberance, and again be so slow and mournful-os the Blues is that you'll feel that the end is at hand, has a his- tory that is the history of the American people.
In his production of "A Song Is Barn," starring Danny Kaye und Virginia Mayo for RKO release, and featuring a whole parade of top music masters beaded by such Jazz Greats as Tommy Dorsey and Benny Goodman, Producer Samuel Goldwyn has attempted to sketch something of the music, with interpolations to illustrate swing, Chicago and
New Orleans Jazz Jive, behop boogie-woogie and other sorted tonal delights.
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The first music of the story, in which a Danny Kaye adven- ture runs riot in Technicolor, practically begins with the street marching bands of New Orleans that started jazz. They kept on marching right off the streets on to the Mississippi
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River boats, truly wandering minstrela, Some of them gol Chicago. Their idens began to u at Kansas City, some at change-perhaps develop is better word, and in order to identify the music, they called it Kansas City Jazz and Chicago Jazz.
As the musicians moved Eastward and Westward, and met other musicians, influenced by other music, the muste changed still more, and today their ideas are still changing still call it jazz. and still progressing, and we
The New Orleans jazz has probably been the greatest in- fluence on the modern Jazz musleian; and Samuel Goldwn hus gathered the leading pro- phets of this music for his "A Song Is Born." In particular, these men are Louis Armstrong, Lionel Hampton, Benny Carter, Zutty Singleton and Barney Bigard.
These were the men respon- sible because of their export- mentation, for the big band of today. Their music with its improvisational kick comes to the screen in "A Song Is Born Great jazz in the form of Muskrat Ramble, Flyin' Home, Stealing. Apples will make every music lover wonder why this hasn't happened before on the screen. And when Tommy Dorsey, Benny Goodman and Charlie Barnet join them, the
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cycle becomes completo, and the story, has its ending on a firm, modern downboat.
Versatile Danny Kaye again dominates Samuel Goldwyn's newest Technicolor musical, "A Song Is Born" which opens today at the King's Theatre. Danny shares stellar honours once again with gorgeous Vir- ginia Mayo.
Supporting the agite Kaye, Samuel Goldwyn has gathered
what is probably the most famous and expensive group of jazz musicians the screen has even seen. professor in search of a jazz Kaye, youthful education, calls on the eror- mous and entertaining talents. of. Benny Goodman, Tommy Dorsey,
Louis Armstrong, Lionel Hampton, Charlie Bar- net, Mel Powell, The, Bolden Bate Quartet and The Page Cavanaugh Trio.
The search for musical know-
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ledge finds Kaye, one of seven squirrely professors Hugh- Herbert, Felix Bressart, Edward Whitehead, and Benny Goodman are the others--ven-
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turing out into the world of jive and boogle In the interests of science. Their investigations lead them through a sparkling mixture of swing tunes, a de- lightful Danny Kaye-Virginia Mayo romance, alnister menaces, and a climpetic Jamm session that will put you on the edge of your seats.
Danny Kaye, in his fifth staight succosa for Samuel Goldwyn, proves himself still one of the soreep's top funny- men. Howard Hawks' happy combination of his talents, with sparkling performances, by the "greats of jazz as well as the decorative Virginia Mayo, offer unbeatable entertainment. By all means, put it on your must
list.
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