Rhapsody in Blue (DVD)

Rhapsody in Blue is a story that is as enchanting as the music of it's central character, the legendary George Gershwin. Robert Alda plays the talented composer in this moving tribute to one of America's premier musical artists. Although it was intended that the Gershwin's' eldest son, Ira, take piano lessons, it was his younger brother George who displayed a real talent for music. Following years of practice and an assortment of jobs, George worked his way from a music hall pianist to a Tin Pin Alley "song plugger." Gershwin experienced his first great success with "Swanee" (sung in the film by the man who made it famous, the inimitable Al Jolson). Despite his ensuing accomplishments with hit songs and stage successes, the musical genius yearned for something greater - to create unique American music, combining the European classics and popular songs. In addition to it's inspirational story, Rhapsody in Blue is musically uplifting, featuring a two hour feast of classic Gershwin.

Starring: Robert Alda, Joan Leslie, Alexis Smith, Charles Coburn, Julie Bishop, Rosemary DeCamp, Oscar Levant, Paul Whiteman, Al Jolson, George White, Hazel Scott, Anne Brown, Herbert Rudley, Rosemary de Camp, Albert Basserman, Morris Carnovsky, John B. Hughes, Mickey Roth, Darryl Hickman, Charles Halton, Andrew Tombes, Gregory Golubeff, Walter Soderling, Eddie Marr, Theodore Von Eltz, Bill Kennedy, Oscar Loraine, Johnny Downs, Ernest Golm, Martin Noble, Hugo Kirchhoffer, Will Wright, Tom Patricola, Robert Sayne, George Riley, Virginia Sale, Tom Stevenson, Yola D'Avril, Claire DuBrey, Christian Rub, Esther Michelson, Robert Wilbur, Ivan Lebedeff, Odette Myrtil, Jay Novello, LeRoy Antoine, Jack Chefe, Charles Waldron, Lillian Bronson, John Henry Morton, Sam Savitsky, Broderick O'Farrell, Robert Johnson, William Gillespie, Ernie Adams, John Dilson, Armand Cortes, Jacques Lory, Edward Harvey, "Big" Ben Moroz, Jesse Graves, Oliver Prickett, Carl Neubert, Clay Womack, Frank Pharr, Kate Harrington, Walter White, Bernard DeRoux, Fred Dosh, Harry Seymour, Joe Sullivan, Clarence Badger Jr., Frank Reicher, Georges Renavent, Lynne Baggett, Elsa Basserman, Constance Purdy, Caroline Burke, Milton Mack, Joan Winfield, Ralph McColm, Nellie V. Nichols, Al Gallodoro

Director: Jesse Lasky

Rating: NR