The 1940s was a monumental decade for the United States. Amid World War II, economic recovery, and the start of the Cold...
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2001
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1999
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In the '30s, drummer Gene Krupa shifted percussion from supportive background music to a standalone art form, tout seul....
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1999
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Volume five of this ten-volume set celebrates the sounds of the popular 1940s big band music era. Its performance clips...
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1998
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This biography of musical legend Benny Goodman contains testimonials from various contemporaries and scholars, and offers...
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1993
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This PBS documentary features jazz legend Gene Krupa playing on the drums with many of the great names in music. Archival...
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1993
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The 1940s was a monumental decade for the United States. Amid World War II, economic recovery, and the start of the Cold...
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1991
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Billie Holiday is recognized as one of the greatest blues and jazz vocalists of all time. This program tells her story....
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Musical Performer
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1991
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Unabashedly sentimental, this war film was produced by David Putnam in partnership with Catherine Wyler, whose father William...
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Featured Music
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1990
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1989
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Just when life was deep into a well-hewn rut for Nino Conti (Marcello Mastroianni) and the socialite he married, he runs into...
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Musical Direction/Supervision
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1981
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Grab sweetheart and swing along to Goodman's classics as he performs live at the Tivoli Gardens in Copenhagen in this...
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1981
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This program contains the last performance by jazz clarinetist-cum-bandleader Benny Goodman ever recorded. Included in this...
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1981
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1978
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Turn up the volume and take a lively trip back to the swing-jazz era as Ella Fitgerald, Duke Ellington, Count Basie, and a...
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1972
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The life and career of Russian composer/conductor Igor Stravinsky is explored in this profile originally produced for the...
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1965
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An original telecast from April of 1959, this performance features Benny Goodman doing "Why Don't You Do Right," "Air Mail...
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1959
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Produced for the Armed Forces overseas, this is a holiday spectacular created for Christmas. Fifty of the top stars of...
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1958
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This musical presentation features the stars of the '30s, '40s and '50s. Some performers are the Ink Spots, Bobby Darin,...
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1952
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A Song is Born is a musical remake of the 1941 comedy Ball of Fire, with the same producer (Sam Goldwyn) and director...
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Prof. Magenbruch
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1948
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In his first postwar animated feature, Walt Disney attempted to repeat the Fantasia formula, substituting "pop" music for the...
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1946
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Sgt. Andy Mason Jr. (James Ellison) is on the eve of shipping out from New York with his unit -- he's the son of Andrew Mason...
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Songwriter
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1943
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This star-studded musical drama was largely financed by Theatre Guild, with all proceeds going to various wartime fundraising...
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1943
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This musical chronicles the history of jazz music and features many of the most popular musical acts from the early 1940s,...
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1942
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In this lighthearted musical comedy from legendary director Busby Berkeley, Henry Bowers (Dick Powell) is a saxophonist in a...
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1937
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This music compilation of great songs from World War II includes performers like the Andrew Sisters, Big Crosby, Kate Smith,...
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