King of Jazz
1930-04-20
Cast30
Paul Whiteman
Paul Whiteman
John Boles
Vocalist ('Song of the Dawn' / 'It Happened in Monterey')
Laura La Plante
Editor ('Ladies of the Press') / Stenographer ('In Conference') / Quartet Member, 'Nellie'
Jeanette Loff
Vocalist ('It Happened in Monterey' / 'Bridal Veil' / 'A Bench in the Park')
Glenn Tryon
Executive ('In Conference') / Unmarried Husband
William Kent
General ('All Noisy on the Eastern Front') / Goldfish Owner ('Oh! Forevermore!') / Unmarried Couple's Offspring / Vocal ('Do Things For You')
Slim Summerville
Automobile Owner ('Springtime') / Rear End of Horse / Charles
Kathryn Crawford
Fourth Reporter ('Ladies of the Press')
Carla Laemmle
Chorine (as Beth Laemmle)
Stanley Smith
Bridegroom ('Bridal Veil' / 'A Bench in the Park')
Charles Irwin
Himself, Announcer / Soldier ('All Noisy on the Eastern Front')
George Chiles
Dancer ('It Happened in Monterey' / Vocalist 'A Bench in the Park' / 'Ragamuffin Romeo')
Jack White
Jack White
Frank Leslie
Quartet Lead Singer ('Nellie')
Walter Brennan
Desk Sergeant ('Springtime') / Soldier ('All Noisy on the Eastern Front') / Waiter ('Oh! Forevermore!') / Front End of Horse / Quartet Member ('Nellie')
Churchill Ross
Quartet Member ('Nellie')
John Arledge
First Pianist at Giant Piano ('Rhapsody in Blue') / Quartet Member ('Nellie') (as Johnson Arledge)
Al Norman
Rubber Legs Dancer ('Happy Feet')
Jacques Cartier
Voodoo Dancer ("Rhapsody in Blue")
Nell O'Day
Dancer
Marion Stattler
Specialty Dancer 'Ragamuffin Romeo' / 'Melting Pot'
Don Rose
Specialty Dancer 'Ragamuffin Romeo'
Bobbe Brox
Bobbe (as The Brox Sisters)
Patricia Brox
Kathlyn (as The Brox Sisters)
Lorayne Brox
Lorraine (as The Brox Sisters)
Bing Crosby
Trio Singer (as The Rhythm Boys)
Yola d'Avril
Automobile Owner's Wife ("Springtime") / Marie ("All Noisy on the Eastern Front") (uncredited)
Marcia Mae Jones
Child ('Bridal Veil') (uncredited)
Bela Lugosi
Emcee - Hungarian Version
Joan Marsh
Blonde ("A Bench in the Park") (uncredited)
Art2
Thomas F. O'Neill
Assistant Art Director
Herman Rosse
Art Direction
Camera4
Eddie Ellsworth
Still Photographer
Hal Mohr
Director of Photography
Ray Rennahan
Director of Photography
Jerome Ash
Director of Photography
Costume & Make-Up2
Herman Rosse
Costume Design
Jack Pierce
Makeup Artist
Crew7
Billy Rose
Additional Music
James Dietrich
Additional Music
Mabel Wayne
Additional Music
Russell Markert
Choreographer
George Gershwin
Additional Music
Carl Laemmle
Presenter
Roswell A. Hoffmann
Special Effects Assistant
Directing2
Robert Ross
Assistant Director
John Murray Anderson
Director
Editing2
Maurice Pivar
Supervising Editor
Robert Carlisle
Editor
Production1
Carl Laemmle Jr.
Producer
Sound6
C. Roy Hunter
Recording Supervision
Milton Ager
Songs
Ferde Grofé Sr.
Music Director
Jack Yellen
Songs
Ferde Grofé Sr.
Orchestrator
Alfonso Corelli
Music
Visual Effects2
William Nolan
Animation
Walter Lantz
Animation
Writing2
Edward T. Lowe Jr.
Scenario Writer
Harry Ruskin
Writer