7.3
Gimme Shelter
1970
“A NEW ERA in sound and color entertainment!”
King of Jazz (1930)
April 20, 19301h 40mEN
6.3
39 votes
Overview
A large-scale revue musical built around Paul Whiteman and his orchestra, presenting a series of musical performances, sketches, and staged tableaux in early two-color Technicolor, emblematic of Hollywood’s early sound-era “all-star” musical productions.
Director
John Murray AndersonWriters
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Status
Released
Original Language
English
Budget
$2.0M
Revenue
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Production Companies
Universal Pictures
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User Reviews
CinemaSerf
6.0The title of this film is a touch misleading. I was expecting much more of a jazz-based musical revue but instead got pretty much a whole gamut of colourful and precisely staged repertoire. Paul Whiteman and his accomplished orchestra provide the conduit, as it were, as a variety of performers sing, dance and make us laugh (or cringe) for the next hundred minutes. There's a bit of Bing Crosby's first screen appearance with the "Rhythm Boys" doing a lively version of "Happy Feet" and probably my favourite staging of George Gershwin's "Rhapsody in Blue" - featuring an orchestra within the belly…
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