Paul Whiteman
2 credits on HibingeTV
American bandleader, born in 1890. Billed as the "King of Jazz," he led one of the most popular dance orchestras of the 1920s and 1930s. He commissioned and premiered George Gershwin's Rhapsody in Blue in 1924. He starred as himself in the Technicolor revue King of Jazz (1930), which showcased his band and its singers, including a young Bing Crosby. He continued leading bands on radio and television into the 1950s. He died in 1967.
Acted In
Musical, Comedy
A lavish two-color Technicolor revue built around bandleader Paul Whiteman, then billed as the "King of Jazz." Stage veteran John Murray Anderson transferred his flair for spectacle to the screen with a parade of musical numbers, comedy sketches, and dance routines. The film is notable as the feature debut of Bing Crosby, who appears with the Rhythm Boys vocal trio, and for its ambitious staging of George Gershwin's Rhapsody in Blue, which Whiteman had premiered in 1924. The two-color Technicolor gives the whole thing a pastel dreaminess that is part of its charm. Published in 1930, the film entered the public domain in the United States on January 1, 2026.
Musical · Comedy
King of Jazz
1930 - as Himself
Music, Drama
Tommy and Jimmy Dorsey play themselves in this musical biopic tracing the brothers from their coal-country boyhood through their rise to the top of the swing era, their famous on-stage breakup, and their reunion. The plot is a sanitized version of a genuinely combative relationship, but the band sequences — including a show-stopping "Green Eyes" — are the real thing. Directed by Alfred E. Green for United Artists, with Janet Blair and Paul Whiteman. The film is in the public domain.
Music · Drama · Biography
The Fabulous Dorseys
1947 - as Paul Whiteman