The Great American Songbook
Sparkling performances by Judy Garland, Lena Horne, Al Jolson, the teenage Dorothy Dandridge and the flash-dancing Nicholas Brothers light up this great documentary that originally aired on educational television. Using rare and never-before-seen footage, singer-pianist and musical historian Michael Feinstein hosts an informative look at the composers and lyricists who wrote America's standards from the 1890s through the mid-1950s.
Genres: Music
Directors: Andrew J. Kuehn
Writers: Frederick L. Greene, Joe Gilford, John Ardoin, Mary Cleere Haran, Scott McIsaac, Tracy Young
IMDB: tt0352382