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Sep 17, 2011 · Scene from the 1938 film.
- 3 min
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- MusicologyMovies
Alexander's Ragtime Band: Directed by Henry King. With Tyrone Power, Alice Faye, Don Ameche, Ethel Merman. This send-up of ragtime song and dance begins in 1915 San Francisco when society boy Roger Grant decides to pursue popular rather than serious music.
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- Drama, Music, Musical
- Henry King
Alexander's Ragtime Band is a 1938 American musical film released by 20th Century Fox that takes its name from the 1911 Irving Berlin song "Alexander's Ragtime Band" to tell a story of a society boy who scandalizes his family by pursuing a career in ragtime instead of "serious" music. The film generally traces the history of jazz music from the ...
Three distinct segments: 1) A dog is taking a music lesson from a lion when a mouse starts playing as well. 2) The "Bouncing Ball" segment, consisting of the...
- 6 min
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- Vintage Cartoons Channel
The song, "Alexander's Ragtime Band," written by Irving Berlin, greatly pleases the patrons and owner, who hires the band and Stella, and dubs Roger "Alexander." Although Stella is still miffed, Charlie convinces her to remain with the band. Roger, adopting his new name, fulfills his desire to have his own band, which grows in size, but Aunt ...
- Henry King, Robert Webb, Henry Weinberger
- Tyrone Power
This send-up of ragtime song and dance begins in 1915 San Francisco when society boy Roger Grant decides to pursue popular rather than serious music.Own it o...
- 4 min
- 16.8K
- 20th Century Studios
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In an all-Irving Berlin musical, the composer's two favorite singers (Ethel Merman as "Jerry", Alice Faye as "Stella," having just met) take turns with "Blue Skies," in Alexander's Ragtime Band, 1938.
