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    TV Episode | 174 min | Music, Musical

Great Performances

The Great American Songbook (Season 31, Episode 11)
TV-G
TV Episode | 174 min | Music, Musical

Documentary assembling film clips of musical numbers from songwriters considered significant contributors to pop culture before the advent of rock and roll.
Director
Writers
Joe Gilford (written by) | Mary Cleere Haran (written by) | Scott McIsaac (additional narration) | Frederick L. Greene (additional narration) (as Frederick Green) & 2 more
Cinematographer
Editors
Dirk Meenen (as Dirk H. Meenen) | Michael J. Shapiro
Status
Edit Released
Updated Jan 19, 2003

Release date
Mar 11, 2003 (United States)

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69 cast members
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Michael Feinstein
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Robert Alda
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June Allyson
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Eddie 'Rochester' Anderson
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The Andrews Sisters
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Harold Arlen
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Fred Astaire
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Irving Berlin
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Fanny Brice
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Anne Brown
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Virginia Bruce
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James Cagney
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Eddie Cantor
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Ben Carter
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Maurice Chevalier
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George M. Cohan
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Bing Crosby
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Dorothy Dandridge
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Johnnie Davis
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Doris Day
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Nelson Eddy
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Alice Faye
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Dorothy Fields
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Judy Garland
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George Gershwin
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Ira Gershwin
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Benny Goodman
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Oscar Hammerstein II
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E.Y. Harburg
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Lorenz Hart
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Bob Hope
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Lena Horne
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Betty Hutton
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Al Jolson
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Howard Keel
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Ruby Keeler
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Gene Kelly
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Jerome Kern
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Frances Langford
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Joan Leslie
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Oscar Levant
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Ida Lupino
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Jeanette MacDonald
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Gordon MacRae
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Ray McDonald
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Johnny Mercer
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Ethel Merman
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Dennis Morgan
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Jules Munshin
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Fayard Nicholas
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Shirley Paige
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Dick Powell
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Eleanor Powell
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William Powell
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Elvis Presley
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Paul Robeson
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Richard Rodgers
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Ginger Rogers
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Sigmund Romberg
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Mickey Rooney
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Frank Sinatra
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Bessie Smith
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Kate Smith
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Ann Sothern
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Robert Taylor
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Sophie Tucker
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Fats Waller
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Ethel Waters
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Paul Whiteman
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