Great Performances From Shtetl to Swing (Season 34, Episode 1)
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TV Episode | 58 min | Comedy, Drama, Music

Great Performances

From Shtetl to Swing (Season 34, Episode 1)

TV-G

TV Episode | 58 min | Comedy, Drama, Music

A collective journey from synagogue choirs to Harlem hot spots, from Yiddish theater to musical extravaganza, from klezmer to ragtime, from symphonic jazz to swing. All the way from the Bowery to Tin Pan Alley to Broadway to Hollywood - ...See moreA collective journey from synagogue choirs to Harlem hot spots, from Yiddish theater to musical extravaganza, from klezmer to ragtime, from symphonic jazz to swing. All the way from the Bowery to Tin Pan Alley to Broadway to Hollywood - FROM SHTETL TO SWING recounts the ebullient story of a musical metamorphosis born in darkest Russia. Written by Fabienne Rousso-Lenoir See less

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34 cast members

Name	Known for
Harold Arlen Self (archive footage) Self (archive footage) See fewer	The Wizard of Oz (1939)
Louis Armstrong Self (archive footage) Self (archive footage) See fewer	High Society (1956)
Fred Astaire Self (archive footage) Self (archive footage) See fewer	The Towering Inferno (1974)
Irving Berlin Self (archive footage) Self (archive footage) See fewer	Alexander's Ragtime Band (1938)
Fanny Brice Self (archive footage) Self (archive footage) See fewer	Be Yourself! (1930)
Cab Calloway Self (archive footage) Self (archive footage) See fewer	The Blues Brothers (1980)
Eddie Cantor Self (archive footage) Self (archive footage) See fewer	Kid Millions (1934)
Inez Courtney Self (archive footage) Self (archive footage) See fewer	The Shop Around the Corner (1940)
Victor Cuno Self - Performer: Tap sounds Self - Performer: Tap sounds See fewer	Le chignon d'Olga (2002)
Duke Ellington Self (archive footage) Self (archive footage) See fewer	Anatomy of a Murder (1959)
Ziggy Elman Self (archive footage) Self (archive footage) See fewer	Midnight in the Garden of Good and Evil (1997)
Harvey Fierstein Self - Narrator (voice) Self - Narrator (voice) See fewer	Mrs. Doubtfire (1993)
Ella Fitzgerald Self (archive footage) Self (archive footage) See fewer	Sphere (1998)
Judy Garland Self (archive footage) Self (archive footage) See fewer	The Wizard of Oz (1939)
George Gershwin Self (archive footage) Self (archive footage) See fewer	Manhattan (1979)
Ira Gershwin Self (archive footage) Self (archive footage) See fewer	An American in Paris (1951)
Benny Goodman Self (archive footage) Self (archive footage) See fewer	Allied (2016)
Lionel Hampton Self (archive footage) Self (archive footage) See fewer	Allied (2016)
E.Y. Harburg Self (archive footage) Self (archive footage) See fewer	The Wizard of Oz (1939)
Lorenz Hart Self (archive footage) Self (archive footage) See fewer	The Talented Mr. Ripley (1999)
Harry James Self (archive footage) Self (archive footage) See fewer	The Matrix (1999)
Al Jolson Self (archive footage) Self (archive footage) See fewer	The Jazz Singer (1927)
Gene Krupa Self (archive footage) Self (archive footage) See fewer	Avengers: Age of Ultron (2015)
Tony Martin Self (archive footage) Self (archive footage) See fewer	The Big Store (1941)
Chico Marx Self (archive footage) Self (archive footage) See fewer	Duck Soup (1933)
Groucho Marx Self (archive footage) Self (archive footage) See fewer	A Night at the Opera (1935)
Harpo Marx Self (archive footage) Self (archive footage) See fewer	A Night at the Opera (1935)
Molly Picon Self (archive footage) Self (archive footage) See fewer	Fiddler on the Roof (1971)
Richard Rodgers Self (archive footage) Self (archive footage) See fewer	The Talented Mr. Ripley (1999)
Ginger Rogers Self (archive footage) Self (archive footage) See fewer	Kitty Foyle (1940)
Maurice Schwartz Self (archive footage) Self (archive footage) See fewer	Tevya (1939)
Artie Shaw Self (archive footage) Self (archive footage) See fewer	The Rocketeer (1991)
Sophie Tucker Self (archive footage) Self (archive footage) See fewer	The Great Gatsby (2013)
Teddy Wilson Self (archive footage) Self (archive footage) See fewer	Catch Me If You Can (2002)