Crescendo (The DuPont Show of the Month 9/29/57) DVD-R

Starring Julie Andrews, Louis Armstrong, Eddy Arnold, Diahann Carroll, Carol Channing
Paul Page
Directed by Bill Colleran

Print: Color
Runtime: 90 min.
Genre: Drama

"My Fair Lady" star Rex Harrison portrays a visiting Englishman who takes a dim view of American culture.
To overcome his skepticism, he is introduced to a wide variety of American musical styles. Highlights:
Play it cool--dancers; The Mary had a little lamb cha-cha-cha--Channing; Go west, young man--Arnold, singers,
dancers; Shine on, harvest moon, Baby bumblebee, Silvery moon--singers, dancers; Streets of Laredo--singers,
dancers; Basin Street blues, Trouble I've seen--Armstrong; Blues in the night--Lee; Sit down, you're rockin'
the boat--Kaye; Didn't it rain--Jackson; Bill Bailey--Miles, Murphy; The birth of the blues--Washington; blues
sequence--Goodman, Carroll; jazz sequence--Goodmann, Armstrong.