George Gershwin

George Gershwin

George Gershwin (born Jacob Gershwine; September 26, 1898 – July 11, 1937) was an American composer and pianist whose compositions spanned popular, jazz and classical genres. Among his best-known works are the orchestral compositions Rhapsody in Blue (1924) and An American in Paris (1928), the songs "Swanee" (1919) and "Fascinating Rhythm" (1924), the jazz standards "Embraceable You" (1928) and "I Got Rhythm" (1930), and the opera Porgy and Bess (1935), which included the hit "Summertime".

  • Title: George Gershwin
  • Popularity: 0.839
  • Known For: Sound
  • Birthday: 1898-09-26
  • Place of Birth: New York City, New York, USA
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  • Also Known As: Jacob Gershowitz, Jacob Gershwine
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George Gershwin Movies

  • 1990
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    Dance Crazy in Hollywood

    Dance Crazy in Hollywood

    6 1990 HD

    American dancer and choreographer Hermes Pan recalls his life and work as he relives the glorious history of the Hollywood musical.

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  • 1950
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    The Golden Twenties

    The Golden Twenties

    1 1950 HD

    Feature-length compilation of 1920s newsreel footage, with commentary about news, sports, lifestyles, and historical figures.

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  • 1975
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    Brother, Can You Spare a Dime?

    Brother, Can You Spare a Dime?

    5.7 1975 HD

    Period music, film clips and newsreel footage combined into a visual exploration of the American entertainment industry during the Great Depression.

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  • 2018
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    An American in Paris: The Musical

    An American in Paris: The Musical

    7.8 2018 HD

    Paris, after the end of the Second World War: GI Jerry Mulligan stays in the City of Lights after falling in love with a mademoiselle at first sight....

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  • 2022
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    Nick Crumbs and the Mystery of the Missing Cake

    Nick Crumbs and the Mystery of the Missing Cake

    1 2022 HD

    With a Boston cream pie reported eaten, self-proclaimed private detective Nick Crumbs decides to take the case.

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  • 1957
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    Funny Face

    Funny Face

    6.965 1957 HD

    A shy Greenwich Village book clerk is discovered by a fashion photographer and whisked off to Paris where she becomes a reluctant model.

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  • 1941
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    Lady Be Good

    Lady Be Good

    5.4 1941 HD

    Married songwriters almost split up while putting on a big show.

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  • 1999
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    Crazy For You

    Crazy For You

    6 1999 HD

    Crazy For You is a romantic comedy musical with a book by Ken Ludwig, lyrics by Ira Gershwin, and music by George Gershwin. Billed as "The New...

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  • 1930
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    King of Jazz

    King of Jazz

    6.2 1930 HD

    Made during the early years of the movie musical, this exuberant revue was one of the most extravagant, eclectic, and technically ambitious Hollywood...

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  • 1993
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    Porgy and Bess

    Porgy and Bess

    6 1993 HD

    The story of a disabled beggar in Charleston,S.C. who falls in love with a prostitute, this is the first filmed version of Gershwin's opera which...

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  • 2022
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    The Director's Cut

    The Director's Cut

    10 2022 HD

    The lives of a director and a writer intertwine for the creation of a unique film that will lead them to stardom. Meanwhile, a love between them will...

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  • 1976
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    A Matter of Time

    A Matter of Time

    5.1 1976 HD

    During a press conference, international star Nina remembers simpler times, flashing back to her days as a maid in a run-down Italian hotel. As a...

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  • 1974
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    Putting on the Ritz

    Putting on the Ritz

    1 1974 HD

    Frothy sexy interpretation of Fred Astaire's Putting On The Ritz. An animated cabaret performance with a chorus line of dancers.

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  • 1964
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    Kiss Me, Stupid

    Kiss Me, Stupid

    7.04 1964 HD

    While traveling home from Vegas, an amorous lounge singer named Dino gets conned by a local mechanic/songwriter into staying in town for the night....

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  • 2015
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    London Symphony Orchestra: Shostakovich 5

    London Symphony Orchestra: Shostakovich 5

    1 2015 HD

    The LSO’s Principal Guest Conductor Michael Tilson Thomas celebrated his 70th birthday in 2015 with a concert focusing on British and Russian...

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  • 2002
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    Porgy and Bess

    Porgy and Bess

    1 2002 HD

    In the early 1900s, the fictional Catfish Row section of Charleston, South Carolina serves as home to a black fishing community. Crippled beggar...

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  • 1931
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    Delicious

    Delicious

    6.2 1931 HD

    A comic group of Europeans coming to the USA have romantic and immigration troubles.

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  • 1999
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    Rhapsody in Blue

    Rhapsody in Blue

    1 1999 HD

    New York City in the 1930s. Through George Gershwin’s famous tune, “Rhapsody in Blue,” a story is told about a day in the life of...

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  • 2022
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    Maestro

    Maestro

    1 2022 HD

    An aspiring conductor finds himself in his dream position, conducting an orchestra that doesn't exist.

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  • 2021
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    Starstruck: Gene Kelly's Love Letter to Ballet

    Starstruck: Gene Kelly's Love Letter to Ballet

    8 2021 HD

    In 1960, American dancer and actor Gene Kelly created for the Paris Opera Ballet an original choreography that was highly acclaimed at the time, yet...

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  • 2000
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    Fantasia 2000

    Fantasia 2000

    6.968 2000 HD

    Blending lively music and brilliant animation, this sequel to the original 'Fantasia' restores 'The Sorcerer's Apprentice' and adds seven new shorts.

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  • 1937
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    A Damsel in Distress

    A Damsel in Distress

    6.4 1937 HD

    Lady Alyce Marshmorton must marry soon, and the staff of Tottney Castle have laid bets on who she'll choose, with young Albert wagering on 'Mr. X'....

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  • 1938
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    The Goldwyn Follies

    The Goldwyn Follies

    4.6 1938 HD

    Movie producer chooses a simple girl to be "Miss Humanity" and to critically evalute his movies from the point of view of the ordinary person.

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  • 1943
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    Girl Crazy

    Girl Crazy

    5.6 1943 HD

    Rich kid Danny Churchill has a taste for wine, women and song, but not for higher education. So his father ships him to an all-male college out West...

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  • 1951
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    An American in Paris

    An American in Paris

    7.002 1951 HD

    Jerry Mulligan is an exuberant American expatriate in Paris trying to make a reputation as a painter. His friend Adam is a struggling concert pianist...

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  • 1931
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    Delicious

    Delicious

    6.2 1931 HD

    A comic group of Europeans coming to the USA have romantic and immigration troubles.

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  • 1940
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    Strike Up the Band

    Strike Up the Band

    6.2 1940 HD

    Jimmy and Mary get a group of kids together to play in a school orchestra. A huge contest between schools is coming up and they have a hard time...

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  • 1941
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    Lady Be Good

    Lady Be Good

    5.4 1941 HD

    Married songwriters almost split up while putting on a big show.

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  • 1932
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    Girl Crazy

    Girl Crazy

    4.5 1932 HD

    New York playboy Danny Churchill is sent to a small town in Arizona, where being sheriff is very dangerous, to keep away from girls, but he decides...

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  • 1930
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    The Song of the Flame

    The Song of the Flame

    1 1930 HD

    This was a screen version of the 1925 operetta by Oscar Hammerstein II, Otto Harbach, Herbert Stohart, and George Gershwin. The story of the movie is...

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  • 1945
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    Rhapsody in Blue

    Rhapsody in Blue

    6.4 1945 HD

    Fictionalized biography of George Gershwin and his fight to bring serious music to Broadway.

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  • 1945
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    Ziegfeld Follies

    Ziegfeld Follies

    6.1 1945 HD

    The late, great impresario Florenz Ziegfeld looks down from heaven and ordains a new revue in his grand old style.

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  • 1947
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    The Shocking Miss Pilgrim

    The Shocking Miss Pilgrim

    8.5 1947 HD

    In the late 1800s, Miss Pilgrim, a young stenographer, or typewriter, becomes the first female employee at a Boston shipping office. Although the men...

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  • 1959
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    Porgy and Bess

    Porgy and Bess

    6.2 1959 HD

    In the early 1900s, the fictional Catfish Row section of Charleston, South Carolina serves as home to a black fishing community. Crippled beggar...

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  • 1957
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    Funny Face

    Funny Face

    6.965 1957 HD

    A shy Greenwich Village book clerk is discovered by a fashion photographer and whisked off to Paris where she becomes a reluctant model.

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  • 1959
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    Porgy and Bess

    Porgy and Bess

    6.2 1959 HD

    In the early 1900s, the fictional Catfish Row section of Charleston, South Carolina serves as home to a black fishing community. Crippled beggar...

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  • 2020
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    Gershwin: Porgy and Bess

    Gershwin: Porgy and Bess

    9.5 2020 HD

    The Gershwins’ modern American masterpiece has its first Met performances in almost three decades, starring bass-baritone Eric Owens and...

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  • 2009
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    The Gershwins' Porgy and Bess

    The Gershwins' Porgy and Bess

    10 2009 HD

    In the early 1900s, the fictional Catfish Row section of Charleston, South Carolina serves as home to a black fishing community. Crippled beggar...

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  • 1993
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    Porgy and Bess

    Porgy and Bess

    6 1993 HD

    The story of a disabled beggar in Charleston,S.C. who falls in love with a prostitute, this is the first filmed version of Gershwin's opera which...

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  • 1949
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    The Barkleys of Broadway

    The Barkleys of Broadway

    6.9 1949 HD

    Josh and Dinah Barkley are a successful musical-comedy team, known for their stormy but passionate relationship. Dinah feels overshadowed by Josh and...

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  • 1940
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    Strike Up the Band

    Strike Up the Band

    6.2 1940 HD

    Jimmy and Mary get a group of kids together to play in a school orchestra. A huge contest between schools is coming up and they have a hard time...

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  • 1993
    imgMovies

    Porgy and Bess

    Porgy and Bess

    6 1993 HD

    The story of a disabled beggar in Charleston,S.C. who falls in love with a prostitute, this is the first filmed version of Gershwin's opera which...

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  • 1951
    imgMovies

    An American in Paris

    An American in Paris

    7.002 1951 HD

    Jerry Mulligan is an exuberant American expatriate in Paris trying to make a reputation as a painter. His friend Adam is a struggling concert pianist...

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  • 1937
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    Shall We Dance

    Shall We Dance

    7.2 1937 HD

    Ballet star Petrov arranges to cross the Atlantic aboard the same ship as the dancer and musical star he's fallen for but barely knows. By the time...

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  • 1943
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    Girl Crazy

    Girl Crazy

    5.6 1943 HD

    Rich kid Danny Churchill has a taste for wine, women and song, but not for higher education. So his father ships him to an all-male college out West...

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  • 1938
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    The Goldwyn Follies

    The Goldwyn Follies

    4.6 1938 HD

    Movie producer chooses a simple girl to be "Miss Humanity" and to critically evalute his movies from the point of view of the ordinary person.

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  • 1945
    imgMovies

    Rhapsody in Blue

    Rhapsody in Blue

    6.4 1945 HD

    Fictionalized biography of George Gershwin and his fight to bring serious music to Broadway.

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  • 1947
    imgMovies

    The Shocking Miss Pilgrim

    The Shocking Miss Pilgrim

    8.5 1947 HD

    In the late 1800s, Miss Pilgrim, a young stenographer, or typewriter, becomes the first female employee at a Boston shipping office. Although the men...

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  • 2018
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    An American in Paris: The Musical

    An American in Paris: The Musical

    7.8 2018 HD

    Paris, after the end of the Second World War: GI Jerry Mulligan stays in the City of Lights after falling in love with a mademoiselle at first sight....

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  • 2017
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    Manhattan Magic

    Manhattan Magic

    1 2017 HD

    A love letter to the past, New York and Woody Allen, three of my biggest inspirations. Written, directed and edited by Diana Silvers. Photography...

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  • 1970
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    Porgy and Bess

    Porgy and Bess

    1 1970 HD

    In the early 1900s, the fictional Catfish Row section of Charleston, South Carolina serves as home to a black fishing community. Crippled beggar...

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  • 2020
    imgMovies

    Gershwin: Porgy and Bess

    Gershwin: Porgy and Bess

    9.5 2020 HD

    The Gershwins’ modern American masterpiece has its first Met performances in almost three decades, starring bass-baritone Eric Owens and...

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  • 1937
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    A Damsel in Distress

    A Damsel in Distress

    6.4 1937 HD

    Lady Alyce Marshmorton must marry soon, and the staff of Tottney Castle have laid bets on who she'll choose, with young Albert wagering on 'Mr. X'....

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  • 2020
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    George Gershwin Alone

    George Gershwin Alone

    1 2020 HD

    Live from Florence, Italy, Hershey Felder as George Gershwin Alone tells the story of America’s great composer, who with the groundbreaking...

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  • 2023
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    Summertime

    Summertime

    8 2023 HD

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  • 2024
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    Magic Trap

    Magic Trap

    1 2024 HD

    Pandora and Plato, the most in-love creatures on Earth, share a magical secret: their Tears of Sadness can grant any wish. But Pandora tells Plato...

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  • 1970
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    6 1970 HD

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