George and Ira Gershwin in Hollywood [Rhino] (1997)

About this title: Although George and Ira Gershwin were already well established as Broadway's hottest and finest writing team, they had to wait until the movies started talking to come westward to work their magic in films. This two-disc, 40-track deluxe anthology is largely produced through the auspices of Turner Classic Movies, which now owns the enormous MGM library. Along with pre-recorded soundtrack acetates -- free from dialogue and sound effects -- from RKO (the first pre-recording playback discs from A Damsel in Distress and Shall We Dance), this collection brings for the first time to compact disc ... read more

Tracks:

1. Overture Medley: Swanee/Somebody Loves Me/Fascinating Rhythm/Embra ... [Gershwin/Gershwin]
2. Swanee [Gershwin/Caesar]
3. Somebody Loves Me [Gershwin/DeSylva/Ma]
4. I Can't Be Bothered Now [Gershwin/Gershwin]
5. (I'll Build A) Stairway to Paradise [Gershwin/DeSylva/Fr]
6. They Can't Take That Away from Me [Alternate Version] [Gershwin/Gershwin]
7. Fascinating Rhythm [Gershwin/Gershwin]
8. Love Is Here to Stay [Gershwin/Gershwin]
9. They All Laughed [With Extended Chorus] [Gershwin/Gershwin]
10. Embraceable You [Gershwin/Gershwin]
11. 135th Street Blues (Blue Monday) [Extended Version] [Gershwin/DeSylva]
12. Summertime [Extended Version] [Gershwin/Gershwin]
13. Let's Call the Whole Thing Off [Gershwin/Gershwin]
14. But Not for Me [Gershwin/Gershwin]
15. Nice Work If You Can Get It [Gershwin/Gershwin]
16. Liza (All the Clouds'll Roll Away) [Outtake] [Gershwin/Gershwin]
17. I've Got a Crush on You [Outtake] [Gershwin/Gershwin]
18. Third Prelude [Outtake] [Gershwin/Gershwin]
19. Strike Up the Band [Gershwin/Gershwin]
20. Boy! What Love Has Done to Me [Extended Version] [Gershwin/Gershwin]
21. Slap That Bass [Alternate Take] [Gershwin/Gershwin]
22. Aren't You Kind of Glad We Did? [Gershwin/Gershwin]
23. The Man I Love [Gershwin/Gershwin]
24. Treat Me Rough [Extended Version] [Gershwin/Gershwin]
25. A Foggy Day [Gershwin/Gershwin]
26. You've Got What Gets Me [Gershwin/Gershwin]
27. Oh, Lady Be Good [Gershwin/Gershwin]
28. He Loves and She Loves [Gershwin/Gershwin]
29. I Was Doing Alright [Gershwin/Gershwin]
30. Love Walked In [Outtake] [Gershwin/Gershwin]
31. Promenade (Walking the Dog) [Gershwin/Gershwin]
32. (I've Got) Beginner's Luck [Gershwin/Gershwin]
33. 'S Wonderful [Gershwin/Gershwin]
34. Things Are Looking Up [Gershwin/Gershwin]
35. Delishious [Extended Version] [Gershwin/Gershwin]
36. Shall We Dance [Gershwin/Gershwin]
37. I Got Rhythm [Gershwin/Gershwin]
38. You'd Be Hard to Replace [Extended Version] [Gershwin/Gershwin]
39. In Our United States [Gershwin/Gershwin]
40. For You, For Me, For Evermore [Gershwin/Gershwin]

Note: This is a general synopsis. Each listing is further described below.