Product Details

• Actors: Irving Berlin
• Format: Closed-captioned, Color, DVD, NTSC
• Language: English
• Region: Region 1 (U.S. and Canada only. Read more about DVD formats.)
  
• Aspect Ratio: 1.33:1
• Number of discs: 1
• Rating: NR (Not Rated)
• Studio: A&E Home Video
• DVD Release Date: July 26, 2005
• Run Time: 100 minutes
• Average Customer Review: 4.8 out of 5 stars See all reviews (6 customer reviews)
• ASIN: B0009HMTHG
• Amazon.com Sales Rank: #22,520 in Movies & TV (See Bestsellers in Movies & TV)

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Editorial Reviews

Product Description
Though he was born in 1888 in Russia, he came to be synonymous with the music of his adopted homeland. In a career that spanned half a century, he penned some of the most recognizable and enduring songs of all time

Customer Reviews

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8 of 8 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars An Immigrant's Love of America, March 9, 2006

By	D. Bakish "ProfDave" (New York City and Tucson, AZ) - See all my reviews (REAL NAME)

There are so many wonderful stories of immigrants who struggled and overcame poverty to achieve greatness in some field. Irving Berlin's life experience is eloquently captured in this excellent biography. The Russian Jewish boy who left his impoverished Lower East Side New York family to avoid being a burden and became one of the greatest American composers of popular songs, songs like "Alexander's Ragtime Band," "Easter Parade," "White Christmas," and "God Bless America," is the subject of a most inspiring story....There is only one minor correction I would make: the box of the A&E DVD says the running time is "approx. 100 mins.," when in fact the program runs about 87 minutes.

5 of 5 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Biography-Irving Berlin: An American Song (A&E DVDArchives, September 6, 2005

By	S. R. Petix - See all my reviews (REAL NAME)

Comprehensive and interesting bio of America's Songwriter, especially to those interested in standard popular music, the style of which is generally no longer being produced, written or appreciated. As good as some of today's music is, can most people really easily hum or whistle any of the score of a "Phantom" or "Les Mis?"

7 of 8 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Biography-Iriving Berlin:An American Song, July 27, 2005

By	Penelope J. Parisi - See all my reviews (REAL NAME)

This review is from: Biography - Irving Berlin: An American Song [VHS] (VHS Tape)

An excellent video! It follows you from Russia to the streets of New York to Broadway to Hollywood telling you of the genius of this Song Writer of the Ages. It's 100 minutes of entertaining education!