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Biography of bandleader Glenn Miller from his beginnings to his death over the English Channel in December 1944.Biography of bandleader Glenn Miller from his beginnings to his death over the English Channel in December 1944.Biography of bandleader Glenn Miller from his beginnings to his death over the English Channel in December 1944.
- Won 1 Oscar
- 1 win & 6 nominations total
Harry Morgan
- Chummy
- (as Henry Morgan)
Katherine Warren
- Mrs. Burger
- (as Katharine Warren)
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- TriviaOne of Glenn Miller's trombones is on display at the National Museum of the US Air Force in Dayton, OH, along with other Miller memorabilia. According to the display notes, the Miller estate allowed James Stewart to "play" this trombone in this film. Another trombone and additional memorabilia are displayed at the Glenn Miller Birthplace Museum in Clarinda, IA.
- GoofsIn perhaps the film's most notorious goof for the sake of dramatic license, Miller's famed swing instrumental of "Little Brown Jug" is depicted in the closing scene as a "special arrangement" Glenn created for a Christmas 1944 radio broadcast by Miller's AAF Band from Paris. In fact, it was one of the real Miller Band's first bona fide hits in 1939, arranged by the recently hired Bill Finegan, who became, along with arranger Jerry Gray, two of the key behind-the-scenes craftsmen that helped mold Miller's civilian band into the enduring commercial and artistic powerhouse it became.
- Quotes
[repeated line]
Helen Burger: Honestly!
- Alternate versionsMost current prints in circulation are the slightly shortened 113-minute 1959 re-release version.
- SoundtracksBasin Street Blues
(uncredited)
Written by Spencer Williams
Performed by Louis Armstrong and Gene Krupa
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excellent biopic
James Stewart in one of his best roles of the 1950s playing the late bandleader in the embellished story of his life; June Allyson plays his wife one of her best roles and I believe one of her personal favourites.
Watching the real Miller in Orchestra Wives' and then watching this, Stewart is really a revelation in this role. All the hits of the band are represented Moonlight Serenade, In The Mood, Tuxedo Junction, Chattanooga Choo-Choo, Pennsylvania 65000. Some artistic licence has been taken but the whole is funny, celebratory, and at the end fairly touching. One of the best Hollywood biopics, right in the middle of a glut of them (Love Me or Leave Me, With a Song In My Heart, The Eddy Duchin Story, Night and Day, Words and Music, Three Little Words ).
Watching the real Miller in Orchestra Wives' and then watching this, Stewart is really a revelation in this role. All the hits of the band are represented Moonlight Serenade, In The Mood, Tuxedo Junction, Chattanooga Choo-Choo, Pennsylvania 65000. Some artistic licence has been taken but the whole is funny, celebratory, and at the end fairly touching. One of the best Hollywood biopics, right in the middle of a glut of them (Love Me or Leave Me, With a Song In My Heart, The Eddy Duchin Story, Night and Day, Words and Music, Three Little Words ).
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- Mar 21, 2004
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- Gross worldwide
- $994
- Runtime1 hour 55 minutes
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