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The Glenn Miller Story (1954) 7.1
The biography of the Bandleader Glenn Miller from his beginnings to his death over the English Channel in December 1944, with a lot of his arangements, partly in an authentic cast. Director:Anthony Mann |
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| June Allyson | ... |
Helen Berger Miller
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Chummy MacGregor
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Charles Drake | ... |
Don Haynes
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Si Schribman
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Gen. Hap Arnold, USAAF
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Sig Ruman | ... |
W. Kranz
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Irving Bacon | ... |
Mr. Miller
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James Bell | ... |
Mr. Burger
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Kathleen Lockhart | ... |
Mrs. Miller
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Mrs. Burger
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Herself
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Louis Armstrong
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Ben Pollack | ... |
Himself
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Gene Krupa | ... |
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The biography of the Bandleader Glenn Miller from his beginnings to his death over the English Channel in December 1944, with a lot of his arangements, partly in an authentic cast. Written by Stephan Eichenberg <eichenbe@fak-cbg.tu-muenchen.de>
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It was a time that changed the world. And one man put it to music. See more »Parents Guide:
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8 January 1954 (Japan) See more »Also Known As:
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(uncredited)
Music by Harry Warren
Lyrics Mack Gordon
Performed by the band when trying out the new configuration
Also played during the newspaper/record montage
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One of the three films June Allyson considered her personal favorites of her films. See more »Goofs
A V1 bomb is seen falling on London several scenes before the announcement of D-Day. In fact, the first V1s fell on London a week after D-Day. See more »Soundtracks
"I Know Why (and So Do You)"(uncredited)
Music by Harry Warren
Lyrics Mack Gordon
Performed by the band when trying out the new configuration
Also played during the newspaper/record montage
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The Glenn Miller Story is a biographical tribute to a man who is always ranked as one of the great swing bandleaders of the late thirties to middle forties era. It is indeed fortunate that when James Stewart puts a pair of glasses on, he does actually look like the real Glenn Miller. I don't know what Helen Miller looked like, but I'm sure she was as supportive to her husband as June Allyson was to her screen hubby.
The Miller story begins with Stewart and pal Harry Morgan on the road as musicians. Stewart plays a slide trombone and has ideas of how the orchestra should sound as a whole. He spends a lot of time writing arrangements for the entire band. When they're not done right as is graphically shown in a scene when Miller's famous Moonlight Serenade is performed, he decides to form his own band.
He's still looking for that particular sound that he wants his orchestra to have and he chances on it in one of the more interesting scenes in the film. Swing fans when they hear it will recognize it as the genuine Glenn Miller.
One glaring fault for purists though is while the instrumentals are performed nicely, the vocal part of the Miller band is left out of the film. For whatever reason singers, Ray Eberle, Marian Hutton (Betty's sister)and most of all Gordon "Tex" Beneke are not in the film. In fact Chattanooga Choo Choo, Beneke's most famous number, is performed in the film by Frances Langford as herself.
My favorite scene in the film is the nightclub scene in Harlem on the Miller wedding night. June was definitely a patient wife, but hey, if you got a chance to jam with Louis Armstrong, you drop EVERYTHING for that opportunity. Gene Krupa and other top jazz musicians are in that scene with Stewart and Satchmo, making it a real treat for jazz aficionados.
For American music we are indeed fortunate that Glenn Miller succeeded in his quest for the right sound which is so lovingly captured in this film.