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The Glenn Miller Story (1954)
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Release Date:
8 January 1954 (Japan)
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See it and Hear it as Never Before [1980 re-release] more
Plot:
The biography of the Bandleader Glenn Miller from his beginnings to his death over the English Channel in December 1944...
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Awards:
Won Oscar.
Another 5 nominations
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(2 articles)
Actress June Allyson Dies at 88
(From WENN. 11 July 2006)
Actress June Allyson Dies at 88
(From WENN. 10 July 2006)
(From WENN. 11 July 2006)
Actress June Allyson Dies at 88
(From WENN. 10 July 2006)
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A Quest for a Sound
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Cast
(Cast overview, first billed only) | James Stewart | ... | Glenn Miller |
 | June Allyson | ... | Helen Berger Miller |
 | Harry Morgan | ... | Chummy MacGregor (as Henry Morgan) |
| Charles Drake | ... | Don Haynes |
| George Tobias | ... | Si Schribman |
| Barton MacLane | ... | Gen. Hap Arnold, USAAF |
| Sig Ruman | ... | W. Kranz (pawnshop owner) |
| Irving Bacon | ... | Mr. Miller |
| James Bell | ... | Mr. Burger |
| Kathleen Lockhart | ... | Mrs. Miller |
| Katherine Warren | ... | Mrs. Burger (as Katharine Warren) |
| Frances Langford | ... | Herself |
 | Louis Armstrong | ... | Himself |
| Ben Pollack | ... | Himself |
| Gene Krupa | ... | Himself |
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115 min
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Color (Technicolor)
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1.37 : 1 more
Sound Mix:
3 Channel Stereo (Western Electric Recording)
Certification:
Iceland:L |
West Germany:6 (f) |
USA:Approved (PCA #16668) |
South Korea:All |
Australia:G (alternate rating) |
Australia:PG |
Finland:S |
Sweden:Btl |
UK:PG
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The last three strip Technicolor film released by an American studio in a dye imbibition print.
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Errors made by characters (possibly deliberate errors by the filmmakers): Glenn Miller introduces Frances Langford before she sings "Chatanooga Choo Choo". She steps on stage and replies "Thank you James" instead of "Thank you Glenn".
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Quotes:
Helen Berger Miller:
Honestly!
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Movie Connections:
Featured in Closing the Ring (2007)
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Soundtrack:
String of Pearls
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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.