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Overview

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Director:

Anthony Mann

Writers:

Valentine Davies (writer) and
Oscar Brodney (writer)

Contact:

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Release Date:

8 January 1954 (Japan) more

Tagline:

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... more | add synopsis

Awards:

Won Oscar. Another 5 nominations more

NewsDesk:
(2 articles)

Actress June Allyson Dies at 88
 (From WENN. 11 July 2006)

Actress June Allyson Dies at 88
 (From WENN. 10 July 2006)

User Comments:

Glenn Miller Story-Forever in the Mood *** more (45 total)


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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Additional Details

Runtime:

115 min

Country:

USA

Language:

English

Color:

Color (Technicolor)

Aspect Ratio:

1.37 : 1 more

Sound Mix:

3 Channel Stereo (Western Electric Recording)


Fun Stuff

Trivia:

Second of three movies where James Stewart and June Allyson played husband and wife. more

Goofs:

Audio/visual unsynchronized: The best-known solo on a Miller record, Bobby Hackett's cornet solo on "String of Pearls", is presented as being played on a trumpet. more

Quotes:

Glenn Miller: Alright, alright, let's have the five saxes right in there...
Si Schribman: *Five* saxes?
Glenn Miller: And the trombones, right on the left here, over there, right in there, and the four trumpets right behind them...
Si Schribman: Four Trombones and Four Trumpets! When they get playing, what's gonna hold the roof on?
Sy's Assistant: He's trying five saxes with a trumpet lead.
Si Schribman: Maybe it's good and maybe it ain't, but it's radical!
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Movie Connections:

References Orchestra Wives (1942) more

Soundtrack:

Santa Lucia more


FAQ

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7 out of 7 people found the following comment useful.
Glenn Miller Story-Forever in the Mood ***, 9 January 2007
8/10
Author: edwagreen from United States

Glenn Miller's rise to fame and the tragedy that took him from us at the height of his career makes for a wonderfully entertaining film.

This film is rich because of the wonderful performances of James Stewart as the band leader and June Allyson, the latter was just made for the picture. She captures the depth of a devoted wife and we all can just cry with her when her happiness was ended so suddenly.

Naturally, the supporting cast of musicians and scenes with Frances Langford, Louis Armstrong and Gene Krupa are just wonderful.

We view Miller from humble beginnings to stardom, the old-fashioned Hollywood Way-he earned it by hard work and perseverance as he went through life looking for that sound.

My main flaw with this film. Just like Miller's life, it ended too suddenly. It could have gone on and on while we all danced the night away in tribute to this find musician.

Ever Harry Morgan's tear in the end tells you what this was all about.

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