Biography of bandleader Glenn Miller from his beginnings to his death over the English Channel in December 1944.
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Cast
| Cast overview, first billed only: | |||
| James Stewart | ... | Glenn Miller | |
| June Allyson | ... | Helen Burger | |
| Harry Morgan | ... | Chummy (as Henry Morgan) | |
| Charles Drake | ... | Don Haynes | |
| George Tobias | ... | Si Schribman | |
| Barton MacLane | ... | General Arnold | |
| Sig Ruman | ... | Kranz | |
| Irving Bacon | ... | Mr. Miller | |
| James Bell | ... | Mr. Burger | |
| Kathleen Lockhart | ... | Mrs. Miller | |
| Katherine Warren | ... | Mrs. Burger (as Katharine Warren) | |
| Frances Langford | ... | Frances Langford | |
| Louis Armstrong | ... | Louis Armstrong | |
| Ben Pollack | ... | Ben Pollack | |
| Gene Krupa | ... | Gene Krupa | |
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The unemployed trombone player Glenn Miller is always broken, chasing his sound to form his band and hocking his instrument in the pawn house to survive. When his friend Chummy MacGregor is hired to play in the band of Ben Pollack, the band-leader listens to one Glenn's composition and invites him to join his band. While traveling to New York, Glenn visits his former girlfriend Helen Berger, in Boulder, Colorado, and asks her to wait for him. Two years later he quits the band and proposes Helen that moves to New York to marry him. After the success of "Moonlight Serenade", Glenn Miller's band becomes worldwide known and Glenn and Helen and their two children have a very comfortable life. Duting the World War II, Glenn enlists in the army and travels to Europe to increase the moral of the allied troops. In the Christmas of 1944, he travels from London to Paris for a concert to be broadcast; however his plane is never found in the tragic flight. Written by Claudio Carvalho, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
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4 January 1954 (Japan) See more »Also Known As:
Música y lágrimas See more »Filming Locations:
Colonial Mansion, Backlot, Universal Studios - 100 Universal City Plaza, Universal City, California, USA See more »Company Credits
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(uncredited)
Traditional
Played by Pollack's band in New York
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The band, while playing "In the Mood", is wearing what was called "ike jackets" which were introduced in 1944. James Stewart is wearing the officers' Class A uniform. See more »Goofs
The reed blend wasn't suddenly "discovered" in a single incident. Miller initially experimented with using a clarinet lead when he was arranging for Ray Noble's US band but it took almost three years for him to develop at the final voicing. See more »Soundtracks
Good Night, Ladies(uncredited)
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Played by Pollack's band in New York
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This movie is a great movie about Glen Miller and his music. Jimmy Stewart does a superb playing the part of Glen Miller. June Allyson and Henry Morgan do great in this movie as well. You get to see and hear some great musicians like Louie Armstrong. You also get to hear lots of Glen Miller music like "Little Brown Jug," "Moonlight Serenade," "Pennsylvania 6-5000," "In the Mood," "String of Pearls." "America Patrol," and more. One of my favorite part in the movie is when Glen Miller and the band are in Enland playing "In the Mood" and a German V-1 buzz bomb flies by and explodes. Everone runs for cover except for the band, they continued to play.