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The Glenn Miller Story ()

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Biography of bandleader Glenn Miller from his beginnings to his death over the English Channel in December 1944.
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Glenn Miller
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Helen Burger
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Chummy (as Henry Morgan)
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Don Haynes
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Si Schribman
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General Arnold
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Kranz
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Mr. Miller
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Mr. Burger
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Mrs. Miller
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Mrs. Burger (as Katharine Warren)
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Frances Langford
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Louis Armstrong
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Ben Pollack
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Gene Krupa
The Modernaires ...
The Modernaires
The Archie Savage Dancers ...
The Archie Savage Dancers
Barney Bigard ...
Barney Bigard
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James Young
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Marty Napoleon
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Arvell Shaw
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Cozy Cole
Babe Russin ...
Babe Russin
Rest of cast listed alphabetically:
The Airmen of Note ...
The Glenn Miller Band (uncredited)
Cicily Carter ...
Bobbysoxer (uncredited)
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Dispatch Desk Sergeant (uncredited)
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Trombonist in Glenn Miller Band (uncredited)
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Steve Miller - Age 4 (uncredited)
Hal K. Dawson ...
Used Car Salesman (uncredited)
Ken DuMain ...
Club Patron (uncredited)
Bonnie Eddy ...
Irene Miller (uncredited)
Doris Fulton ...
Dancer (uncredited)
Phil Garris ...
Joe Becker (uncredited)
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Bobbysoxer (uncredited)
Bob Hamlin ...
Member of The Mellomen (uncredited)
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Band Member (uncredited)
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Young Singer (uncredited)
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Doctor (uncredited)
Rolan Jones ...
Waiter (uncredited)
Paula Kelly ...
Singer (uncredited)
Bill Lee ...
Member of The Mellomen (uncredited)
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Commuter (uncredited)
Dayton Lummis ...
Col. Spaulding, USAAF (uncredited)
Thomas Martin ...
Elevator Boy (uncredited)
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Elevator Passenger (uncredited)
Leo Mostovoy ...
Dr. Schillinger (uncredited)
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Elevator Passenger (uncredited)
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Col. Baker (uncredited)
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Lt. Col. Bassell (uncredited)
Thurl Ravenscroft ...
The Mellomen (uncredited)
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Black Man (uncredited)
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Polly Haynes (uncredited)
Dick Ryan ...
Auto Garage Repairman (uncredited)
Betty Scott ...
Dancer (uncredited)
Max Smith ...
Member of The Mellomen (uncredited)
Anthony Sydes ...
Herbert Miller (uncredited)
Deborah Sydes ...
Joanee Dee Miller (uncredited)
Paul Tanner ...
Trombonist in Glenn Miller Band (uncredited)
Nino Tempo ...
Wilber Schwartz (uncredited)
Maxie Thrower ...
Waiter (uncredited)
Carl Vernell ...
Musician Technician (uncredited)
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Adjutant General (uncredited)

Directed by

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Anthony Mann

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Valentine Davies ... (written by) and
Oscar Brodney ... (written by)

Produced by

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Aaron Rosenberg ... producer

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Henry Mancini ... (uncredited)

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William H. Daniels ... director of photography (as William Daniels)

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Russell F. Schoengarth ... (as Russell Schoengarth)

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William Fritzsche ... color consultant: Technicolor

Art Direction by

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Alexander Golitzen
Bernard Herzbrun

Set Decoration by

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Russell A. Gausman ... (set decorations)
Julia Heron ... (set decorations)

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Jay A. Morley Jr. ... (gowns) (as Jay Morley Jr.)

Makeup Department

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Joan St. Oegger ... hair stylist
Bud Westmore ... makeup artist

Second Unit Director or Assistant Director

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John Sherwood ... assistant director

Art Department

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Klaus Dill ... poster artist : West Germany (uncredited)
Bruno Rehak ... poster artist : West Germany (uncredited)

Sound Department

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Leslie I. Carey ... sound
Joe Lapis ... sound
William Anderson ... sound editor (uncredited)
Robert L. Bratton ... sound editor (uncredited)
Richard DeWeese ... sound mixer (uncredited)

Camera and Electrical Department

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Bill Johnson ... camera operator (uncredited)

Music Department

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Joseph Gershenson ... musical director
Henry Mancini ... musical adaptation
Arnold Schwarzwald ... music editor
Robert Bain ... musician: guitar (uncredited)
Conrad Gozzo ... musician: trumpet (uncredited)
Fred Kepner ... conductor: "The Airmen of Note" (uncredited)
Ethmer Roten ... musician: flute (uncredited)

Additional Crew

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Don Haynes ... technical advisor
Chummy MacGregor ... technical consultant
Kenny Williams ... dance director

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Plot Summary

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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Taglines See it and Hear it as Never Before [1980 re-release] See more »
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Also Known As
  • Romance inachevée (France)
  • Die Glenn Miller Story (Germany)
  • Música y lágrimas (Spain)
  • Onvoltooid levenslied (Belgium, Flemish title)
  • Música y Lágrimas (Chile)
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Trivia James Stewart took trombone lessons in order to actually play during scenes where Glenn Miller is seen performing with his orchestra. However, while learning from his tutor, Stewart's attempts at practicing the instrument made such horrible noises that the teacher reportedly went home in a rage every night to his family. It was decided that Stewart would accurately mime the motions of playing (especially apparent during the performance of String of Pearls) while his trombone tutor Joe Yukl did the actual playing. See more »
Goofs 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. See more »
Movie Connections Featured in AFI Life Achievement Award: A Tribute to James Stewart (1980). See more »
Soundtracks Basin Street Blues See more »
Quotes [repeated line]
Helen Burger: Honestly!
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