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The Eddy Duchin Story

  • 19561956
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  • 2h 3m
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The Eddy Duchin Story (1956)
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The life story of the famous pianist and band-leader of the 1930s and 1940s.The life story of the famous pianist and band-leader of the 1930s and 1940s.The life story of the famous pianist and band-leader of the 1930s and 1940s.
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    • George Sidney
    • Samuel A. Taylor(screenplay)
    • Leo Katcher(story)
  • Stars
    • Tyrone Power
    • Kim Novak
    • Victoria Shaw
    • George Sidney
    • Samuel A. Taylor(screenplay)
    • Leo Katcher(story)
  • Stars
    • Tyrone Power
    • Kim Novak
    • Victoria Shaw
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    • 44User reviews
    • 12Critic reviews
  • See more at IMDbPro
    • Nominated for 4 Oscars

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    The Eddy Duchin Story (1956)
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    Tyrone Power, Larry Keating, and James Whitmore in The Eddy Duchin Story (1956)
    Tyrone Power, Kim Novak, and James Whitmore in The Eddy Duchin Story (1956)
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    Tyrone Power, Shepperd Strudwick, and James Whitmore in The Eddy Duchin Story (1956)
    Tyrone Power and Victoria Shaw in The Eddy Duchin Story (1956)
    Tyrone Power in The Eddy Duchin Story (1956)
    Tyrone Power and Kim Novak in The Eddy Duchin Story (1956)

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    Tyrone Power
    Tyrone Power
    • Eddy Duchin
    Kim Novak
    Kim Novak
    • Marjorie Oelrichs
    Victoria Shaw
    Victoria Shaw
    • Chiquita Wynn
    James Whitmore
    James Whitmore
    • Lou Sherwood
    Rex Thompson
    Rex Thompson
    • Peter Duchin, Age 12
    Mickey Maga
    • Peter Duchin, Age 5
    Shepperd Strudwick
    Shepperd Strudwick
    • Sherman Wadsworth
    Frieda Inescort
    Frieda Inescort
    • Edith Wadsworth
    Gloria Holden
    Gloria Holden
    • Mrs. Duchin
    Larry Keating
    Larry Keating
    • Leo Reisman
    John Mylong
    John Mylong
    • Mr. Duchin
    Gregory Gaye
    Gregory Gaye
    • Philip
    Warren Hsieh
    Warren Hsieh
    • Native Boy
    Richard H. Cutting
    Richard H. Cutting
    • George - Destroyer Captain
    Carlyle Mitchell
    Carlyle Mitchell
    • Marjorie's Doctor
    Richard Sternberg
    • First Boy
    Andrew Paul Smith
    • Second Boy
    Lois Kimbrell
    • Nurse
      • George Sidney
      • Samuel A. Taylor(screenplay)
      • Leo Katcher(story)
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    • Trivia
      The music was played by pianist Carmen Cavallero in his own style. He had a completely different, and more technically precise, style of playing than Eddy Duchin had. The orchestral arrangements and style of playing are also anachronistic - Cavallaro's of the 1950s versus Duchin's, typical of the late 1920s and early 1930s. (Duchin's orchestra also included a tuba and banjo.) If you listen to recordings by both this is clearly evident.
    • Goofs
      Eddy Duchin suffered from acute myelogenous leukemia. This blood disease would not have created the hand paralysis shown in the movie. The paralysis was done for dramatic effect. Eddy Duchin died at Memorial Hospital in New York City on February 9, 1951. He was 41.
    • Quotes

      Eddy Duchin: What I want to know is why! Why do they have to destroy a man twice? You work and work and just when you get... everything. When it gets too good they take it away.

      Eddy Duchin: Oh Chiquita, I don't want to die. I don't.

    • Connections
      Featured in TCM Guest Programmer: Humberto Martinez (2017)
    • Soundtracks
      Manhattan
      (uncredited)

      Music by Richard Rodgers

      Performed by Carmen Cavallaro

    User reviews44

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    8/10
    Night and Day with Eddy Duchin
    In the 1920s, post-collegiate pianist Tyrone Power (as Eddy Duchin) arrives at New York City's "Central Park Casino" expecting to be employed by big band leader Leo Reisman. At first, the job doesn't pan out, but Mr. Power's "sweet" piano-playing style eventually takes Manhattan (and the world) by storm. He receives ample feminine support from beautiful blonde socialite Kim Novak (as Marjorie Oelrichs), who quickly becomes "Mrs. Duchin". But, on their wedding night, Ms. Novak has a nightmarish premonition of tragedy. And, if you know anything about how these biographical films go, you're already expecting a great tragedy…

    "The Eddy Duchin Story" is highly fictionalized. However, an Internet search for biographical information on the real Mr. Duchin shows not only his remarkable string of hit recordings, but also that the two tragedies occurring in this film really happened. It's like Mr. Duchin's life was tailor-made for one of these tear-jerking biography movies.

    Power, who is a little too old for the early years, nevertheless does an excellent job in the role. He begins to look vaguely like Duchin, obviously worked hard on his characterization, and really makes the story work. Playing like a pro, young son Rex Thompson (as Peter Duchin) is a chip off the old block. And, when Novak takes her bow, up-and-coming Victoria Shaw (as "Chiquita" Wynn) sexily fills the screen. Producer Jerry Wald, director George Sidney, and the "Columbia" team make it a beautiful-looking and sounding picture, with the cinematography and music positively hitting the senses on both cylinders.

    ******** The Eddy Duchin Story (6/13/56) George Sidney ~ Tyrone Power, Rex Thompson, Kim Novak, Victoria Shaw
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    • Release date
      • June 21, 1956 (United States)
      • United States
      • English
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    • Filming locations
      • Tavern on the Green - Central Park at W. 67th Street, Central Park, Manhattan, New York City, New York, USA
    • Production company
      • Columbia Pictures
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    • 2 hours 3 minutes

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