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Laulu viidestä pennistä

Original title: The Five Pennies
  • 19591959
  • SS
  • 1h 57m
IMDb RATING
7.1/10
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Laulu viidestä pennistä (1959)
Danny Kaye cuts loose with his trademark musical clowning. Louis "Satchmo" Armstrong plays his horn and croons in that famed gargling-granite voice. Big Band icons Bob Crosby, Ray Anthony and Shelly Manne join the fun.
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Danny Kaye cuts loose with his trademark musical clowning. Louis "Satchmo" Armstrong plays his horn and croons in that famed gargling-granite voice. Big Band icons Bob Crosby, Ray Anthony an... Read allDanny Kaye cuts loose with his trademark musical clowning. Louis "Satchmo" Armstrong plays his horn and croons in that famed gargling-granite voice. Big Band icons Bob Crosby, Ray Anthony and Shelly Manne join the fun.Danny Kaye cuts loose with his trademark musical clowning. Louis "Satchmo" Armstrong plays his horn and croons in that famed gargling-granite voice. Big Band icons Bob Crosby, Ray Anthony and Shelly Manne join the fun.

IMDb RATING
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2K
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  • Director
    • Melville Shavelson
  • Writers
    • Jack Rose(screenplay)
    • Melville Shavelson(screenplay)
    • Robert Smith(story)
  • Stars
    • Danny Kaye
    • Barbara Bel Geddes
    • Louis Armstrong
  • Director
    • Melville Shavelson
  • Writers
    • Jack Rose(screenplay)
    • Melville Shavelson(screenplay)
    • Robert Smith(story)
  • Stars
    • Danny Kaye
    • Barbara Bel Geddes
    • Louis Armstrong
  • See production, box office & company info
    • 31User reviews
    • 18Critic reviews
  • See more at IMDbPro
    • Nominated for 4 Oscars
      • 2 wins & 8 nominations total

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    Barbara Bel Geddes and Danny Kaye in Laulu viidestä pennistä (1959)
    Danny Kaye and Louis Armstrong in Laulu viidestä pennistä (1959)
    Barbara Bel Geddes, Danny Kaye, and Tuesday Weld in Laulu viidestä pennistä (1959)
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    Barbara Bel Geddes, Danny Kaye, and Tuesday Weld in Laulu viidestä pennistä (1959)
    Barbara Bel Geddes and Danny Kaye in Laulu viidestä pennistä (1959)
    Barbara Bel Geddes, Danny Kaye, and Tuesday Weld in Laulu viidestä pennistä (1959)

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    Danny Kaye
    Danny Kaye
    • 'Red' Nichols
    Barbara Bel Geddes
    Barbara Bel Geddes
    • Willa Stutsman
    Louis Armstrong
    Louis Armstrong
    • Louis Armstrong
    Harry Guardino
    Harry Guardino
    • Tony Valani
    Bob Crosby
    Bob Crosby
    • Wil Paradise
    Bobby Troup
    Bobby Troup
    • Artie Schutt
    Susan Gordon
    Susan Gordon
    • Dorothy Nichols - Ages 6 to 8
    Tuesday Weld
    Tuesday Weld
    • Dorothy Nichols - Age 13
    Ray Anthony
    Ray Anthony
    • Jimmy Dorsey
    Shelly Manne
    Shelly Manne
    • Dave Tough
    Ray Daley
    • Glenn Miller
    Valerie Allen
    Valerie Allen
    • Tommye Eden
    Eric Alden
    Eric Alden
    • Musician
    • (uncredited)
    Babette Bain
    • Rehabilitation Patient
    • (uncredited)
    Bill Baldwin
    Bill Baldwin
    • Announcer
    • (uncredited)
    Sheryn Banks
    • Girl at Birthday Party
    • (uncredited)
    Earl Barton
    Earl Barton
    • Choreographer
    • (uncredited)
    Henry Beau
    • Undetermined Secondary Role
    • (uncredited)
    • Director
      • Melville Shavelson
    • Writers
      • Jack Rose(screenplay)
      • Melville Shavelson(screenplay)
      • Robert Smith(story)
    • All cast & crew
    • Production, box office & more at IMDbPro

    Storyline

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    • Trivia
      While Danny Kaye worked hard to be able to accurately fake playing cornet (he practiced for months learning the fingering of the instrument), it was the real Red Nichols who provided all of the cornet playing for Kaye in this movie.
    • Goofs
      After Red and Willa have left the club and are traveling home, the cars seen through the rear window of the taxicab are distinctly 1940's to 1950's vehicles which were nonexistent in 1924.
    • Quotes

      'Red' Nichols: Mr. Paradise, I play New Orleans style. You know, it's the newest thing. As a matter of fact I got an arrangement right here of the very number that you're doing.

      Wil Paradise: Put that think away. Sit down.

      'Red' Nichols: Can't you take a little friendly advice?

      Wil Paradise: Put that horn in your big mouth and blow.

      Tony Valani: Welcome to Paradise.

    • Connections
      Featured in American Masters: Danny Kaye: A Legacy of Laughter (1996)
    • Soundtracks
      The Five Pennies
      (1959)
      Words and Music by Sylvia Fine
      Sung by Danny Kaye (uncredited) to Dorothy
      Performed by Eileen Wilson (uncredited) at the comeback show

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    10/10
    10 stars for the music burned in my head since the 60ies...
    ... but I could never see the movie yet. Still, it partly saved my life when I was dying of a very bad pneumonia and was floating in between the two worlds. I didn't yet understand English, but the soundtrack of The Five Pennies played on the vinyl record (don't ask me how my Finnish parents got to possess it) went through my conscience and kept me on the living side. I can still sing one voice of the lullaby hearing Danny Kaye and Louis Armstrong singing the other voices in my head. I'm lucky to be able to hear them without any technical device.

    Now, by a coincidence I fall on this movie I never saw - so important in my life - on VHS / NTSC in Amazon. I live in Europe... No way being able to see it. Do you really mean that there's no DVD of it yet ? I seem to be not the only one wishing for it.
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    • MarjaSofia
    • Feb 6, 2005

    Details

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    • Release date
      • March 18, 1960 (Finland)
    • Country of origin
      • United States
    • Language
      • English
    • Also known as
      • The Five Pennies
    • Filming locations
      • Paramount Studios - 5555 Melrose Avenue, Hollywood, Los Angeles, California, USA
    • Production company
      • Dena Productions
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    • Runtime
      1 hour 57 minutes
    • Aspect ratio
      • 1.85 : 1

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