The Benny Goodman Story (1955)

Synopsis: The music's the thing in this glossy life of Benny Goodman - and the swinging clarinet great himself supplied the sounds. The story follows Goodman from his modest upbringing in Chicago through... The music's the thing in this glossy life of Benny Goodman - and the swinging clarinet great himself supplied the sounds. The story follows Goodman from his modest upbringing in Chicago through romance and marriage to his historic concert at Carnegie Hall. Jazz buff Allen has just the right bookish kind of hep, and Harry James and Gene Krupa are among the musical cameos. [More]

Starring: Steve Allen, Donna Reed, Gene Krupa, Herbert Anderson

Starring: Steve Allen, Donna Reed, Gene Krupa, Herbert Anderson, Berta Gersten, Robert F. Simon, Sammy Davis Sr., Dick Winslow, Barry Truex, David Kasday

Director: Valentine Davies

Director: Valentine Davies
Producer: Aaron Rosenberg
Composer: Joseph Gershenson, Henry Mancini, Sol Yaged, Alan Harding, Harold Brown

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