Overview
James Stewart gives a warm performance as the legendary band leader who met an untimely end in a World War II airplane crash. Though much of Miller's story has been sentimentalized here, the great Big Band music is really what it's all about. Includes performances of "Little Brown Jug," "Moonlight Serenade," "Pennsylvania 6-5000," "In the Mood," and many more. Academy Award Nominations: 3, including Best Story and Screenplay; Best Scoring of a Musical Picture.
Awards:
1954 - Academy Awards - Best Sound Recording - Winner
Main Cast & Crew:
Anthony Mann - Director
James Stewart
June Allyson
Henry Morgan
Charles Drake
George Tobias
Barton MacLane
Sig Ruman
Irving Bacon
James Bell
Kathleen Lockhart
Details
- Format: DVD (Widescreen, Dolby)
- Run Time: 113
- Color Format: Color
- UPC: 025192263521
- Genre: DRAMA
- Rating: Not Rated
- Release Date: March 2003
Movie Reviews
Notes:
Songs include: ""Serenade," "String of Pearls," "St. Louis Blues March," "In the Mood," "Little Brown Jug," "Pennsylvania 6-5000," "Tuxedo Junction," "American Patrol," "Chattanooga Choo Choo," "I Know Why," "At Last," and "National Emblem March."