Sweet and Low-Down is a 1944 film directed by Archie Mayo and starring Benny Goodman and Linda Darnell.[2] The film was a fictionalized version of life with Goodman, his band, and their manager while entertaining at military camps. The song "I'm Making Believe" (lyrics by Mack Gordon; music by James V. Monaco) was nominated for an Academy Award.[3]
| Sweet and Low-Down | |
|---|---|
| Directed by | Archie Mayo |
| Screenplay by | Richard English |
| Story by | Richard English Edward Haldeman |
| Produced by | William LeBaron |
| Starring | Benny Goodman Linda Darnell Jack Oakie |
| Cinematography | Lucien Ballard |
| Edited by | Dorothy Spencer |
| Music by | Cyril J. Mockridge |
| Distributed by | 20th Century Fox |
Release date |
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Running time | 76 minutes |
| Country | United States |
| Language | English |
| Box office | $1,250,000[1] |
Plot
editA young trombonist lets his newfound success go to his head when he is invited to join the Benny Goodman Orchestra.
Cast
edit- Benny Goodman as Himself
- Linda Darnell as Trudy Wilson
- Jack Oakie as Popsy
- Lynn Bari as Pat Stirling
- James Cardwell as Johnny Birch
- Allyn Joslyn as Lester Barnes
- John Campbell as Dixie Zang
- Roy Benson as Skeets McCormick
- Dickie Moore as Military Cadet General 'Mogie' Carmichael
Notes
editLynn Bari seems to have been typecast by Fox as a big band singer, playing the role in Sun Valley Serenade (1941) and Archie Mayo's Orchestra Wives (1942). Her voice had been dubbed in those films by Pat Friday, and in this film, she was dubbed by Lorraine Elliot.[4]
References
edit- ^ Solomon, Aubrey (November 11, 2002). "Twentieth Century-Fox: A Corporate and Financial History". Rowman & Littlefield – via Google Books.
- ^ "AllRovi entry". Archived from the original on 2012-07-23. Retrieved 2011-05-21.
- ^ "Sweet and Lowdown". Academy Awards Database. Retrieved 17 March 2016.
- ^ http://www.tcm.com/tcmdb/title/92062/Sweet-and-Low-Down/articles.html [bare URL]
External links
edit- Sweet and Low-Down at IMDb
- Sweet and Low-Down at AllMovie
- Sweet and Low-Down at the TCM Movie Database
- Sweet and Low-Down at the AFI Catalog of Feature Films
