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1944 film by Archie Mayo

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5.7

After their annual free concert at Chicago's Dearborn Settlement, Benny Goodman and his band are packing up to go to their next engagement when a kid steals Goodman's clarinet. Goodman and Popsie pursue him to a tenement flat where he has led them to hear his brother play the trombone. Shenanigans ensue following Goodman's offering the brother a job with the band.

Released: 1944-09-2176 minDir: Archie MayoMusic, Romance

Cast

  • Benny Goodman as Benny Goodman
  • Linda Darnell as Trudy Wilson
  • Jack Oakie as Popsy
  • Lynn Bari as Pat Stirling
  • James Cardwell as Johnny Birch
  • Allyn Joslyn as Lester Barnes

Themes

  • musical
  • train
  • trombone

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Ratings

IMDb

5.9/10

314 votes

Year
1944
Runtime
76 min
Genres
Musical, Romance

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Wikidata facts

Instance of
film
Country of origin
United States
Original language
English language
Director
Archie Mayo
Cast member
Terry Moore
Production company
20th Century Studios
Cinematographer
Lucien Ballard
Duration
76
FilmAffinity ID
686271
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publication date
1944-01-01
distributed by
20th Century Studios
title
Sweet and Low-Down
film editor
Dorothy Spencer
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