The Glenn Miller Story

The Glenn Miller Story

"The Glenn Miller Story"

		Year: 1953 Running Time: 113 minutes Other: B/W Category: Musical Biography Directed by: Anthony Mann Produced by: Aaron Rosenberg Screenplay by: Oscar Brodney / Valentine Davies
		Cast: June Allyson - Helen Burger Miller Charlie Drake - Don Haynes Gene Krupa - Himself Frances Langford - Herself Harry Morgan - Chummy MacGregor James Stewart - Glenn Miller George Tobias - Si Schribman Louis Armstrong - Himself Irving Bacon - Mr. Miller James Bell - Mr. Burger Barney Bigard - Clarinet William Challee - Sergeant Cozy Cole - Drums Robert Davis - Bo Hal K. Dawson - Used Car Salesman Bonnie Kay Eddy - Irene Phil Garris - Joe Becker Lisa Gaye - Bobby-Soxer Ruth Hampton - Girl Singer Harry Harvey - Doctor Kathleen Lockhart - Mrs. Miller Dayton Lummis - Col. Spaulding Barton MacLane - Gen. Arnold The Modernaires - Themselves Leo Mostovoy - Schillinger Marty Napoleon - Piano Damian O'Flynn - Col. Baker Steve Pendleton - Lt. Col. Baessell Ben Pollack - Himself Marion Ross - Polly Hayes Sig Rumann - Mr. Kranz Dick Ryan - Garbage Man Archie Savage Arvell Shaw - Bass Anthony Sydes - Herbert Nino Tempo - Wilbur Schwartz Carl Vernell - Music Cutter Katherine Warren - Mrs. Burger Carlton Young - Adjutant General Trummy Young - Trombone

The film traces Miller's (James Stewart) rise from pit-orchestra trombone player to leader of the most successful big band of his era. June Allyson is on hand as Miller's wife Helen, who learns the value of patience when Glenn spends his wedding night jamming with Gene Krupa and Louis Armstrong. Given an officer's commission during World War II, Miller helms the swingin'est military band ever heard. In December of 1944, a plane carrying Miller disappears while flying over the English Channel. In memoriam, radio stations all over the world suspend their regular broadcasts to play such Miller standards as "Moonlight Serenade," "Chattanooga Choo Choo" and "Little Brown Jug." Many of Miller's contemporaries, including his first big-time boss Ben Pollack, appear as themselves, though curiously Tex Beneke, who took over Glenn's band after his death, is conspicuous by his absence.

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