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Biography of bandleader Glenn Miller from his beginnings to his death over the English Channel in December 1944.
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Title: The Glenn Miller Story (1954)
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| Cast overview, first billed only: | |||
| James Stewart | ... | Glenn Miller | |
| June Allyson | ... | Helen Burger | |
| Harry Morgan | ... | Chummy (as Henry Morgan) | |
| Charles Drake | ... | Don Haynes | |
| George Tobias | ... | Si Schribman | |
| Barton MacLane | ... | General Arnold | |
| Sig Ruman | ... | Kranz | |
| Irving Bacon | ... | Mr. Miller | |
| James Bell | ... | Mr. Burger | |
| Kathleen Lockhart | ... | Mrs. Miller | |
| Katherine Warren | ... | Mrs. Burger (as Katharine Warren) | |
| Frances Langford | ... | Frances Langford | |
| Louis Armstrong | ... | Louis Armstrong | |
| Ben Pollack | ... | Ben Pollack | |
| Gene Krupa | ... | Gene Krupa | |
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The unemployed trombone player Glenn Miller is always broken, chasing his sound to form his band and hocking his instrument in the pawn house to survive. When his friend Chummy MacGregor is hired to play in the band of Ben Pollack, the band-leader listens to one Glenn's composition and invites him to join his band. While traveling to New York, Glenn visits his former girlfriend Helen Berger, in Boulder, Colorado, and asks her to wait for him. Two years later he quits the band and proposes Helen that moves to New York to marry him. After the success of "Moonlight Serenade", Glenn Miller's band becomes worldwide known and Glenn and Helen and their two children have a very comfortable life. Duting the World War II, Glenn enlists in the army and travels to Europe to increase the moral of the allied troops. In the Christmas of 1944, he travels from London to Paris for a concert to be broadcast; however his plane is never found in the tragic flight. Written by Claudio Carvalho, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
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It was a time that changed the world. And one man put it to music. See more »Parents Guide:
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(uncredited)
Music by Joe Garland
Lyrics by Andy Razaf and Wingy Manone
Heard when Glenn is writing arrangements at the piano
Also performed by the orchestra at the ballroom
Also performed by the orchestra during the radio broadcast
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Glenn's name is inscribed on a stone wall at the American War Cemetery at Madingley, near Cambridge and shown as Alton G Miller. See more »Goofs
The best-known solo on a Miller record, Bobby Hackett's cornet solo on "String of Pearls", is presented as being played on a trumpet. See more »Alternate Versions
Most current prints in circulation are the slightly shortened 113-minute 1959 re-release version. See more »Connections
Referenced in The Carol Burnett Show: Career Couple/Riddles/Mrs. Wiggins and Charlie (1976) See more »Soundtracks
In the Mood(uncredited)
Music by Joe Garland
Lyrics by Andy Razaf and Wingy Manone
Heard when Glenn is writing arrangements at the piano
Also performed by the orchestra at the ballroom
Also performed by the orchestra during the radio broadcast
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Country:
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EnglishRelease Date:
4 January 1954 (Japan) See more »Also Known As:
The Glenn Miller Story See more »Filming Locations:
Colonial Mansion, Backlot, Universal Studios - 100 Universal City Plaza, Universal City, California, USA See more »Company Credits
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"The Glenn Miller Story" appears on cable-TV from time to time. It is an historically accurate piece about a beloved man whose music defined an era.
Miller is portrayed as a gracious and kind man -- an officer and a gentleman. We see Jimmy Stewart's affectionate portrayal of this simple man who spent his short musical career searching for a particular sound. The results got the whole world dancing to his new beat: Swing! The music in this movie will surely get you on your feet!
The driving force in Glenn Miller's life was his love for his wife, Helen, amicably played by June Allyson.
A "must-see", movie classic. Be sure to bring a hanky!