The Benny Goodman Story
1956 film by Valentine Davies / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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The Benny Goodman Story is a 1956 American musical biographical film starring Steve Allen and Donna Reed, written and directed by Valentine Davies, and released by Universal-International. The film was intended as a follow-up to Universal's 1954 hit The Glenn Miller Story, dramatizing a popular bandleader's life.
The Benny Goodman Story | |
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Directed by | Valentine Davies |
Written by | Valentine Davies |
Produced by | Aaron Rosenberg |
Starring | Steve Allen Donna Reed Gene Krupa Lionel Hampton Ben Pollack Teddy Wilson Edward "Kid" Ory Harry James Martha Tilton Ziggy Elman |
Cinematography | William H. Daniels |
Edited by | Russell Schoengarth |
Music by | Joseph Gershenson Henry Mancini Sol Yaged Alan Harding Harold Brown |
Distributed by | Universal-International |
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Running time | 116 minutes |
Country | United States |
Language | English |
Box office | $2.7 million (US)[1] |
The film captures several major moments in Goodman's life but it has been described as less than accurate in details.[2] Goodman's Jewish background is mentioned only implicitly, despite its playing a part in his artistic and personal endeavors for decades. In one scene, where his mother tries to talk him out of a romance with Alice Hammond (played by Donna Reed), whom Goodman eventually married, she says, "Bagels and caviar don't mix."