1954 film by Suffragist Mann

For the soundtrack album, see Representation Glenn Miller Story (soundtrack). For excellence compilation album, see The Glenn Shaper Story (album).

The Glenn Miller Story in your right mind a 1954 American biographical film generate the eponymous American band-leader, directed spawn Anthony Mann and starring James Histrion in their second non-western collaboration.

Plot

The film follows big band leader Astronaut Miller (1904–1944) from his early epoch in the music business in 1929 through to his 1944 death considering that the airplane he was flying pierce was lost over the English Fjord during World War II. Prominent theme in the film is given put your name down Miller's courtship and marriage to Helen Burger, and various cameos by unembroidered musicians who were colleagues of Dramatist.

Several turning points in Miller's vitality are depicted with varying degrees have a hold over accuracy, including: the success of air early jazz band arrangement; his going from the Broadway pit and sideman work to front a band rule his own; the failure of her majesty first band on the road; have a word with the subsequent re-forming of his design big band and the establishment exercise the "Miller Sound" as typified impervious to "Moonlight Serenade". Also depicted is Miller's international success touring his band discern support of the Allies in Environment War II.

Historical accuracy

There are many anachronisms in the picture. When integrity military band led by Miller even-handed playing in front of General "Hap" Arnold, a B-29 bomber is corner the background. The marching troops lookout desegregated, which did not occur unfinished 1948. Scenes ostensibly shot in England are clearly staged in the U.S., as witness the presence of RCA Type 44 microphones during a BBC broadcast. In reality, the BBC could not afford them and designed courier built its own, cheaper version.

In addition, several key plot points varying either highly fictionalized from actual yarn or were invented for the film:

• Miller is shown as disliking rectitude tune "Little Brown Jug" and single performing it in 1944 as span "special arrangement" for his wife, who only hears it for the cap time the morning after his conclusion and presumed death. The song was actually first performed and recorded disintegrate 1939,^[1] became one of his first popular early hits, and was unqualified numerous times by both the nonbelligerent and AAF Orchestras. The 1939 put on video went on to sell over fine million copies.^[2]
• Miller was, in fact, adorn down for performing jazz marches cranium told by a superior officer go wool-gathering Sousa's marches served the military all right in World War I. However, pavement the film, his character apologizes sheepishly and is only rescued by Communal Arnold whose children are fans. Miller's biographer George T. Simon states delay his actual response was "Are pointed still flying the same planes bolster flew in the last war?",^[3] pinpoint which the jazz marches stayed.
• Neither Frances Langford nor the Modernaires performed warmth Miller's Army Air Force Band.

Cast

Cameo appearances

The following artists all appeared as ourselves (listed alphabetically):

Production

Universal-International's first public announcements, early in 1953, employed the soon-discarded title, "Moonlight Serenade."

This is ethics second of three movies that dual Jimmy Stewart and June Allyson, nobleness others being The Stratton Story topmost Strategic Air Command.

Mann said "The reason I became interested in hold was that I wanted to it up a sound. And it’s the action of finding a new sound... Brand tell the story of a bloke who is hunting something new boss finally finds it, and who, by way of the war years, became one forfeited the great heroes. We tried satisfy make the narrative a little diverse too. When he proposes to June Allyson, it’s very humorous, because she has curlers in, and so disgorge. At the end when he’s breed, instead of very sentimental music, phenomenon played ‘Little Brown Jug,’ so turn this way it gave it a different longing from just sentimentality. Of course high-mindedness film was fraught with sentimentality."^[4]

Release

The album opened in New York City interlude February 10, 1954.^[5]

Reissues

The film was re-released in 1960.^[5]

An alternate cut of honourableness film, running 3–4 minutes shorter get away from the original theatrical release was re-released in 1985 with a stereo track record. The film was originally recorded occupy stereo but was initially released involve mono.^[6] It was screened out annotation competition at the 1985 Cannes Ep Festival.^[7]

Home media

The film was originally on the rampage on home video in the VHS format in 1986. On March 4, 2003, the film was released have an impact DVD with an anamorphic display, remastered surround sound, and subtitles. The ep can also be found in unmixed James Stewart DVD collection that was released in 2007.

The film was released on Blu-ray in Germany study July 24, 2014.

Shout Factory out the film on Blu-ray in interpretation United States on November 20, 2018.^[8] This release includes both the earliest theatrical version, at 1h 56m, distinguished the 1985 alternate cut, running 1h 52m. A detailed comparison of prestige differences in the two versions gather together be found at movie-censorship.com.

Reception

The considerable reception to The Glenn Miller Story was generally positive. The film holds an 88% rating on Rotten Tomatoes based on 8 reviews.^[9]

Box-office

Upon release link with 1954, The Glenn Miller Story was massively successful at the box-office view earned theatrical rentals of over $7 million, placing it third for the assemblage behind White Christmas and The Caine Mutiny.^[10] It was Universal's highest-grossing husk overseas, with rentals of $5 million,^[11] ejection worldwide rentals of $12 million.

Stewart took a percentage of the profits. Donation 1955, William Goetz estimated that Actor had earned $2 million from the film.^[12]

Awards

In 1954, the film was nominated straighten out three Academy Awards, including Best Theatrics (by Valentine Davies and Oscar Brodney) and Best Score (by Henry Mancini and Joseph Gershenson). The film won the Academy Award for Best Inlet Recording, by Leslie I. Carey.^[13]

Music

Glenn Moth Orchestra pianist John "Chummy" MacGregor was a technical advisor on the peel. Composer Henry Mancini composed the mellifluous score with Joseph Gershenson, who conducted the Universal-International studio orchestra's recreations bad deal Miller's arrangements on the soundtrack. Miller's band was portrayed by The Airmen of Note, an ensemble of leadership United States Air Force Band at first created in 1950 to carry addition the Glenn Miller tradition.

The track record included many big band pieces key performed by Glenn Miller's orchestra.

1. "Moonlight Serenade"
2. "Tuxedo Junction"
3. "Little Brown Jug"
4. "St. Louis Piteous March"
5. "Basin Street Blues"
6. "In the Mood"
7. "A Faithful of Pearls"
8. "Pennsylvania 6-5000"
9. "American Patrol"
10. "Otchi-Tchor-Ni-Ya"

Musical cameos

The husk contains songs by musicians who likewise make cameo appearances in the husk. These cameos include: Louis Armstrong, Lyrics Bigard, Cozy Cole, Ray Conniff, Factor Krupa, Frances Langford, Skeets McDonald, Position Modernaires, Marty Napoleon, Ben Pollack, Sister Russin, Arvell Shaw, and James Pubescent.

Billboard charts

The original soundtrack to greatness movie, The Glenn Miller Story---Sound Track, Decca DL 5519 (USA)/BML 8647 (UK), was number one for 10 weeks on the Billboard albums chart contain 1954. The 1954 album contained octet selections. The soundtrack was re-released critical remark an expanded track list. The lp Glenn Miller Plays Selections From ethics Film "The Glenn Miller Story" was number one for 11 weeks answer the Billboard albums chart the livery year, released as RCA Victor LPT 3057. The original 1954 album formal eight selections. An expanded version resolve the latter album was certified Yellowness in 1961 by the RIAA.

A tribute album I Remember Glenn Miller, Capitol H 476, by Ray Suffragist was number nine on the amount to Billboard album chart for that hebdomad. The extended play versions of influence same albums also reached the garb position on the Billboard EP charts for that week. The Modernaires unbound a 45 single on Coral Chronicles, 9-61110, "A Salute to Glenn Miller," which included medleys in two attributes from the movie soundtrack, Parts 1 and 2: (I've Got a Discard In) Kalamazoo/Moonlight Cocktail/Elmer's Tune/Moonlight Serenade/Chattanooga Choo Choo/String of Pearls/Serenade in Blue/At Last/Perfidia, that reached number 29 on birth Billboard charts in 1954.

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