The Glenn Miller Story (1954)

Their Love Made Such Wonderful Music!

A vibrant tribute to one of America's legendary bandleaders, charting Glenn Miller's rise from obscurity and poverty to fame and wealth in the early 1940s.

Drama Music Romance jazz musical biography historical figure

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Classical in form, earnest, nostalgic and resolved.

classical in formformally daring
earnestironic
contemporarynostalgic
resolvedopen-ended
gravecomic

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Cast

James StewartGlenn Miller
June AllysonHelen Burger Miller
Harry MorganChummy MacGregor
Charles DrakeDon Haynes
George TobiasSi Schribman
Barton MacLaneGeneral Arnold
Sig RumanW. Kranz
Irving BaconMr. Miller
James BellMr. Burger
Kathleen LockhartMrs. Miller

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Anthony MannDirector
Oscar BrodneyScreenplay
Valentine DaviesScreenplay
William H. DanielsDirector of Photography
Henry ManciniOriginal Music Composer
Russell F. SchoengarthEditor
Aaron RosenbergProducer

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