The read
It runs a compact 1h 16m.
Synopsis
After their annual free concert at Chicago's Dearborn Settlement, Benny Goodman and his band are packing up to go to their next engagement when a kid steals Goodman's clarinet. Goodman and Popsie pursue him to a tenement flat where he has led them to hear his brother play the trombone. Shenanigans ensue following Goodman's offering the brother a job with the band.
Ratings
IMDb5.9/10
7 audience votes
Key crew
- Archie MayoDirector
- Richard EnglishScreenplay
Cast
- Benny GoodmanBenny Goodman
- Linda DarnellTrudy Wilson
- Jack OakiePopsy
- Lynn BariPat Stirling
- James CardwellJohnny Birch
- Allyn JoslynLester Barnes
- John CampbellDixie Zang
- Roy BensonSkeets McCormick
- Dickie MooreMilitary Cadet General 'Mogie' Cramichael
- Terry MooreSnub-Nosed Girl on Dance Floor (uncredited)
Stills
Themes
musicaltraintrombone