[Dixielandjazz] Jazz Bio Movies

[Marek Boym]

OK,
So neither Miller nor Goodman were all that nice.  So what?  A good
friend of mine was turned into a life-long jazz fan by Benny Goodman
Story which he saw as a kid in Morocco.  I saw it in 1957 in Tel Aviv,
and thought: "What a great country, they bring films like that.  And I
still love the double LP soundtrack album!
The Glenn Miller Story is more difficult - I can't take the schmaltz
(which is why I  have only one Glenn Miller LP), bup people love the
film (quite a few of my friends do), and if it has turned anybody int
a jazz or bib band fan - great!
I agree that the Handy one is the worst, as it shows Handy as a piano
player.  As a film, it probably os better than either the BG Story or
the Miller one (or the Krupa one); The Five Pennies (a Hollywood Red
Nicholls Story) also was rather good as a film, albeit quite
inaccurate (please note: I'm an Anglophile).
Cheers
SUPPORT LIVE JAZZ (I'm not a musician, so I have no personal interest
in perpetrating this slogan)
On 27/07/07, Richard Broadie <rbroadie at dc.rr.com> wrote:
> It's such a shame that that movie (as virtually all movie jazz bios) had so
> little to do with the real Glenn Miller who was not nearly as nice a person
> as the one Steve Allen portrayed.  I could ramble on for about 8 hours here
> but just want to open the door a crack.
>
> Worst movie of all time: Nat Cole in the WC Handy story.  Jazz is acceptable
> at end when St. Louis Blues is played without a trace of jazz by  39,253
> symphonic musicians.  Well maybe the count was a bit exxagerated but
> certainly close enough for jazz.
>
> Dick Broadie
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> From: "pat ladd" <pj.ladd at btinternet.com>
> To: "Dick Broadie" <rbroadie at dc.rr.com>
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> Sent: Thursday, July 26, 2007 9:53 AM
> Subject: [Dixielandjazz] Miller Story
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>
> > Glen Miller Story on TV yesterday and I just caught the bit where Jimmy
> > Stewart and June Allyson go to the cellar bar to hear Louis. What a great
> > line up and a lovely touch with Teagarden grinning from ear to ear handing
> > his trombone over to Stewart to sit in.
> >
> > Great stuff . I had forgotten how good it was.
> >
> > Pat
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