[Dixielandjazz] Jazz Bio Movies

[Richard Broadie]

I knew and worked with Sinatra here in the Palm Springs area.  When at his 
house, he had a collection of electric trains running around his office. 
Years later, he had a building constructed for his ever enlarging model 
train collection.  I never asked Frank "Why the trains?"   It wasn't until I 
read the Bio on Tommy that I got my answer.  It had to do with the 
relationship of Sinatra and T Dorsey where Dorsey loved trains and had a 
collection.  Part of Frank's thing was to feel a need to outdo TD every way 
he could, consciously or subconsciously.  TD had good trains, Frank had 
better trains, and that's how it had to be.  That's my guess on Frank's 
trains.  Book on TD was fascinating but, like Buddy Rich, Benny Goodman, 
Glenn Miller, et. al. I'm glad I never worked for those guys.  Of course I'm 
also glad I'm not 100 years old as I'd have to be if I did gig with them. 
I'm rambling and it's after my bedtime. Good night all!  Dick Broadie


----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Marty Nichols" <marnichols at yahoo.com>
To: "Dick Broadie" <rbroadie at dc.rr.com>
Cc: "Dixieland Jazz Mailing List" <dixielandjazz at ml.islandnet.com>
Sent: Friday, July 27, 2007 2:49 PM
Subject: Re: [Dixielandjazz] Jazz Bio Movies


> Interesting subject! Makes me wonder why these movies
>  usually include so many faux pas.  I thought Jimmy Stewart's Miller was 
> OK, and that Miller was considered an all- round great guy. Apparently 
> there are some who disagree.
>
>  I read the bio of Tommy Dorsey that came out a while back. Is the author 
> a Levin, or Levinsky? Sorry about that. But the book should be made into a 
> movie.  Very little has been common knowledge about Dorsey that is hinted 
> at in the bio.
>  His death had many questions left unanswered, i.e., his note found in his 
> bedroom that seemed to imply those close to him were after his money. I 
> couldn't believe how many times Tommy is said to have smashed Jimmies 
> saxophones. Gulp!
>
>  On another note- I found the "Benny Goodman Story" to be condescending 
> toward Kid Ory; seeming to make him into someone Benny (played by Steve 
> Allen) shoved aside, when Ory supposedly came to see Goodman in order to 
> say hello to an old friend. It rather "radiated" IMO.
>
>  Marty Nichols-Trombone
>  http://myspace.com/freemarty
>
>
>
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> Date: Fri, 27 Jul 2007 10:21:42 +0100
> From: "pat ladd" <pj.ladd at btinternet.com>
> Subject: Re: [Dixielandjazz] Jazz Bio Movies
> To: "Richard Broadie" <rbroadie at dc.rr.com>
> Cc: jazz <dixielandjazz at ml.islandnet.com>
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> 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>>
>
> Hi Richard,
>
> agree totally, but that particular sequence is pretty good and that
> there
> are not that many film clips of the musicians of the dat floating
> around.
> Orchestra Wives and Sun Valley Serenade and The Dorsey brothers etc.,
> are as
> close as most people got to the `real` thing. Never mind the plot,
> listen to
> the band.
>
>
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