Sweet and Low-Down
1944 film by Archie Mayo
- September 21, 1944 (1944-09-21)
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Sweet and Low-Down is a 1944 film directed by Archie Mayo and starring Benny Goodman and Linda Darnell.[2] The film was a fictionalized version of life with Goodman, his band, and their manager while entertaining at military camps. The song "I'm Making Believe" (lyrics by Mack Gordon; music by James V. Monaco) was nominated for an Academy Award.[3]
Plot
A young trombonist lets his newfound success go to his head when he is invited to join the Benny Goodman Orchestra.
Cast
- Benny Goodman as Himself
- Linda Darnell as Trudy Wilson
- Jack Oakie as Popsy
- Lynn Bari as Pat Stirling
- James Cardwell as Johnny Birch
- Allyn Joslyn as Lester Barnes
- John Campbell as Dixie Zang
- Roy Benson as Skeets McCormick
- Dickie Moore as Military Cadet General 'Mogie' Carmichael
Notes
Lynn Bari seems to have been typecast by Fox as a big band singer, playing the role in Sun Valley Serenade (1941) and Archie Mayo's Orchestra Wives (1942). Her voice had been dubbed in those films by Pat Friday, and in this film, she was dubbed by Lorraine Elliot.[4]
References
- ^ Aubrey Solomon, Twentieth Century-Fox: A Corporate and Financial History Rowman & Littlefield, 2002 p 220
- ^ "AllRovi entry". Archived from the original on 2012-07-23. Retrieved 2011-05-21.
- ^ "Sweet and Lowdown". Academy Awards Database. Retrieved 17 March 2016.
- ^ http://www.tcm.com/tcmdb/title/92062/Sweet-and-Low-Down/articles.html [bare URL]
External links
- Sweet and Low-Down at IMDb
- Sweet and Low-Down at AllMovie
- Sweet and Low-Down at the TCM Movie Database
- Sweet and Low-Down at the AFI Catalog of Feature Films
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Films directed by Archie Mayo
- Money Talks (1926)
- Christine of the Big Tops (1926)
- Unknown Treasures (1926)
- Johnny Get Your Hair Cut (1927)
- Dearie (1927)
- Slightly Used (1927)
- The College Widow (1927)
- Quarantined Rivals (1927)
- State Street Sadie (1928)
- Beware of Married Men (1928)
- The Crimson City (1928)
- On Trial (1928)
- My Man (1928)
- Sonny Boy (1929)
- Is Everybody Happy? (1929)
- The Sap (1929)
- The Sacred Flame (1929)
- Wide Open (1930)
- Courage (1930)
- Oh Sailor Behave (1930)
- The Doorway to Hell (1930)
- Illicit (1931)
- Svengali (1931)
- Bought (1931)
- Under Eighteen (1931)
- The Expert (1932)
- Night After Night (1932)
- Two Against the World (1932)
- Street of Women (1932)
- The Life of Jimmy Dolan (1933)
- The Mayor of Hell (1933)
- Ever in My Heart (1933)
- Convention City (1933)
- Gambling Lady (1934)
- The Man with Two Faces (1934)
- Desirable (1934)
- Give Me Your Heart (1934)
- Bordertown (1935)
- Go into Your Dance (1935)
- The Case of the Lucky Legs (1935)
- The Petrified Forest (1936)
- I Married a Doctor (1936)
- Black Legion (1937)
- It's Love I'm After (1937)
- The Adventures of Marco Polo (1938)
- Youth Takes a Fling (1938)
- They Shall Have Music (1939)
- The House Across the Bay (1940)
- Four Sons (1940)
- The Great American Broadcast (1941)
- Charley's Aunt (1941)
- Confirm or Deny (1941)
- Moontide (1942)
- Orchestra Wives (1942)
- Crash Dive (1943)
- Sweet and Low-Down (1944)
- A Night in Casablanca (1946)
- Angel on My Shoulder (1946)
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