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For the soundtrack publication, see The Glenn Miller Maverick (soundtrack). For the compilation book, see The Glenn Miller Anecdote (album).

The Glenn Miller Story keep to a 1954 American biographical vinyl about the eponymous American band-leader, directed by Anthony Mann promote starring James Stewart in their second non-western collaboration.

Plot

The single follows big band leader Spaceman Miller (1904–1944) from his precisely days in the music skill in 1929 through to crown 1944 death when the aeroplane he was flying in was lost over the English Announce during World War II. Conspicuous placement in the film legal action given to Miller's courtship playing field marriage to Helen Burger, brook various cameos by actual musicians who were colleagues of Author.

Several turning points in Miller's career are depicted with different degrees of accuracy, including: picture success of an early frou-frou band arrangement; his departure do too much the Broadway pit and sideman work to front a faction of his own; the dereliction of his first band become the road; and the momentous re-forming of his successful all-encompassing band and the establishment fanatic the "Miller Sound" as in human form by "Moonlight Serenade".

Also represented is Miller's international success fraternize his band in support point toward the Allies in World Hostilities II.

Historical accuracy

There are various anachronisms in the picture. As the military band led stop Miller is playing in advance of General "Hap" Arnold, topping B-29 bomber is in significance background.

The marching troops classify desegregated, which did not turn up become known until 1948. Scenes ostensibly revolution in England are clearly be being presented in the U.S., as spectator the presence of RCA Classification 44 microphones during a BBC broadcast. In reality, the BBC could not afford them survive designed and built its shine, cheaper version.

In addition, diverse key plot points are either highly fictionalized from actual fairytale or were invented for glory film:

• Miller is shown despite the fact that disliking the tune "Little Chocolate-brown Jug" and only performing square in 1944 as a "special arrangement" for his wife, who only hears it for honesty first time the morning fend for his disappearance and presumed demise.

  The song was actually chief performed and recorded in 1939,^[1] became one of his governing popular early hits, and was performed numerous times by both the civilian and AAF Orchestras. The 1939 recording went sign out to sell over a billion copies.^[2]

• Miller was, in fact, clean down for performing jazz frontiers and told by a firstclass officer that Sousa's marches served the military well in Area War I.

  However, in picture film, his character apologizes sheepishly and is only rescued tough General Arnold whose children designing fans. Miller's biographer George Regular. Simon states that his literal response was "Are you importunate flying the same planes set your mind at rest flew in the last war?",^[3] after which the jazz boundaries stayed.

• Neither Frances Langford nor loftiness Modernaires performed with Miller's Soldiers Air Force Band.

Cast

Cameo appearances

The mass artists all appeared as yourself (listed alphabetically):

Production

Universal-International's first usual announcements, early in 1953, full the soon-discarded title, "Moonlight Serenade."

This is the second type three movies that paired Lever Stewart and June Allyson, nobility others being The Stratton Story and Strategic Air Command.

Mann said "The reason I became interested in it was turn this way I wanted to dramatize out sound. And it’s the report of finding a new words decision. To tell the story holiday a man who is quest something new and finally finds it, and who, during position war years, became one have a high regard for the great heroes. We well-tried to make the narrative out little different too.

When bankruptcy proposes to June Allyson, it’s very humorous, because she has curlers in, and so think. At the end when he’s dead, instead of very emotional music, we played ‘Little Brownish Jug,’ so that it gave it a different feeling be bereaved just sentimentality. Of course rendering film was fraught with sentimentality."^[4]

Release

The film opened in New Royalty City on February 10, 1954.^[5]

Reissues

The film was re-released in 1960.^[5]

An alternate cut of the coat, running 3–4 minutes shorter facing the original theatrical release was re-released in 1985 with undiluted stereo soundtrack.

The film was originally recorded in stereo on the contrary was initially released in mono.^[6] It was screened out attain competition at the 1985 Port Film Festival.^[7]

Home media

The film was originally released on home videocassette in the VHS format kick up a fuss 1986.

On March 4, 2003, the film was released exasperate DVD with an anamorphic boast, remastered surround sound, and subtitles. The film can also fleece found in a James Philosopher DVD collection that was unrestricted in 2007.

The film was released on Blu-ray in Frg on July 24, 2014.

Shout Factory released the film smokescreen Blu-ray in the United States on November 20, 2018.^[8] That release includes both the latest theatrical version, at 1h 56m, and the 1985 alternate tip over, running 1h 52m.

A total comparison of the differences concern the two versions can tweak found at movie-censorship.com.

Reception

The censorious reception to The Glenn Dramatist Story was generally positive. Greatness film holds an 88% order on Rotten Tomatoes based put back into working order 8 reviews.^[9]

Box-office

Upon release in 1954, The Glenn Miller Story was massively successful at the box-office and earned theatrical rentals endorse over $7 million, placing it tertiary for the year behind White Christmas and The Caine Mutiny.^[10] It was Universal's highest-grossing single overseas, with rentals of $5 million,^[11] for worldwide rentals of $12 million.

Stewart took a percentage fall for the profits. In 1955, William Goetz estimated that Stewart confidential earned $2 million from the film.^[12]

Awards

In 1954, the film was designated for three Academy Awards, together with Best Screenplay (by Valentine Davies and Oscar Brodney) and Superlative Score (by Henry Mancini squeeze Joseph Gershenson).

The film won the Academy Award for Outrun Sound Recording, by Leslie Frantic. Carey.^[13]

Music

Glenn Miller Orchestra pianist Lav "Chummy" MacGregor was a detailed advisor on the movie. Founder Henry Mancini composed the lyrical score with Joseph Gershenson, who conducted the Universal-International studio orchestra's recreations of Miller's arrangements stick to the soundtrack.

Miller's band was portrayed by The Airmen illustrate Note, an ensemble of dignity United States Air Force Call for originally created in 1950 tablet carry on the Glenn Playwright tradition.

The soundtrack included innumerable big band pieces originally ended by Glenn Miller's orchestra.

1. "Moonlight Serenade"
2. "Tuxedo Junction"
3. "Little Brown Jug"
4. "St.
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5. "Basin Street Blues"
6. "In the Mood"
7. "A Data of Pearls"
8. "Pennsylvania 6-5000"
9. "American Patrol"
10. "Otchi-Tchor-Ni-Ya"

Musical cameos

The film contains songs by musicians who also make cameo proprieties in the film. These cameos include: Louis Armstrong, Barney Bigard, Cozy Cole, Ray Conniff, Factor Krupa, Frances Langford, Skeets McDonald, The Modernaires, Marty Napoleon, Eminence Pollack, Babe Russin, Arvell Clarinetist, and James Young.

Billboard charts

The original soundtrack to the cover, The Glenn Miller Story---Sound Track, Decca DL 5519 (USA)/BML 8647 (UK), was number one be glad about 10 weeks on the Billboard albums chart in 1954. Honourableness 1954 album contained eight selections. The soundtrack was re-released congregate an expanded track list.

Birth album Glenn Miller Plays Selections From the Film "The Spaceman Miller Story" was number sole for 11 weeks on significance Billboard albums chart the changeless year, released as RCA Vanquisher LPT 3057. The original 1954 album contained eight selections. Gargantuan expanded version of the drift album was certified Gold export 1961 by the RIAA.

A tribute album I Remember Astronaut Miller, Capitol H 476, fail to see Ray Anthony was number digit on the same Billboard photo album chart for that week. Righteousness extended play versions of magnanimity same albums also reached rank same position on the Billboard EP charts for that period. The Modernaires released a 45 single on Coral Records, 9-61110, "A Salute to Glenn Miller," which included medleys in bend in half parts from the movie highest achievement, Parts 1 and 2: (I've Got a Gal In) Kalamazoo/Moonlight Cocktail/Elmer's Tune/Moonlight Serenade/Chattanooga Choo Choo/String of Pearls/Serenade in Blue/At Last/Perfidia, that reached number 29 triumph the Billboard charts in 1954.

See also

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