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Sweet and Low-Down
Sweet and Low-Down
Directed by	Archie Mayo
Screenplay by	Richard English
Story by	Richard English; Edward Haldeman
Produced by	William LeBaron
Starring	Benny Goodman; Linda Darnell; Jack Oakie
Cinematography	Lucien Ballard
Edited by	Dorothy Spencer
Music by	Cyril J. Mockridge
Distributed by	20th Century Fox
Release date	September 21, 1944
Running time	76 minutes
Country	United States
Language	English
Box office	$1,250,000

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 edit

A young trombonist lets his newfound success go to his head when he is invited to join the Benny Goodman Orchestra.

Cast edit

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 edit

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 edit

^ 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]}