GLENN MILLER STORY (DVD) DVD

The Glenn Miller Story
The Glenn Miller Story traces Miller's rise from pit-orchestra trombone player to leader of the most successful Big band of his era. June Allyson is on hand as Miller's wife, Helen, who learns the value of patience when Glenn spends his wedding night jamming with Gene Krupa and Louis Armstrong. Given an officer's commission during World War II, Miller helms the swingin'est military band ever heard. In December of 1944, a plane carrying Miller disappears while flying over the English Channel. In memoriam, radio stations all over the world suspend their regular broadcasts to play such Miller standards as "Moonlight Serenade," "Chattanooga Choo Choo," and "Little Brown Jug." Many of Miller's contemporaries, including his first big-time boss, Ben Pollack, appear as themselves. The success of The Glenn Miller Story inspired Universal to give the go-ahead for another musical Biopic, 1956's The Benny Goodman Story, with Steve Allen in the title role. ~ Hal Erickson, All Movie Guide

Cast James Stewart as Glenn Miller June Allyson as Helen Burger Miller Charles Drake as Don Haynes George Tobias as Si Schribman Henry Morgan as Chummy MacGregor Frances Langford as Frances Langford Barton MacLane as Gen. Arnold Louis Armstrong as Himself Gene Krupa as Gene Krupa Ben Pollack as Ben Pollack Marion Ross as Polly Haynes Irving Bacon as Mr. Miller Kathleen Lockhart as Mrs. Miller Phil Garris as Joe Becker James Bell as Mr. Burger Katherine Warren as Mrs. Burger

Crew Kenny Williams - Choreography Anthony Mann - Director Russell Schoengarth - Editor Joseph E. Gershenson - Composer (Music Score) Henry Mancini - Composer (Music Score) Frank Skinner - Composer (Music Score) Herman Stein - Composer (Music Score) William H. Daniels - Cinematographer Aaron Rosenberg - Producer Valentine Davies - Screenwriter Oscar Brodney - Screenwriter

The Glenn Miller Story
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Anthony Mann: Directors Guild of America, Best Director (nominated) Henry Mancini: Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Scie, Best Musical Score (nominated) Joseph E. Gershenson: Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Scie, Best Musical Score (nominated) Leslie I. Carey: Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Scie, Best Sound (winner) Oscar Brodney: Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Scie, Best Story and Screenplay (nominated) Valentine Davies: Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Scie, Best Story and Screenplay (nominated)

General Specifications: Language Options: English Subtitle Options: French, Spanish Sound Processing: DDS: Dolby Digital Surround Additional Features: none specified DVD Aspect Ratio: 1.85:1: Theatre Wide-Screen MPAA Rating: G DVD Discs Included: 1 DVD Sides: 1 DVD DVD Region Code: 1 Content Length: 113 min   DVD Chapters: Side #1 -- 1. Main Titles [1:35] 2. The Aspiring Arranger [8:56] 3. Glenn's Girl [8:55] 4. My Own Kind of Music [7:39] 5. Long-Distance Proposal [6:37] 6. Jamming With Louis [8:46] 7. Keep on Trying [4:55] 8. The New Band [4:43] 9. Bad Luck [9:10] 10. The Glenn Miller Sound [7:58] 11. String of Pearls [3:10] 12. The New Addition [4:51] 13. Pennsylvania 6-5000 [4:40] 14. Tuxedo Junction [4:28] 15. Captain Miller [9:00] 16. Miller's American Band [5:10] 17. Chattanooga Choo Choo [5:59] 18. The Last Fight [2:37] 19. His Music Lives On [4:21] 20. End Credits [:18]