Fünf Pennies (1959)
Red Nichols ist ein Trompeter aus einer Kleinstadt, der in den 1920ern sein Glück New York City versucht. Tatsächlich findet er einen Platz in einer kleinen Band, die von Will Paradise geführt wird. Red verliebt sich in die Sängerin Bobbie Meredith, heiratet sie und gründet gemeinsam mit ihr die Dixieland-Band "Die fünf Pennies". Die Band feiert großen Erfolg, als ihre kleine Tochter Dorothy jedoch an einer Kinderlähmung erkrankt, beschließen Red und Bobbie, die Musik an den Nagel zu hängen. Erst Jahre später findet die nun zum Teenager herangewachsene Dorothy heraus, welch tolle Musikkarriere ihre Eltern einst hatten, und schmiedet einen Plan: Sie will ihre Eltern dazu bringen, eine Comeback-Tour zu starten!
Der Regisseur:
Melville Shavelson
Die Autor:
Jack Rose, Melville Shavelson.
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Danny Kaye as Red Nichols |
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Barbara Bel Geddes as Wila Stutsman |
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Louis Armstrong as Louis Armstrong |
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Harry Guardino as Tony Valani |
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Bob Crosby as Wil Paradise |
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Bobby Troup as Artie Schutt |
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Susan Gordon as Young Dorothy Nichols |
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Tuesday Weld as Teenaged Dorothy Nichols |
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Ray Anthony as Jimmy Dorsey |
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Shelly Manne as Dave Tough |
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Ray Daley as Glenn Miller |
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Valerie Allen as Tommye Eden |
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Cindy Carol as Girl at Birthday Party |
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Robert Banas as Dancer at College Prom |
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Toby Michaels as Girl at Birthday Party |
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Charles Herbert as Patient |
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John Benson as Musician |
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Earl Barton as Choreographer |
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Herschel Graham as Hotel Guest (uncredited) |
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Lynn Fields as Girl at Birthday Party (uncredited) |
| Directing | Melville Shavelson | Director |
| Crew | John P. Fulton | Special Effects |
| Visual Effects | Farciot Edouart | Visual Effects |
| Camera | W. Wallace Kelley | Second Unit Director of Photography |
| Costume & Make-Up | Nellie Manley | Hair Supervisor |
| Production | Hal C. Kern | Production Assistant |
| Sound | Leith Stevens | Conductor |
| Sound | Red Nichols | Musician |
| Sound | Sylvia Fine | Songs |
| Writing | Robert Smith | Story |
| Writing | Jack Rose | Screenplay |
| Writing | Melville Shavelson | Screenplay |
| Production | Jack Rose | Producer |
| Sound | Leith Stevens | Original Music Composer |
| Camera | Daniel L. Fapp | Director of Photography |
| Editing | Frank P. Keller | Editor |
| Art | Tambi Larsen | Art Direction |
| Art | Hal Pereira | Art Direction |
| Art | Sam Comer | Set Decoration |
| Art | Grace Gregory | Set Decoration |
| Costume & Make-Up | Edith Head | Costume Design |
| Costume & Make-Up | Wally Westmore | Makeup Supervisor |
| Directing | Richard Caffey | Assistant Director |
| Sound | Charles Grenzbach | Sound Recordist |
| Sound | John Wilkinson | Sound Recordist |
| Crew | Earl Barton | Choreographer |
