Sweet and Low-Down (1944)
After their annual free concert at Chicago's Dearborn Settlement, Benny Goodman and his band are packing up to go to their next engagement when a kid steals Goodman's clarinet. Goodman and Popsie pursue him to a tenement flat where he has led them to hear his brother play the trombone. Shenanigans ensue following Goodman's offering the brother a job with the band.
Director:
Archie Mayo
Writer:
Richard English
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Benny Goodman as Benny Goodman |
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Linda Darnell as Trudy Wilson |
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Jack Oakie as Popsy |
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Lynn Bari as Pat Stirling |
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James Cardwell as Johnny Birch |
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Allyn Joslyn as Lester Barnes |
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John Campbell as Dixie Zang |
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Roy Benson as Skeets McCormick |
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Dickie Moore as Military Cadet General 'Mogie' Cramichael |
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Terry Moore as Snub-Nosed Girl on Dance Floor (uncredited) |
| Directing | Archie Mayo | Director |
| Writing | Richard English | Screenplay |
