La historia de Benny Goodman (1956)
Película biográfica del llamado rey del swing Benny Goodman, desde los diez años de edad (1919), hasta su cénit en el concierto de su banda en el Carnegie Hall en 1938.
Directora:
Valentine Davies
Escritor:
Valentine Davies
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Steve Allen as Benny Goodman |
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Donna Reed as Alice Hammond |
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Berta Gersten as Mama Goodman |
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Barry Truex as Benny Goodman (age 16) |
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Herbert Anderson as John Hammond Jr. |
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Robert F. Simon as Papa Dave Goodman |
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Hy Averback as Willard Alexander - Benny's manager |
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Sammy Davis Sr. as Fletcher Henderson |
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Dick Winslow as Gil Rodin |
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Shepard Menken as Harry Goodman |
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Jack Kruschen as 'Murph' Podolsky - riverboat band Mgr. |
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Wilton Graff as John Hammond Sr. |
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Fred Essler as Prof Schoepp |
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David Kasday as Benny Goodman (age 10 ) |
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John Erman as Harry Goodman (age 16 ) |
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George Givot as |
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Lionel Hampton as |
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Gene Krupa as |
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Teddy Wilson as |
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Ben Pollack as |
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Kid Ory as |
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Urbie Green as |
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Buck Clayton as |
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Stan Getz as |
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Harry James as |
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Martha Tilton as |
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Ziggy Elman as |
| Directing | Valentine Davies | Director |
| Writing | Valentine Davies | Screenplay |
| Production | Aaron Rosenberg | Producer |
| Camera | William H. Daniels | Director of Photography |
| Editing | Russell F. Schoengarth | Editor |
| Sound | Frank Gorback | Boom Operator |
| Costume & Make-Up | Nevada Penn | Wardrobe Master |
| Costume & Make-Up | Rydo Loshak | Wardrobe Assistant |
