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The Glenn Miller Story
Their Love Made Such Wonderful Music!
A vibrant tribute to one of America's legendary bandleaders, charting Glenn Miller's rise from obscurity and poverty to fame and wealth in the early 1940s.
- Original title
- The Glenn Miller Story
- Language
- EN
- Country
- US
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Jan 8, 2026 · via TMDB
James Stewart is on engaging form in this biopic of acclaimed American composer and band leader Glenn Miller. A talented trombonist, when he hasn’t got it pawned, he makes his money working in bars and clubs whilst trying to set up a band with his friends. A chance audition sees him fall on his feet and together with pianist Chummy (Harry Morgan) they start to make some inroads into a market place that’s still to experience “popular” music on record. All the while, he’s rekindling a romance with “Helen” (June Allyson) and then “Moonlight Serenade” changes everyone’s life for good. So, however, does WWII and when he is called up, he suggests to General Arnold (Barton MacLane) that his skills could be put to better use if he, and many of his musical cohorts, were to establish a band that could travel to Europe and cheer the troops. It’s an history, so we know that he lost his life in the Channel in late 1944, but along the way here we have a few personable efforts from Allyson and Morgan and lots of his music. What I enjoyed more than in many a musical retrospective, is that we do actually get a decent amount of his tunes played all the way through. “Pennsylvania 6-5000”; “Little Brown Jug” and “In The Mood” are amongst the staples that remind us not just of how popular he was on vinyl (a very nice home from 3c a disc suggests sales in the millions) but just how effective nostalgia was at boosting morale for troops overseas facing the Nazis. Sure, it can be a bit sentimental - but Stewart always managed to present that with a glint in his eye, and together together with the always smiling Allyson they keep it just the right side of cheesy whilst emanating a feel-good factor that’s easy to watch.
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James Stewart
Glenn Miller
June Allyson
Helen Burger Miller
Harry Morgan
Chummy MacGregor
Charles Drake
Don Haynes
George Tobias
Si Schribman
Barton MacLane
General Arnold
Sig Ruman
W. Kranz
Irving Bacon
Mr. Miller
James Bell
Mr. Burger
Kathleen Lockhart
Mrs. Miller
Katherine Warren
Mrs. Burger
Frances Langford
Frances Langford
Louis Armstrong
Louis Armstrong
Gene Krupa
Gene Krupa
William Challee
Dispatch Desk Sergeant (uncredited)
Ray Conniff
Trombonist in Glenn Miller Band (uncredited)
Kevin Corcoran
Steve Miller - Age 4 (uncredited)
Hal K. Dawson
Used Car Salesman (uncredited)
Lisa Gaye
Bobbysoxer (uncredited)
Lionel Hampton
Band Member (uncredited)
Ruth Hampton
Young Singer (uncredited)
Harry Harvey
Doctor (uncredited)
Bill Lee
The Mellowmen (uncredited)
Dayton Lummis
Col. Spaulding, USAAF (uncredited)
Forbes Murray
Elevator Passenger (uncredited)
Damian O'Flynn
Col. Baker (uncredited)
Steve Pendleton
Lt. Col. Bassell (uncredited)
Thurl Ravenscroft
The Mellowmen (uncredited)
Davis Roberts
Black Man (uncredited)
Marion Ross
Polly Haynes (uncredited)
Carleton Young
Adjunct General (uncredited)
William H. Daniels
Director of Photography
Bud Westmore
Makeup Artist
Anthony Mann
Director
Henry Mancini
Original Music Composer
Valentine Davies
Screenplay
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Feb 10, 1954
New York City, New York
