THE GENE KRUPA STORY

The Gene Krupa Story
(aka Drum Crazy)
Columbia, 1959, B/W, 101 minutes, ***
Released December, 1959

Sal Mineo shines in this much-loved film bio as the premier jazz drummer of his day. His rise to fame, his descent into drug addiction and struggle back are strikingly recounted. Krupa supplies the soundtrack; James Darren, Susan Kohner, Yvonne Craig co-star.

Produced by: Philip A. Waxman
Associate Producer: Orin Jannings
Directed bt: Don Weis
Assistant Director: Ray Gosnell
Written by: Orin Jannings
Music Adapted and Composed by: Leith Stevens
Art Director: Robert Peterson
Set Decorator: Frank A. Tuttle
Make-Up Supervisor: Ben Lane
Hair Styles by: Helen Hunt
Recording Supervisor: Charles J. Rice
Sound: Jack Solomon
Director of Photography: Charles Lawton, Jr.
Montage by: Donald W. Starling
Film Editors: Maurice Wright, Edwin Bryant

Cast: Sal Mineo [Gene Krupa], Susan Kohner [Ethel Maguire], James Darren [Eddie Sirota], Susan Oliver [Dorissa Dinell], Yvonne Craig [Gloria Corregio], Lawrence Dobkin [Speaker Willis], Celia Lovsky [Mother], Red Nichols [Himself], Bobby Troup [Tommy Dorsey], Anita O'Day [Herself], Shelly Manne [Davey Tough], Buddy Lester [Himself], Additional Cast: John Bleifer [Father], Gavin Macleod [Ted Krupa], Ruby Lane [Blues Singer]

Musical Program: Sunny Side of the Street (excerpt sung by Anita O'Day); Let There Be Love (sung by James Darren); I Love My Baby (sung by Ruby Lane); Memories of You (sung by Anita O'Day); Royal Garden Blues (played by The Gene Krupa Orchestra); Cherokee (played by The Gene Krupa Orchestra); Indiana (played by Red Nichols and The Gene Krupa Orchestra); Way Down Yonder In New Orleans (played by The Gene Krupa Orchestra); Song of India (Rimsky-Korsakov); Drum Crazy (played by Gene Krupa); Memories of You; I Love You, I Love You; In the Mood; Let There Be Love; Exactly Like You; Spiritual Jazz