THE GLENN MILLER STORY

The Glenn Miller Story
Universal, 1954, Color, 113 minutes, ***½
General release February, 1954

The music of the Big Band era lives again in this famed biography of the musician and band leader. James Stewart shines in the title role, with June Allyson as his wife. Special musical guests include Louis Armstrong, Gene Krupa, Frances Langford and the Glenn Miller Orchestra, performing such classics as "Pennsylvania 6-5000," "Moonlight Serenade" and "Chattanooga Choo-Choo."

Produced by: Aaron Rosenberg
Directed by: Anthony Mann
Assistant Director: John Sheerwood
Written by: Valentine Davies and Oscar Brodney
Technical Constultant: Chummy MacGregor
Musical Direction: Joseph Gershenson
Musical Adaptation: Henry Mancini
Dance Director: Kenny Williams
Technical Advisor: Chummy MacGregor
Art Direction: Bernard Herzbrun, Alexander Golitzen
Set Decorations: Russell A. Gausman, Julia Heron
Gowns: Jay Morley, Jr.
Hair Stylist: Joan St. Oegger
Make-Up: Bud Westmore
Sound: Leslie I. Carey, Joe Lapis
Director of Photography: William Daniels
Color by Technicolor
Technicolor Color Consultant: William Fritzsche
Film Editor: Russell Schoengarth

Awards: Academy Award for Best Sound Recording; Academy Award nominations for Best Story / Screenplay (Valentine Davies and Oscar Brodney) and Best Score (Musical) (Joseph Gershenson and Henry Mancini)

Cast: James Stewart [Glenn Miller], June Allyson [Helen Berger Miller], Harry Morgan [Chummy MacGregor], Charles Drake [Don Haynes], George Tobias [Si Schribman], Barton MacLane [General Arnold], Sig Ruman [Kranz], Irving Bacon [Mr. Miller], James Bell [Mr. Berger], Kathleen Lockhart [Mrs. Miller], Katherine Warren [Mrs. Berger], Guest Appearances: Frances Langford, Louis Armstrong, Ben Pollack, Gene Krupa, The Modernaires, The Archie Savage Dancers, Barney Bigard, James Young, Marty Napoleon, Cozy Cole, Babe Russin, The Glenn Miller Orchestra [Themselves]

Musical Program: There is a lot of music in this film - many old favorites. But much of it is in the form of excerpts. I've indexed only the featured numbers below (those that are played to completion), and followed that with a list of some of the excertped numbers:
[0:02] Moonlight Serenade (Orchestra, behind titles); [0:34] Basin Street Blues (Louis Armstrong with Gene Krupa on drums); [1:05] Moonlight Serenade (Glenn Miller Orchestra); [1:10] A String of Pearls (Glenn Miller Orchestra); [1:18] Pennsylvania 6-5000 (Glenn Miller Orchestra); [1:23] Tuxedo Junction (instrumental by Glenn Miller Orchestra, danced by unidentified dancers); [1:29] St. Louis Blues March (Gkenn Miller Orchestra); [1:35] In the Mood (Glenn Miller Orchestra); [1:39] Chattanooga Choo Choo (Frances Langford, the Modernaires and Glenn Miller Orchestra); [1:43] American Patrol (Glenn Miller Orchestra); [1:50] Little Brown Jug (Glenn Miller Orchestra)
Excerpted numbers include: "Goodbye Ladies," "Little Brown Jug" (two vocal versions); "Bidin' My Time" (vocal from the stage musical "Girl Crazy," 1930), "Moonlight Serenade" (production arrangement by unidentified nightclub singer); "Over the Rainbow" (Glenn Miller Band, 1939); "I Know Why and So Do You" (from Sun Valley Serenade); "Here Comes the Bride," and several others I can't identify.