Sweet and Low-Down

For the 1999 Woody Allen film, see Sweet and Lowdown. For the Dave Van Ronk album, see Sweet & Lowdown.

Sweet and Low-Down
Directed by	Archie Mayo
Produced by	William LeBaron
Written by	Richard English Edward Haldeman
Starring	Benny Goodman Linda Darnell Jack Oakie
Music by	Cyril J. Mockridge
Cinematography	Lucien Ballard
Edited by	Dorothy Spencer
Distributed by	20th Century Fox
Release dates	September 21, 1944
Running time	76 mins.
Country	United States
Language	English
Box office	$1,250,000^[1]

Sweet and Low-Down (1944) is a film directed by Archie Mayo, and starring Benny Goodman and Linda Darnell.^[2] The film was a fictionalized version of life with Goodman, his band, and their manager while entertaining at military camps. The song "I'm Making Believe" (lyrics by Mack Gordon; music by James V. Monaco) was nominated for an Academy Award.^[3]

Plot summary

A young trombonist lets his newfound success go to his head when he is invited to join the Benny Goodman Orchestra.

Cast

Benny Goodman as Himself
Linda Darnell as Trudy Wilson
Jack Oakie as Popsy
Lynn Bari as Pat Stirling
James Cardwell as Johnny Birch
Allyn Joslyn as Lester Barnes
John Campbell as Dixie Zang
Roy Benson as Skeets McCormick
Dickie Moore as Military Cadet General 'Mogie' Cramichael

Notes

Lynn Bari seems to have been typecast by Fox as a big band singer, playing the role in Sun Valley Serenade (1941) and Archie Mayo's Orchestra Wives (1942). Her voice had been dubbed in those films by Pat Friday and in this film, she was dubbed by Lorraine Elliot.^[4]

References

↑ Aubrey Solomon, Twentieth Century-Fox: A Corporate and Financial History Rowman & Littlefield, 2002 p 220
↑ AllRovi entry
↑ "Sweet and Lowdown". Academy Awards Database. Retrieved 17 March 2016.
↑ http://www.tcm.com/tcmdb/title/92062/Sweet-and-Low-Down/articles.html

External links

Sweet and Low-Down at the Internet Movie Database
Sweet and Low-Down at AllMovie
Sweet and Low-Down at the TCM Movie Database
Sweet and Low-Down at the American Film Institute Catalog

Films directed by Archie Mayo

Money Talks (1926)
Christine of the Big Tops (1926)
Johnny Get Your Hair Cut (1927)
Dearie (1927)
The College Widow (1927)
State Street Sadie (1928)
Beware of Married Men (1928)
The Crimson City (1928)
On Trial (1928)
My Man (1928)
Sonny Boy (1929)
Is Everybody Happy? (1929)
The Sacred Flame (1929)
Wide Open (1930)
Courage (1930)
Oh Sailor Behave (1930)
The Doorway to Hell (1930)
Illicit (1931)
Svengali (1931)
Bought! (1931)
Under 18 (1931)
The Expert (1932)
Night After Night (1932)
The Life of Jimmy Dolan (1933)
The Mayor of Hell (1933)
Ever in My Heart (1933)
Convention City (1933)
Gambling Lady (1934)
The Man with Two Faces (1934)
Desirable (1934)
Give Me Your Heart (1934)
Bordertown (1935)
Go Into Your Dance (1935)
The Case of the Lucky Legs (1935)
The Petrified Forest (1936)
I Married a Doctor (1936)
Black Legion (1937)
It's Love I'm After (1937)
The Adventures of Marco Polo (1938)
Youth Takes a Fling (1938)
They Shall Have Music (1939)
The House Across the Bay (1940)
Four Sons (1940)
The Great American Broadcast (1941)
Charley's Aunt (1941)
Confirm or Deny (1941)
Moontide (1942)
Orchestra Wives (1942)
Crash Dive (1943)
Sweet and Low-Down (1944)
A Night in Casablanca (1946)
Angel on My Shoulder (1946)

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