The Benny Goodman Story (1956)
1h 42m
Running Time
February 2, 1956Release Date
The Benny Goodman Story (1956)
1h 42m
Running Time
February 2, 1956Release Date
Plot.
Young Benny Goodman is taught clarinet by a music professor. He is advised to play whichever kind of music he likes best, but to make a living, Benny begins by joining the Ben Pollack traveling band.
Where to Watch.
Subs
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Cast & Crew.
Steve Allen
Benny Goodman
Donna Reed
Alice Hammond
Berta Gersten
Mama Goodman
Berta Gersten
Mama Goodman
Barry Truex
Benny Goodman (at 16)
Herbert Anderson
John Hammond Jr.
Robert F. Simon
Papa Dave Goodman
Hy Averback
Willard Alexander
Sammy Davis Sr.
Fletcher Henderson
Dick Winslow
Gil Rodin
Jack Kruschen
'Murph' Podolsky - riverboat band Mgr.
Shepard Menken
Harry Goodman
Wilton Graff
John Hammond Sr.
Valentine Davies
Director
Fred Essler
Prof Schoepp
David Kasday
Benny Goodman (age 10 )
Aaron Rosenberg
Producer
John Erman
Harry Goodman (age 16 )
William H. Daniels
Cinematographer
Russell F. Schoengarth
Editor
Frank Gorback
Boom Operator
Nevada Penn
Wardrobe Master
Robert Laszlo
Props
Rollie Lane
Still Photographer
Media.
Details.
Wiki.
The Benny Goodman Story is a 1956 American musical biographical film starring Steve Allen and Donna Reed, directed by Valentine Davies, and released by Universal-International. The film was intended as a follow-up to Universal's 1954 hit The Glenn Miller Story, dramatizing a popular bandleader's life.
The film captures several major moments in Goodman's life but it has been described as less than accurate in details. Goodman's Jewish background is mentioned only implicitly, despite its playing a part in his artistic and personal endeavors for decades. In one scene, where his mother tries to talk him out of a romance with Alice Hammond (played by Donna Reed), whom Goodman eventually married, she says, "Bagels and caviar don't mix."