Sweet and Low-Down
| Sweet and Low-Down | |
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| 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 |
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Release date
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September 21, 1944 |
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Running time
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76 mins. |
| Country | United States |
| Language | English |
| Box office | $1,250,000 |
Sweet and Low-Down (1944) is a film directed by Archie Mayo, and starring Benny Goodman and Linda Darnell. 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.
A young trombonist lets his newfound success go to his head when he is invited to join the Benny Goodman Orchestra.
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.
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