And the great jazz soundtrack and warm colors made this movie go down like a glass of bourbon. Sweet and lowdown is also filled with some foul language, including eight strong profanities, and implied sexual situations. Bennys clarinet is stolen and when he and popsy jack oakie chase it down they discover the thiefs brother johnny birch who is a. A scene from the 1944 musicalromance film featuring linda darnell. Sweet and lowdown 1944 cast and crew credits, including actors, actresses, directors, writers and more. After their annual free concert at chicagos dearborn settlement, benny goodman and his band are packing up to go to their next engagement when a kid steals goodmans clarinet. Benny goodman and his band, linda darnell, jack oakie, lynn bari, james cardwell, allyn joslyn. Afterward he becomes insufferably egotistical and tries to start his own swing band. Featuring some of my favorite fox stars, sweet and lowdown is a fairly b musical with a plot concerning a musician from the poor side of chicago that gets a break at the big time with the king of swing, benny goodman. But alas, these fellas were all in the service in 1944 and fox was extremely short. Allens homage to his jazz love was a little seen film but it is nonetheless very redeeming. The film was the first of allens that was edited by alisa lepselter, who has edited all of allens films since. The dog is his talent, and it drags him where it wants to go. Sweet and lowdown is a 1944 film directed byarchie mayo and starringbenny goodman andlinda darnell.
Sweet and lowdown movie lobby card poster 1944 linda darnell. There are times in sweet and lowdown when ray, the secondbest jazz guitarist in the world, seems almost like a bystander as his fingers and his instinct create heavenly jazz. Sweet and lowdown is also filled with some foul language, including. Emmet ray is like a man with a very large dog on a leash. Sweet and lowdown 1944 in chicago, johnny birchs james cardwell brother steals the clarinet of swing bandleader benny goodman benny goodman to force him to hear johnny play trombone. Tcm messageboards post your comments here add your comment share. Jul 18, 2015 10 things about sweet and lowdown 1999 woody allen, sean penn trivia, music, cameos and more duration. Starring james cardwell, linda darnell, and jack oakie. See the full list of cast and crew including actors, directors, producers and more. Benny goodman finds a trombone player in a tenement flat, and invites him to join his band. Bennys clarinet is stolen and when he and popsy jack oakie chase it down they discover the thiefs brother johnny birch who is a trombone player. The time frame of this movie is during wwii and begins with benny goodman and his band playing at various military posts.
Click the button below to add the sweet and lowdown 1944 dvd to your wish list. Its goodmans name and his swing band thats intended as the draw. The film was a fictionalized version of life with goodman, his band, and their manager while entertaining at military camps. A scene from the 1944 musicalromance film sweet and lowdown. Goodman is impressed with johnnys skills and offers him a job with the band. A scene from the 1944 musicalromance film sweet and. Jan 31, 2018 a scene from the 1944 musicalromance film featuring linda darnell, james caldwell, and dickie moore. The film first premiered in february 2015 in berlin, germany, before its release in estonia and other northern european countries. Sweet and lowdown is a 1999 american comedydrama mockumentary film written and directed by woody allen. A scene from the 1944 musicalromance film sweet and lowdown featuring lynn bari, and jack oakie. Read the sweet and lowdown movie synopsis, view the movie trailer, get cast and crew information, see movie photos, and more on movies. Sweet and lowdown has been acclaimed as a loving and comic tribute to a musical era. Embodying the archetypal difficult genius, emmet ray is.
Sweet, gentle, sad, with amazing performances by sean penn and samantha morton. This movie was one of the best of 1999 much better than the phantom menace. Find video, photos, forums, blogs and shop for some of the best movies ever made only at tcm. Turner classic movies presents the greatest motion pictures of all time from one of the largest film libraries in the world. Sweet and lowdown is a film directed by archie mayo with benny goodman, linda darnell, jack oakie, lynn bari, year.
Uma thurman joins academy awardnominees sean penn and samantha morton in this bittersweet comedy. Sweet and lowdown is a fairly b musical with a plot concerning a musician from the poor side of chicago that gets a break at the big time with the king of swing, benny goodman. A scene from the 1944 musicalromance film featuring linda darnell, james caldwell, and dickie moore. If you havent seen sweet and lowdown, dont tell me that. Jack oakie benny goodman and his orchestra, archie mayo. Among the leads, bari and darnell look enough alike to be sisters same hairdo, same coloring, same features. Sweet and lowdown 1999 rotten tomatoes movie trailers. Samantha mortons hattie is a very sweet virtuoso performance.
When a young trombonist is given the opportunity of a lifetime to play with benny goodmans orchestra, his growing ego threatens to sabotage him. Goodman and popsie pursue him to a tenement flat where he has led them to hear his brother play the trombone. Memorable quotes and exchanges from movies, tv series and more. Sweet and lowdown movie lobby card poster 1944 linda. Sweet and lowdown is a 1944 film directed by archie mayo and starring benny goodman and linda darnell.
It was selected as the estonian entry for the best foreign language film. Hear classic music from sweet and lowdown, 1944, directed by archie mayo, with benny goodman, linda darnell, jack oakie, at tcm. The movie is typical of the musical programmers turned out during the war. Though it lags in places, the three lead performances are indelibly written in my memory. Sweet and lowdown 1944 twentieth centuryfox had boxoffice hits with glenn miller and his orchestra in the films sun valley serenade 1941 and orchestra wives 1942 and wanted to continue capitalizing on the popularity of the big bands. Apr 05, 2017 ragstorichestorags story features benny goodman vocalist martha tilton as an unemployed big band singer who takes a job as an operator at a jukebox company. Cast and crew movie tickets movie theaters moviefone. Morse, who edited allens films for the previous twenty years. Sweet and lowdown 1944 approved 1h 16min musical, romance 15 january 1945 sweden after their annual free concert at chicagos dearborn settlement, benny goodman and his band are packing up to move on to their next engagement at a military camp, when a kid, tony birch. Sweet and lowdown was filmed entirely in new york and new jersey but set in the chicago area and california. Benny starred in just one film sweet and lowdown heres 3 tunes from one sequence in the movie. In this musical, a youthful trombonist is thrilled when he is allowed to play with benny goodmans orchestra.
I purchased the cd the same day from amazon, have the cd for about ten days and have been playing it every day since the cd arrived. With benny goodman, benny goodman and his orchestra, linda darnell, jack oakie. After their annual free concert at chicagos dearborn settlement, benny goodman and his band are packing up to go to their next engagement when a kid steals. A scene from the 1944 musicalromance film sweet and lowdown featuring linda darnell. After their annual free concert at chicagos dearborn settlement, benny goodman himself and his band are packing up to move on to their next engagement at a military camp, when a kid, tony birch. Woody allens latest film is the fanciful biography of a legendary jazz guitarist, emmet ray, who clashed with lovers, gangsters, musicians and success itself i. If youre pretty, ill just invite you back to my place to watch it. It was selected as the estonian entry for the best foreign language film at the 88th academy awards but it was not nominated. My brother had seen the movie sweet and lowdown and immediately phoned me and said, the music in this movie is right up your street.
Shenanigans ensue following goodmans offering the brother a job with the band. The movie s discussion of what makes a great artist is interesting but not as compelling as the discussion about art in bullets over broadway, allens best movie in recent years. The true story of emmett ray, the worlds second greatest guitar player is brought to the screen by writerdirector woody allen. Directed by archie mayo with a screenplay by richard english based on a story by english and edward haldeman and with an uncredited screenwriting contribution by benny goodman himself, sweet and lowdown went into production on the fox lot on january 24, 1944 and was finished a scant two months later. Ray was an irresponsible, freespending, arrogant, obnoxious, alcoholabusing, miserable human being, who was also arguably the best guitarist in the world. Monaco as james monaco lyrics by mack gordon played on trombone by james cardwell uncredited dubbed by bill harris uncredited, jess stacy uncredited on piano and benny goodman uncredited on clarinet. Ragstorichestorags story features benny goodman vocalist martha tilton as an unemployed big band singer who takes a job as an operator at a jukebox company. A comedic biopic focused on the life of fictional jazz guitarist emmett ray. Goodman and popsie pursue him to a tenement flat where he has led them to. Find video, photos, forums, blogs and shop for some of.
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