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The Five Pennies is a 1959 American semi-biographical musical film starring Danny Kaye as jazz cornet player and bandleader Loring "Red" Nichols. Other cast members include Barbara Bel Geddes , Louis Armstrong , Harry Guardino , Bob Crosby , Bobby Troup , Susan Gordon , and Tuesday Weld .
The Five Pennies: Directed by Melville Shavelson. With Danny Kaye, Barbara Bel Geddes, Louis Armstrong, Harry Guardino. Danny Kaye cuts loose with his trademark musical clowning. Louis "Satchmo" Armstrong plays his horn and croons in that famed gargling-granite voice.
Brief Synopsis. Loring "Red" Nichols is a cornet-playing country boy who goes to New York in the 1920s full of musical ambition and principles. He gets a job playing in Wil Paradise's band, but quits to pursue his dream of playing Dixieland jazz.
Jul 1, 2011 · Danny Kaye as Red Nichols singing "Five Pennies" to his daughter Dorothy (Susan Gordon) in the movie The Five Pennies (1959) ...more.
Jul 19, 2009 · The biography of the famous musician, Red Nichols-played by the unforgetable Danny Kaye. Two beautiful scenes from Melville Shavelson's film with Danny Kaye, the so sweet Louis...
The Five Pennies' version of "Ida, Sweet as Apple Cider" was a surprise hit record. It sold over a million copies and was awarded a gold disc by the Recording Industry Association of America. His composition "Nervous Charlie Stomp" was recorded by one of the top jazz bands of the 1920s, Fletcher Henderson's orchestra, and released as a 78 single.
Big Band icons Bob Crosby, Ray Anthony and Shelly Manne join the fun. Loring "Red" Nichols is a cornet-playing country boy who goes to New York in the 1920s full of musical ambition and principles. He gets a job playing in Wil Paradise's band, but quits to pursue his dream of playing Dixieland jazz. He forms the "Five Pennies" which features ...
Big Band icons Bob Crosby, Ray Anthony and Shelly Manne join the fun. And Barbara Bel Geddes (decades before Dallas) and debuting teen Tuesday Weld add to the excellent performances in The Five...
The Five Pennies is a musical biopic of jazz great Red Nichols, who is here played by Danny Kaye. As the famed Dixieland cornetist, he runs into opposition to his sound, but breaks through barriers to achieve success.
In this film based on a true story, Red Nichols (Danny Kaye) moves from his small town to New York City to become a jazz musician. Although he...
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