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Glenn Miller (James Stewart) is a poor trombone player with dreams of fame. Eventually, through years of hard work and determination, he is able to start his own band, and they become...
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Biography of bandleader Glenn Miller from his beginnings to his death over the English Channel in December 1944. The unemployed trombone player Glenn Miller is always broken, chasing his sound to form his band and hocking his instrument in the pawn house to survive.
The Glenn Miller Story. A dramatization of the life of the trombone player who became one of the most popular big-band leaders of all time. 3,331 IMDb 7.3 1 h 56 min 1954. X-Ray 7+.
The Glenn Miller Story was a box office smash in 1954, just ten years after the celebrated composer had disappeared overseas in December of 1944.
A vibrant tribute to one of America's legendary bandleaders, charting Glenn Miller's rise from obscurity and poverty to fame and wealth in the early 1940s.
This gripping drama features original Miller music performed by the Glenn Miller Orchestra; iconic musicians such as Gene Krupa, Frances Langford and Louis Armstrong; and a supporting cast that includes Harry Morgan, Charles Drake and George Tobias.
From his humble beginnings on an Iowa farm to his global fame as a best-selling recording artist, Glenn Miller's story—which was cut short by his stunning death—is one of a true American...
