The Benny Goodman Story 1956  N/R, 116 min.
Genre: Drama / Musical
Director: Valentine Davies
Cast: Steve Allen, Donna Reed, Berta Gersten, Herbert Anderson, Robert F. Simon, Hy Averback, Dick Winslow, Jack Kruschen, Harry James, Wilton Graff, Sammy Davis Jr., Martha Tilton, Barry Truex, Shepard Menken, David Kasday
Great music is part of this biography of the famous bandleader Benny Goodman (Steve Allen) that includes his days of growing up in Chicago as well as his romance with and marriage to society debutante Alice Hammond (Donna Reed). Guest performers include Harry James, Gene Krupa, Lionel Hampton, Sammy Davis Jr., and Martha Tilton.
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Crime, Inc. 1945  N/R, 82 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: Lew Landers
Cast: Leo Carrillo, Tom Neal, Martha Tilton, Lionel Atwill, Grant Mitchell, Harry Shannon, Danny Morton, Virginia Vale, Don Beddoe, George Meeker
Crime reporter Jim Riley (Tom Neal) takes on a gang of racketeers, and the case against them is made more difficult when the jury foreman (Leo Carrillo) is the gang leader.
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Sunny 1941  N/R, 98 min.
Genre: Comedy
Director: Herbert Wilcox
Cast: Anna Neagle, Ray Bolger, John Carroll, Edward Everett Horton, Grace Hartman, Paul Hartman, Frieda Inescort, Helen Westley, Benny Rubin, Muggins Davies, Richard Lane, Martha Tilton, Torben Meyer
Circus star Sunny Sullivan (Anna Neagle) is performing in New Orleans when she falls in love with wealthy Larry Warren (John Carroll). But, the romance has problems in the form of Larry's snobbish family that does not welcome the circus performer into their high-society lifestyle. The film received an Oscar nomination for Best Musical Score, and Ray Bolger's dancing certainly adds to the enjoyment.
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| 1. The Benny Goodman Story (1956)
2. Crime, Inc. (1945)
3. Sunny (1941)
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