The Glenn Miller Story

"Their Love Made Such Wonderful Music!"

1954 1h 56m EN

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7.0

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89%

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7.3

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★7.0TMDB · 170🍅89%Rotten Tomatoes★7.3IMDB · 10,152

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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.

“Their Love Made Such Wonderful Music!”

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Cast

James Stewart
Glenn Miller
June Allyson
Helen Burger Miller
Harry Morgan
Chummy MacGregor
Charles Drake
Don Haynes
George Tobias
Si Schribman
Barton MacLane
General Arnold
Sig Ruman
W. Kranz
Irving Bacon
Mr. Miller

Credits

Behind the camera

Director: Anthony Mann
Writers: Valentine Davies, Oscar Brodney
Languages: English
Countries: United States of America

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ERA

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72 years old — a genuine piece of film history.

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DIRECTOR

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Directed by Anthony Mann, shot by William H. Daniels. Note their partnership — DPs and directors often return to each other across a career.

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DIRECTOR

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Original score by Henry Mancini. Worth a dedicated listen after — most great films lose half their impact without the score.

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DIRECTOR

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Editor Russell F. Schoengarth shaped the rhythm. On an edit-heavy film, the editor does more to control your pulse than the director.

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CAST

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James Stewart and June Allyson and Harry Morgan carry the top of the cast.

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AWARDS

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Marketing tagline: "Their Love Made Such Wonderful Music!".

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7 / 7

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IMDB entry: tt0047030 — still the authoritative cross-reference for credits and trivia.

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The take

Anthony Mann directs. William H. Daniels behind the camera. Henry Mancini scores. Russell F. Schoengarth cuts. Produced in United States of America. Dialogue in English.

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172 years old — a genuine piece of film history.
2Directed by Anthony Mann, shot by William H. Daniels. Note their partnership — DPs and directors often return to each other across a career.
3Original score by Henry Mancini. Worth a dedicated listen after — most great films lose half their impact without the score.
4Editor Russell F. Schoengarth shaped the rhythm. On an edit-heavy film, the editor does more to control your pulse than the director.
5James Stewart and June Allyson and Harry Morgan carry the top of the cast.
6Marketing tagline: "Their Love Made Such Wonderful Music!".
7IMDB entry: tt0047030 — still the authoritative cross-reference for credits and trivia.

The technical file

Cinematography: William H. Daniels
Original score: Henry Mancini
Editing: Russell F. Schoengarth
Costume design: Jay A. Morley Jr.
Makeup / hair: Joan St. Oegger
Runtime: 116 min · 1h 56m
Aspect ratio (typical): 1.37:1 (Academy)
Status: Released
Original language: EN
Certification (US): G
IMDB: The Glenn Miller Story (1954)
Rotten Tomatoes: 89% 🍅 Fresh
IMDB rating: 7.3/10 · 10,152 votes
MPAA: Approved

Awards

Won 1 Oscar. 1 win & 7 nominations total

Academy Award for Best Sound

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CinemaSerf2026-01-08
★ 7/10
James Stewart is on engaging form in this biopic of acclaimed American composer and band leader Glenn Miller. A talented trombonist, when he hasn’t got it pawned, he makes his money working in bars and clubs whilst trying to set up a band with his friends. A chance audition sees him fall on his feet and together with pianist Chummy (Harry Morgan) they start to make some inroads into a market place that’s still to experience “popular” music on record. All the while, he’s rekindling a romance with “Helen” (June Allyson) and then “Moonlight Serenade” changes everyone’s life for good. So, however, does WWII and when he is called up, he suggests to General Arnold (Barton MacLane) that his skills could be put to better use if he, and many of his musical cohorts, were to establish a band that could travel to Europe and cheer the troops. It’s an history, so we know that he lost his life in the Channel in late 1944, but along the way here we have a few personable efforts from Allyson and Morgan and lots of his music. What I enjoyed more than in many a musical retrospective, is that we do actually get a decent amount of his tunes played all the way through. “Pennsylvania 6-5000”; “Little Brown Jug” and “In The Mood” are amongst the staples that remind us not just of how popular he was on vinyl (a very nice home from 3c a disc suggests sales in the millions) but just how effective nostalgia was at boosting morale for troops overseas facing the Nazis. Sure, it can be a bit sentimental - but Stewart always managed to present that with a glint in his eye, and together together with the always smiling Allyson they keep it just the right side of cheesy whilst emanating a feel-good factor that’s easy to watch.

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