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The Glenn Miller Story

1954 · 116 min

A warm, nostalgic biopic filled with swinging big-band music and a tender love story, gently tracing a musician's rise and sudden loss.

Tagline
Their Love Made Such Wonderful Music!
Overview
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.
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Tone
  • warmstrength 3 of 3
  • earneststrength 2 of 3
  • melancholicstrength 1 of 3
  • romanticstrength 2 of 3
Pacing
measured, 2 of 4, from slow-burn to relentless
Attention
easy-watch, 2 of 4, from background-friendly to demanding
Themes
  • music
  • ambition
  • love
  • family
  • war
Places
  • big city
  • home
Era
period
Audience
family
Form
  • true story
Content intensity
  • Gore none
  • Language none
  • Violence none
  • Sex none
All scales, 0 to 10
Scales, 0 to 10
ScaleValue0 to 10
Action1
Horror0
Humour3
Realism7
Romance5
Tension2
Darkness2
Complexity3
Emotional weight5

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Details

Genres
drama, music, romance
Directed by
Anthony Mann
Written by
Oscar Brodney, Valentine Davies
Starring
James Stewart, June Allyson, Harry Morgan, Charles Drake, George Tobias, Barton MacLane, Sig Ruman, Irving Bacon
Music
Henry Mancini
Cinematography
William H. Daniels
Runtime
116 min
Country
United States of America
Languages
English

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