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The Eddy Duchin Story

1956 · 123 min

A lush, old-fashioned tearjerker that sweeps you through a pianist's joys and sorrows with elegant music and heartfelt melodrama.

Tagline
There Never Was a Guy Like Eddy!
Overview
The life story of the famous pianist and band-leader of the 1930s and 1940s.
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Tone
  • melancholicstrength 3 of 3
  • romanticstrength 2 of 3
  • earneststrength 2 of 3
  • warmstrength 1 of 3
Pacing
measured, 2 of 4, from slow-burn to relentless
Attention
engaged, 3 of 4, from background-friendly to demanding
Themes
  • grief
  • love
  • family
  • music
  • redemption
Places
  • big city
  • home
Era
period
Audience
adult
Form
  • true story
Content intensity
  • Gore none
  • Language none
  • Violence none
  • Sex mild
All scales, 0 to 10
Scales, 0 to 10
ScaleValue0 to 10
Action1
Horror0
Humour3
Realism7
Romance6
Tension3
Darkness4
Complexity4
Emotional weight7

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Details

Genres
drama, romance, music
Directed by
George Sidney
Written by
Samuel A. Taylor
Starring
Tyrone Power, Kim Novak, James Whitmore, Victoria Shaw, Rex Thompson, Mickey Maga, Shepperd Strudwick, Frieda Inescort
Music
George Duning
Cinematography
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Runtime
123 min
Country
United States of America
Languages
English

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