TV goes Hollywood when Steve Allen visits Universal-International to prepare for his upcoming title role in "The Benny Goodman Story."

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...

Nicky Nelson is a fast-talking sideshow barker with a wax-and-alive concession on Atlantic City's boardwalk. Even with the band of his friend,...

It's the hope that sustains the spirit of every GI: the dream of the day when he will finally return home. For three WWII veterans, the day has...

The employees of a failing radio station must put on a huge ratings winner to have any chance of continued operation.

Two reel comedy starring Gene Krupa as an Orchestra leader trying to make it in New York.

A group of academics have spent years shut up in a house working on the definitive encyclopedia. When one of them discovers that his entry on slang...

Documentary short film intended to drum up support for the Fifth War Loan Campaign. It shows a happy family in the future of 1960 enjoying the...

After losing a coveted role in an upcoming film to another actress, screen queen Mona Marshall (Lola Lane) protests by refusing to appear at her...

“A tribute to the Swing Era evoked by skillful intercutting of rare material examining the varying fortunes of five ex-Basie sidemen. It looks...

A talent scout and her colleague form their own company when their agency ignores their latest discovery.

A young trumpeter rises through the jazz world and finds love.

Liza Lee, fast-talking press agent for Al Jarvis, persuades Jarvis to stage a Musical Mystery Contest, with a $5000 prize to the person who can first...

A made-for-TV musical revue, compiled from soundies and film and TV performances by jazz greats from the 1930s to the 1950s.

Two couples work through their issues in this backstage Broadway musical.

Singer Ann wants back her money that the manager of a big-band has embezzled.

Two silky-smooth producers line up a potential backer (who'll put up half the cash) for a musical review. The catch is that they must find someone...

Anita O'Day with Gene Krupa and His Orchestra perform "Let Me Off Uptown".

Young Benny Goodman is taught clarinet by a music professor. He is advised to play whichever kind of music he likes best, but to make a living, Benny...

This "Name Band Musical" short from Universal (production number 3302), filmed in November of 1947 and released on December 3, 1947 (which should...

Includes the segments, "Bop Boogie", "Sabre Dance" and "Disc Jockey Jump" by Gene and the band with vocalist Dolores Hawkins and introduced by Disc...

The growth of juvenile crime in a small town starts a movement for the building of a youth center.

Gene Krupa and His Orchestra have a jam session.

Brazilian animated film, hand-painted on 35mm film.

Nicky Nelson is a fast-talking sideshow barker with a wax-and-alive concession on Atlantic City's boardwalk. Even with the band of his friend,...

Showtime presented this pro-shot musical revue of the songs & lyrics of legendary film and Broadway composer Frank Loesser.