
The Glenn Miller Story(1954)
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.


“There Never Was a Guy Like Eddy!”
The life story of the famous pianist and band-leader of the 1930s and 1940s.

Tyrone Power
Eddy Duchin

Kim Novak
Marjorie Oelrichs Duchin

James Whitmore
Lou Sherwood

Victoria Shaw
Chiquita

Rex Thompson
Peter Duchin, Age 12
Mickey Maga
Peter Duchin, Age 5

Shepperd Strudwick
Sherman Wadsworth

Frieda Inescort
Edith Wadsworth

Gloria Holden
Mrs. Duchin

Larry Keating
Leo Reisman
The Eddy Duchin Story is a drama, romance, music film released in 1956 exploring themes of musical, biography, pianist, bandleader. Directed by George Sidney, it stars Tyrone Power, Kim Novak, James Whitmore. The life story of the famous pianist and band-leader of the 1930s and 1940s.
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