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Best Sound Recording | 1955
Best Writing Story and Screenplay | 1955
Best Music Scoring of a Musical Picture | 1955 | Henry
Best Foreign Actor | 1955 | James
Outstanding Directorial Achievement in Motion Pictures | 1955
Best Written American Musical | 1955
Best Actress | 1954 | June
One of Glenn Miller's trombones is on display at the National Museum of the US Air Force in Dayton, OH, along with other Miller memorabilia. According to the display notes, the Miller estate allowed James Stewart to "play" this trombone in this film. Another trombone and additional memorabilia are displayed at the Glenn Miller Birthplace Museum in Clarinda, IA.
James Stewart took trombone lessons in order to actually play during scenes where Glenn Miller is seen performing with his orchestra. However, while learning from his tutor, Stewart's attempts at practicing the instrument made such horrible noises that the teacher reportedly went home in a rage every night to his family. It was decided that Stewart would accurately mime the motions of playing (especially apparent during the performance of String of Pearls) while his trombone tutor Joe Yukl did the actual playing.
Second of three movies where James Stewart and June Allyson played husband and wife. The other two are Strategic Air Command & The Stratton Story.
Among those attending the premiere of the film was Glenn Miller's mother, who thought the film good enough, but opined that her son was better-looking than James Stewart.
The orange street car that is shown behind James Stewart when he is outside the pawn shop at the beginning of the film, is the previously defunct but now re-opened "Angels Flight", a landmark 2'6" (762 mm) narrow-gauge funicular railway in the Bunker Hill district of downtown Los Angeles, California. The Angels Flight tracks connected Hill Street and Olive Street. It operated from 1901 until it was closed in 1969, when its site was cleared for redevelopment.
"[repeated line] Helen Burger: Honestly!"
"Glenn Miller: Alright, alright, let's have the five saxes right in there... Si Schribman: *Five* saxes? Glenn Miller: And the trombones, right on the left here, over there, right in there, and the four trumpets right behind them... Si Schribman: Four trombones and four trumpets! When they get playing, what's gonna hold the roof on? Si's Assistant: He's trying five saxes with a trumpet lead. Si Schribman: Maybe it's good and maybe it ain't, but it's radical!"
