The Benny Goodman Story (DVD)

Musical biopic of the clarinetist known as the 'King of Swing', Benny Goodman. Featuring all his most memorable music, the story follows Goodman (Steve Allen) from his childhood in Chicago up until his historic concert at Carnegie Hall in 1938. Includes guest appearances by many of the great performers of the era including members of Goodman's band (Gene Krupa, Teddy Wilson, Ben Pollack, Edward 'Kid' Ory and Lionel Hampton) along with Harry James, Martha Tilton and Ziggy Elman.

General

Studio:	Eureka!
Country of origin:	United States
Release date:	October 2008
Movie released:	1956
Actors:	Steve Allen • Donna Reed • Berta Gersten • Barry Truex • Herbert Anderson • Robert F Simon • Hy Averback • Sammy Davis Sr • Dick Winslow
Contributors:	Aaron Rosenberg • Valentine Davies • Harold Brown • Alan Harding • Fletcher Henderson • Sol Yaged
Directors:	Valentine Davies
Dimensions:	192 x 137 x 15mm (L x W x T)
Format:
Running time:	1 hour, 56 minutes
Region encoding:	Region 2. This DVD will play in all South African DVD players.
Audio format:	Stereo
Languages:	English
Age restriction:	A
Categories:	DVD > Musical DVD > Feature Film
LSN:	XNA-Q7Y-7PE-3
Barcode:	5060000402780

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