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Sweet and Low-Down (1944)
After their annual free concert at Chicago's Dearborn Settlement, Benny Goodman and his band are packing up to go to their next engagement when a kid steals Goodman's clarinet. Goodman and Popsie pursue him to a tenement flat where he has led them to hear his brother play the trombone. Shenanigans ensue following Goodman's offering the brother a job with the band.
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After their annual free concert at Chicago's Dearborn Settlement, Benny Goodman and his band are packing up to go to their next engagement when a kid steals Goodman's clarinet. Goodman and Popsie pursue him to a tenement flat where he has led them to hear his brother play the trombone. Shenanigans ensue following Goodman's offering the brother a job with the band.
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Genre:Music, Romance
Written By:Richard English
In Theaters:9/21/1944
Box Office:
Runtime:76 minutes
Studio:20th Century Fox
Cast
Archie Mayo
Director
Benny Goodman
Benny Goodman
Linda Darnell
Trudy Wilson
Jack Oakie
Popsy
Lynn Bari
Pat Stirling
James Cardwell
Johnny Birch
Allyn Joslyn
Lester Barnes
John Campbell
Dixie Zang
Roy Benson
Skeets McCormick
Dickie Moore
Military Cadet General 'Mogie' Cramichael
Terry Moore
Snub-Nosed Girl on Dance Floor (uncredited)
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