The Five Pennies / Die fünf Pennies [DVD9] (1959)

Storyline: Loring "Red" Nichols is a cornet-playing country boy who goes to New York in the 1920s full of musical ambition and principles. He gets a job playing in Wil Paradise's band, but quits to pursue his dream of playing Dixieland jazz. He forms the "Five Pennies" which features his wife, Bobbie, as vocalist. At the peak of his fame, Red and Bobbie's daughter, Dorothy, develops polio. Red quits the music business to move to Los Angeles where the climate is better for Dorothy. As Dorothy becomes a young teen, she learns of her father's musical past, and he is persuaded to open a small nightclub which is failing until some noted names from his past come to help out.

Beschreibung: In den 1920ern feiert der Musiker Loring “Red” Nichols mit seiner Jazz-Band “Five Pennies” Erfolge in New York. Auf dem Höhepunkt seines Ruhms erkrankt seine Tochter Dorothy an Kinderlähmung. Red gibt die Musik auf und zieht mit seiner Familie nach Kalifornien, wo das Klima Dorothys Heilungschancen vergrößern soll. Jahre später erfährt Dorothy von der musikalischen Vergangenheit ihres Vaters. Sie überredet ihn, einen Nachtclub zu eröffnen.

IMDB: 7.2/10 (768 votes) Nominated for 4 Oscars.

Country: USA
Genre: Biography, Drama, Music
Release Date: August 1959 (USA)
Time: 123 min
Languages: Deutsch, English, French
Subtitle: Deutsch, Englisch, French, Danisch, Finnisch, Niederlandisch, Norwegisch, Schwedisch
Director: Melville Shavelson
Cast:

Danny Kaye … 'Red' Nichols
Barbara Bel Geddes … Willa Stutsman
Louis Armstrong … Himself
Harry Guardino … Tony Valani
Bob Crosby … Wil Paradise
Bobby Troup … Artie Schutt
Susan Gordon … Dorothy Nichols - Ages 6 to 8
Tuesday Weld … Dorothy Nichols - Age 13
Ray Anthony … Jimmy Dorsey
Shelly Manne … Dave Tough
Ray Daley … Glenn Miller
Valerie Allen … Tommye Eden