The Five Pennies
Summary:
The Five Pennies is the life story of influential jazz cornetist Red Nichols, played here by a remarkably straight-faced Danny Kaye. The somewhat romanticized screenplay chronicles Nichols' rise from obscurity, annotates the many future bandleaders who would play with Nichols' "Five Pennies," and details his self-destructive streak and (seeming) inability to conform to cha... Full Summary >>
Cast:
Danny Kaye - (Loring "Red" Nichols)
Barbara Bel Geddes - (Bobbie Meredith (Willa Stutsman))
Louis Armstrong - (Himself)
Harry Guardino - (Tony Valani)
Tuesday Weld - (Dorothy Nichols, 12-14)
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Review:
Undeniably schmaltzy, The Five Pennies still has a certain pull. Most viewers will wince and groan at its soap operatics every five minutes or so, and will probably find themselves saying, "That's enough." Yet they probably won't change the channel until the ridiculously over-the-top finale, and by then the whole picture will have passed anyway.... Continue >>
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