Young Benny Goodman is taught clarinet by a music professor. He is advised to play whichever kind of music he likes best, but to make a living, Benny begins by joining the Ben Pollack traveling band.
Steve Allen
Benny Goodman
Donna Reed
Alice Hammond
Berta Gersten
Mama Goodman
Barry Truex
Benny Goodman (age 16)
Herbert Anderson
John Hammond Jr.
Robert F. Simon
Papa Dave Goodman
Hy Averback
Willard Alexander - Benny's manager
Sammy Davis Sr.
Fletcher Henderson
Dick Winslow
Gil Rodin
Shepard Menken
Harry Goodman
Jack Kruschen
'Murph' Podolsky - riverboat band Mgr.
Wilton Graff
John Hammond Sr.
Fred Essler
Prof Schoepp
David Kasday
Benny Goodman (age 10 )
John Erman
Harry Goodman (age 16 )
Miss Hokusai
The Lenin Factor
Sagan
'Round Midnight
Arnold Schönberg - Der rastlose Visionär
Josh: Independence Through Unity
The Great Debaters
The Edge of Love
Auto Focus
La dernière échappée
Don't Worry, He Won't Get Far on Foot
Cass
Gia
Rudy
Sharky's Machine
Jan
The Hitler Gang
Mann kann ja nie wissen
Ich bin nicht Gott, aber wie Gott
The Express
Respect
Beyond the Sea
Coda
Thirty Two Short Films About Glenn Gould
Elvis
A Complete Unknown
Whitney Houston: I Wanna Dance with Somebody
Springsteen: Deliver Me from Nowhere
Music of the Heart
Grace Unplugged
Köln 75
Teen Spirit
Richard Jewell
Take the Lead
Inside Llewyn Davis
England Is Mine
My Dinner with Hervé
Love & Mercy