The Eddy Duchin Story

The Eddy Duchin Story
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Directed by	George Sidney
Written by	Samuel A. Taylor
Produced by	Jerry Wald Jonie Taps
Starring	Kim Novak Tyrone Power Victoria Shaw James Whitmore Shepperd Strudwick
Cinematography	Harry Stradling
Edited by	Viola Lawrence Jack Ogilvie
Music by	George Duning
Distributed by	Columbia Pictures
Release date	June 21, 1956
Running time	123 minutes
Country	Template:Film US
Language	English

The Eddy Duchin Story is a 1956 biopic of band leader and pianist Eddy Duchin. It was directed by George Sidney-helmed film, written by Samuel A. Taylor, and starred Tyrone Power and Kim Novak. The musical soundtrack recording, imitating Duchin's style, was performed by pianist Carmen Cavallaro. Harry Stradling Sr. received an Academy Award nomination for his cinematography in the film. It had four nominations in total, but won nothing. However it was one of the highest grossing films of 1956. Some of its box office success can be attributed to the appearance of Novak in ads for No-Cal diet soda. Novak became one of the first celebrities to be featured in advertisements for soft drinks, and each ad also featured a reminder to see Novak in The Eddy Duchin Story.

Score

There was a musical tribute soundtrack, played by Al Lerner, A Tribute to Eddy Duchin. Released by Tops Records, featuring the following tunes:

(A special detail from the vinyl record of this tribute is that it is not black, but is made of yellow translucent material, with some brown figures in veneer)

• "Manhattan"
• "Nocturne in E Flat"
• "Starlight Concerto"
• "Gee, Baby, I Ain't Too Good to You"
• "Shine"
• "Night Dreams"
• "My Heart Belongs to Daddy"
• "It Must Be True"
• "I Can't Give You Anything But Love, Baby"
• "Bésame Mucho"
• "Love Walked In"
• "Whispering"

Awards

The film was nominated for four Academy Awards.

• Cinematography (Color)
• Music (Scoring of a Musical Picture)
• Sound Recording (John Livadary)
• Writing (Motion Picture Story)

External links

• The Eddy Duchin Story at Rotten Tomatoes
• The Eddy Duchin Story at IMDb
• The Eddy Duchin Story at AllMovie