Sweet and Low-Down

For the 1999 Woody Allen film, see Sweet and Lowdown. For the Dave Van Ronk album, see Sweet & Lowdown.

Sweet and Low-Down is a 1944 film directed by Archie Mayo and starring Benny Goodman and Linda Darnell.^[2] The film was a fictionalized version of life with Goodman, his band, and their manager while entertaining at military camps. The song "I'm Making Believe" (lyrics by Mack Gordon; music by James V. Monaco) was nominated for an Academy Award.^[3]

Sweet and Low-Down
Directed by	Archie Mayo
Screenplay by	Richard English
Story by	Richard English Edward Haldeman
Produced by	William LeBaron
Starring	Benny Goodman Linda Darnell Jack Oakie
Cinematography	Lucien Ballard
Edited by	Dorothy Spencer
Music by	Cyril J. Mockridge
Distributed by	20th Century Fox
Release date	September 21, 1944 (1944-09-21)
Running time	76 minutes
Country	United States
Language	English
Box office	$1,250,000[1]

Plot

A young trombonist lets his newfound success go to his head when he is invited to join the Benny Goodman Orchestra.

Cast

• Benny Goodman as Himself
• Linda Darnell as Trudy Wilson
• Jack Oakie as Popsy
• Lynn Bari as Pat Stirling
• James Cardwell as Johnny Birch
• Allyn Joslyn as Lester Barnes
• John Campbell as Dixie Zang
• Roy Benson as Skeets McCormick
• Dickie Moore as Military Cadet General 'Mogie' Carmichael

Notes

Lynn Bari seems to have been typecast by Fox as a big band singer, playing the role in Sun Valley Serenade (1941) and Archie Mayo's Orchestra Wives (1942). Her voice had been dubbed in those films by Pat Friday, and in this film, she was dubbed by Lorraine Elliot.^[4]