Sun Valley Serenade (1941)

Directed by

H. Bruce Humberstone

Genre

musical film, romantic comedy

Country

United States

Runtime

1h 26m

Rated

NR

Rating

7.1 of 10 from 31 voters

Elsewhere

IMDb

How it feels

A Norwegian skating star joins a ski lodge band in Sun Valley. She falls for the band's manager while fending off other suitors and performing musical numbers.

lightheartedupbeatromanticnostalgicplayfulcheerfulbreezywhimsical

What happens

Sun Valley Serenade is a 1941 American musical film directed by H. Bruce Humberstone and starring Sonja Henie, John Payne, Glenn Miller, Milton Berle, and Lynn Bari. It features music by the Glenn Miller Orchestra and dancing by the Nicholas Brothers. It also features Dorothy Dandridge, performing "Chattanooga Choo Choo", which was nominated for an Oscar for Best Song, was inducted into the Grammy Hall of Fame in 1996, and was awarded the first gold record for sales of 1.2 million. Studio 20th Century Fox re-released the film in 1946 and in 1954 to tie-in with the biopic The Glenn Miller Story. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

Trailer

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