The Eddy Duchin Story (1956)

Directed by

George Sidney

Genre

drama film, biographical film

Country

United States

Runtime

2h 03m

Rated

NR

Rating

6.3 of 10 from 37 voters

Elsewhere

IMDb

How it feels

This biographical film traces the life of pianist and bandleader Eddy Duchin from his rise to fame to his personal losses. It focuses on his career, his relationships, and his bond with his son.

melancholicromanticglossybittersweetleisurely-pacedsentimentalvisually polished

What happens

The Eddy Duchin Story is a 1956 American biopic film of band leader and pianist Eddy Duchin starring Tyrone Power and Kim Novak. Filmed in CinemaScope, the Technicolor production was directed by George Sidney and written by Samuel A. Taylor from a story by Leo Katcher. Harry Stradling received an Academy Award nomination for his cinematography. The picture received four nominations in total and was one of the highest-grossing films of 1956. Incorporating signature elements of Duchin's style into his own, Carmen Cavallaro performed the piano music for the film and the soundtrack was also released as The Eddy Duchin Story (soundtrack). Some of the film's 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. Musician Peter Duchin, whose relationship with his father is one of the storylines of the film, has written critically about the script, saying there was too much unnecessary fictionalization of his parents' lives and deaths. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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