The Five Pennies
by Melville Shavelson
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Actor: Barbara Bel Geddes, Bob Crosby, Danny Kaye, Harry Guardino, Louis ArmstrongDirector: Melville Shavelson
Brand: Paramount
Cinematographer: Daniel L. Fapp
Writer: Melville Shavelson
Editor: Frank P. Keller
Producer: Jack Rose
Writer: Jack Rose
Writer: Robert Smith
DVD: Region Code 1
Audio: English (Original Language), Dolby Digital 2.0 Mono; English (Subtitled)
Format: Color, DVD-Video, NTSC, Widescreen
Picture Format: 1.66:1
Running Time: 117 minutes
DVD Release Date: 2005-12-13
Audience Rating: NR (Not Rated)
Studio: Paramount
Movie Reviews of The Five Pennies
Movie Review: Fantastic movie!
Summary: 5 Stars
Danny Kaye is as always phenomenal . The movie has some great musical moments. If you like big band, Louie Armstrong, or Danny Kaye, you will like this movie.
Summary of The Five Pennies
Studio: Paramount Home Video Release Date: 05/01/2007 Run time: 117 minutes Rating: NrDanny Kaye shows off his keen musical sense in the lead role of The Five Pennies, the life story of cornet master Red Nichols--or at least the Hollywood version of Nichols'd life. The movie gets off to a kicky start as Nichols joins a big-city band, meets his future wife (Barbara Bel Geddes), and sits in on a speakeasy session with Louis Armstrong. Armstrong's in the movie a lot, and there are smaller roles for other musical names such as Bob Crosby and Ray Anthony. The tunes include a batch of standards but also new songs written by Sylvia Fine, Danny Kaye's wife and the creator of his signature wordplay routines. The film's main dramatic device--that Nichols eventually sacrifices his career to care for a sick daughter--must be slogged through while the decent jazz sequences come and go. Whether you're a Danny Kaye fan or not, this film emphasizes his very real musical "touch" (in his manner, not his cornet playing; Red Nichols dubbed the horn himself). It also proved Kaye could handle melodrama at least as easily as frantic comedy, and yet this 1959 film was near the end of his run as a movie actor. Director Melville Shavelson, most associated with comedy, does an atmospheric job of staging the jazz numbers, especially in the colorful clubs. This is well-served by a snazzy transfer to DVD--even the opening credits are a treat, a cool example of late-1950s graphic design. --Robert Horton
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