The Five Pennies
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Movie Reviews of The Five Pennies
Movie Review: A rich and glowing transfer
Summary: 4 Stars
The Five Pennies" is to me, like so many of your other reviewers, a childhood memory that has stayed through its many TV airings to be one of my most loved movies. At last to see it on DVD is a rare gift, I tried to get it transferred from a video print last year, but predictably, the video print was so bad (like so many video releases of movies of the period)that the transfer was almost unwatchable . This pristine print taken from original negative is a rich and glowing transfer of a movie beyond criticism and full of glorious dixieland music. Now with the movie soundtrack also available on CD, the movie and its wonderful soundtrack may be better appreciated by afficionados. My only criticism is the film comes with no special features, surely a doco on Kaye would not have been that hard to put together? or at least a retrospective doco and an interview with Susan Gordon and Tuesday Weld who are both still around? Paramount tend to be lazy with this sort of thing, they adapt their films superbly with excellent 16.9 widescreen transfers, then let themselves down by not presenting any extras. (the one exception was the release of "White Christmas"-also Kaye)....Perhaps now we may see DVD releases of some other Kaye films - "Wonder Man", "Merry Andrew" and " me and the Colonel" would be nice.Movie Review: Nice Sounds In This Classic Film
Summary: 4 Stars
Danny Kaye plays Red Nichols, a famous coronet player of yesteryear. I found this story a notch better "fair" and nicely aided by the musical talent of Louis Armstrong.
Kaye and Armstrong's duet on "When The Saints Go Marching In" is the highlight of the film.
For a classic movie, the stereo in here is amazing, especially on the songs. In one instance, there are three people singing and their voices all coming out separately on different speakers. Pretty good for just a VHS tape. Now that a DVD has been released, I wonder what the sound on that is like?
The story starts to lag a bit near the end when Kaye starts to feel sorry for himself and this goes on and on as he retires from playing. However, there is a nice, sentimental upbeat ending.
Notes: Kaye and Barbara Bel Geddes, who plays Red's wife "Bobbie," never age in the film even though it spans 15 or more years! It's also interesting to see Tuesday Weld as a teenager.
Movie Review: The Five Pennies
Summary: 4 Stars
I remembered this movie from when it first came out. As I enjoyed it then, I was sure that I would enjoy it now. Danny Kaye does an excellent job as Red Nichols, and the supporting cast is made up mostly of the real musicians. I do not know how true the story is, but it is enjoyable, if a bit maudlin. The music is fantastic.Movie Review: The Five Pennies
Summary: 4 Stars
A rather more different production to feature Danny Kaye but his talents are ably displayed as he portrays a musician and father. Be prepared for some sad parts but many aspects of the story ring true to life. Lots of great music and the scenes with Danny Kaye and Louis Armstrong together are cinematic gold.Movie Review: Danny Kaye & Louie Armstrong
Summary: 4 Stars
Nice band leader story with great music. Danny Kaye and Louie Armstrong perform a rendition of "When the Saints Go Marching In" that is a memorable event in the history of movies! It is reason enough to watch this film.