Sweet and Low-Down

Sweet and Low-Down
Directed byArchie Mayo
Screenplay byRichard English
Story byRichard English
Edward Haldeman
Produced byWilliam LeBaron
StarringBenny Goodman
Linda Darnell
Jack Oakie
CinematographyLucien Ballard
Edited byDorothy Spencer
Music byCyril J. Mockridge
Distributed by20th Century Fox
Release date
  • September 21, 1944 (1944-09-21)
Running time
76 minutes
CountryUnited States
LanguageEnglish
Box office$1,250,000[1]

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]

  1. ^ Solomon, Aubrey (November 11, 2002). "Twentieth Century-Fox: A Corporate and Financial History". Rowman & Littlefield – via Google Books.
  2. ^ "AllRovi entry". Archived from the original on 2012-07-23. Retrieved 2011-05-21.
  3. ^ "Sweet and Lowdown". Academy Awards Database. Retrieved 17 March 2016.

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