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The Benny Goodman Story is a biographical film starring Steve Allen and Donna Reed, directed by Valentine Davies and released by Universal Studios in 1956. The film is based on the life of famed clarinetist Benny Goodman, who recorded most of the clarinet solos used in the film. The film captures several major moments in Goodman's life but it has been described as less than accurate in details. Goodman's Jewish background is never explicitly mentioned, despite it playing a part in his artistic and personal endeavors for decades. In one scene, where his mother tries to talk him out of a romance with Alice Hammond, played by Donna Reed, whom Goodman eventually married, she says, "Bagels and caviar don't mix."
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Robert F. Simon
Papa Dave Goodman
Steve Allen
Benny Goodman
Herbert Anderson
John Hammond Jr.
Jack Kruschen
'Murph' Podolsky - riverboat band Mgr.
Wilton Graff
John Hammond Sr.
Donna Reed
Alice Hammond
John Erman
Harry Goodman à 16 ans
Hy Averback
Willard Alexander - Benny's manager
Dick Winslow
Gil Rodin
David Kasday
Benny Goodman à 10 ans
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