The Eddy Duchin Story

The Eddy Duchin Story (1956)

There Never Was a Guy Like Eddy!

The life story of the famous pianist and band-leader of the 1930s and 1940s.

Date of release
1956-05-02
TMDB
6.3 / 10 (37)
Runtime
2h 3m
Genres
Drama, Romance, Music
Director
George Sidney

Casting

Interesting facts

  • Awards: 0 · Nominations: 4

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).

Production

In 1954 Columbia paid $100,000 for the rights for a film biography of Eddy Duchin. The deal included a story by Leo Katcher, The Eddy Duchin Story. Attorney Sol Rosenblatt represented Katcher along with Duchin's son, Peter, and his widow, Maria Duchin, now Mrs Morgan Heap. The rights included approval on story and casting. George Sidney claims Columbia were given the rights to Duchin's life because W.

George Sidney, the director, said he left MGM to work at Columbia in order to make the film (he had been taught piano by Duchin and seen the pianist's last concert). In November 1954 Columbia announced Sidney would direct, Jerry Wald would produce, and Moss Hart would write the script, the latter under a three-picture deal. Sidney says Hart dropped out when he fell ill so Samuel Taylor wrote it, with Clifford Odets doing some uncredited work.

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