Week Sixty-Six
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"Syncopation" 1942 (Sonny at top center) |
MOVIE NAME: SYNCOPATION
STUDIO: RKO RADIO PICTURES
PRODUCER: WILLIAM DIETERLE
DIRECTOR: WILLIAM DIETERLE
DATE: 1942
TYPE: MUSICAL
CAST:
ADOLPHE MENJOU as Mary George Latimer, JACKIE COOPER as Johnnie , BONITA GRANVILLE as Kit Latimer , GEORGE BANCROFT as Mr. Porter , TED NORTH as Paul Porter , TODD DUNCAN as Rex Tearbone, CONNEE BOSWELL as Cafe Singer , FRANK JENKS AS Smiley Jackson , JESSIE GRAYSON as Ella , SONNY BUPP, as boy (uncredited)
SOURCE: TV Guide Online, Leonard Maltin's Movie & Video Guide
STORY: A rather spotty story served the purpose of presenting some of the hottest musical talent of the day including Gene Krupa and Benny Goodman. Cooper is a young trumpet player who takes a liking to Granville, a girl who shares his enthusiasm for music but is suffering from a broken heart for the childhood sweetheart she just lost in WW II. After gaining the girl's trust, Cooper starts about some real romancing before getting his band together to have a go at making it. Musical numbers include: "Goin' Up the River" (Dave Torbett, Leith Stevens), "You Made Me Love You" (Joseph McCarthy, James V. Monaco), "Only Worry for a Pillow," "Chicago Ragtime" (Stevens), "Under a Falling Star" (Rich Hall, Stevens, sung by Connie Boswell), and "Slave Market" (Hall Johnson).
Leonard Maltin's Movie & Video Guide: Promising but pedestrian story of early jazz travels from New Orleans to Chicago, focusing on trumpeter Cooper (who's dubbed by Bunny Berigan). The one constant is good music throughout; at the very end, there's a jam session featuring Benny Goodman, Charlie Barnet, Gene Krupa, Harry James, Jack Jenny, Joe Venuti, and Alvino Rey.
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