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for Carmen Miranda. Does the banana
xylophone top the artichoke chorus girls
Or does the pathway of giant strawberries
down which Miranda prances outdo them
both”
The band’s personnel: Lee Castle, Ray
Linn, Bobby Guyer (trumpets); Miff Mole,
Charlie Castalso (trombones); Hymie
Schertzer, Leonard Kaye (alto saxophones);
Jon Walton, Bon Tayloe (tenor
saxophones); Joe Rushton (baritone saxophone);
Jess Stacy (piano); Bart Roth (guitar);
Gus van Camp (bass); Louis Bellson
(drums) 4 (see Photo 9).
ROAD TO VICTORY
(ALSO TITLED
THE SHINING FUTURE),
1944, WARNER BROS.
This is a 10-minute documentary intended
to drum up support for the Fifth
War Loan Campaign during World War II.
It shows a happy family in the future of
1951 enjoying the prosperity and advantages
made possible by the successful prosecution
of the war and how the sacrifices
of 1944 have made the world a better place.
There are brief appearances by such movie
stars as Bing Crosby, Cary Grant, Frank
Sinatra and Jack Carson, as well as the
big bands of Benny Goodman and Harry
James. 5 Unfortunately, the writer found no
images or a video of this documentary in
researching this series.
Photo 8. Original movie still of Tony De Marco and Virginia Wilson dancing to the BG
band (background). Standing on stage at right are (l to r) Phil Baker, Carmen Miranda,
Alice Faye and Charlotte Greenwood.
BIBLIOGRAPHY
Benny Goodman, The Centennial Collection,
Bluebird 82876-60088-2; Includes
a CD with 21 standards and a
DVD with excerpts from the following
movies: The Powers Girl, The Gang’s
All Here and Stage Door Canteen
Connor, D. Russell and Warren W. Hicks.
BG — On the Record, A Bio-discography
of Benny Goodman, Arlington
House, 1973
Firestone, Ross. Swing, Swing, Swing, The
Life and Times of Benny Goodman, W.
W. Norton & Co., New York, 1993
Maltin, Leonard. The Disney Films, Crown
Publishers, Inc., New York, 1984
Meeker, David. Jazz in the Movies, Talisman
Books Ltd, London, 1981
Paul, Jean-Marie, “Benny Goodman, roi
du swing: 1909–1986,” Clarinette Magazine,
Numéro 9-2ème Trimestre 1986,
pp. 4–11
Yanow, Scott. Jazz on Film, Backbeat
Books, San Francisco, 2004
Photo 9. Original lobby card
ENDNOTES
1. Connor, D. Russell and Warren W. Hicks. BG —
On the Record, A Bio-discography of Benny Goodman,
Arlington House, 1973, p. 334
2. Meeker, David. Jazz in the Movies, Talisman
Books Ltd, London, 1981, entry no. 3061
3. Conner, pp. 338–340
4. Meeker, entry no. 1170
5. Web site: Internet Movie Database, Inc.,
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