Movie

Sweet and Low-Down

Released: September 21, 1944 (1944)

Runtime: 76 minutes

Genres: Music, Romance

After their annual free concert at Chicago's Dearborn Settlement, Benny Goodman and his band are packing up to go to their next engagement when a kid steals Goodman's clarinet. Goodman and Popsie pursue him to a tenement flat where he has led them to hear his brother play the trombone. Shenanigans ensue following Goodman's offering the brother a job with the band.

Main Cast (Top 10 billed, oldest first)

Allyn Joslyn as Lester Barnes
Age at release: 43
Jack Oakie as Popsy
Age at release: 40
Benny Goodman as Benny Goodman
Age at release: 35
Lynn Bari as Pat Stirling
Age at release: 30
Roy Benson as Skeets McCormick
Age at release: 30
John Campbell as Dixie Zang
Age at release: 29
James Cardwell as Johnny Birch
Age at release: 23
Linda Darnell as Trudy Wilson
Age at release: 20
Dickie Moore as Military Cadet General 'Mogie' Cramichael
Age at release: 19
Terry Moore as Snub-Nosed Girl on Dance Floor (uncredited)
Age at release: 15