Biopic is an enormously difficult genre to do successfully. They're especially difficult to do if the subject was particularly beloved. Add to that the fact that Glenn Miller died tragically, and very recently. His family was still perfectly alive, as were, I assume, many members of his band. If anything interesting happened in Glenn Miller's life, you'd never know it from watching The Glenn Miller Story. It's an awfully bland little picture, with its only energy coming from always reliable Jimmy Stewart and Miller's own music. Oh, and a brief appearance by jazz legend Louis Armstrong (who actually looks kind of scary in close-up!). June Allyson, who plays Miller's wife, is embarrassing. She's very, very poor in the film. Not one other actor in the film registers. I say just go out and buy some Glenn Miller music (and mix in some Louis Armstrong!) instead of sitting through this one. 5/10.
Review of The Glenn Miller Story
