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Bye Bye Blues is a canadien film of genre Drama directed by Anne Wheeler with Rebecca Jenkins
Bye Bye Blues (1990)
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Add to a movie listBye Bye Blues is a 1989 Canadian film. It was written and directed by Anne Wheeler and produced by Alberta Motion Picture Development Corporation with the assistance of Allarcom Limited.
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During World War II, Daisy Cooper (Rebecca Jenkins) joins a jazz band as a singer to provide for her family while her husband Teddy (Michael Ontkean) is serving in the Canadian military. The cast also includes Leslie Yeo, Kate Reid, Wayne Robson, Robyn Stevan, and Stuart Margolin.Actors
Rebecca Jenkins
(Daisy Cooper)
Michael Ontkean
(Teddy Cooper)
Wayne Robson
(Pete)
Chad Krowchuk
(Richard Cooper (5 years))
Tom Alter
(Gilbert Wilson)
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