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Sun Valley Serenade is a american film of genre Comedy directed by Malcolm St. Clair released in USA on 29 august 1941 with John Payne

Sun Valley Serenade (1941)

Sun Valley Serenade
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Released in USA 29 august 1941
Length 1h26
OriginUSA
Genres Comedy,    Musical,    Romance
Rating70% 3.544913.544913.544913.544913.54491

Sun Valley Serenade is a 1941 musical film starring Sonja Henie, John Payne, Glenn Miller, Milton Berle, and Lynn Bari. It features the Glenn Miller Orchestra as well as dancing by the Nicholas Brothers and Dorothy Dandridge, performing "Chattanooga Choo Choo", which was nominated for an Academy Award for Best Song, was inducted into the Grammy Hall of Fame in 1996, and was awarded the first Gold Record for sales of 1.2 million.

Synopsis

Ted Scott (Payne) is a band pianist whose publicity manager decides that, for good press, the band should adopt a foreign refugee. The band goes to Ellis Island to meet the girl and soon discovers that the refugee isn't a 10-year-old child, but a young woman, Karen Benson (Henie). The surprise comes right before the band is to travel to Sun Valley, Idaho for a Christmas gig. While on the ski slopes Ted soon falls for Karen's inventive schemes to win the heart of her new sponsor, much to the chagrin of his girlfriend, Vivian Dawn (Bari), a soloist with the band. Vivian promptly quits the band out of jealousy, and Karen stages an elaborate ice show as a substitute.

Actors

John Payne

(Ted Scott)Milton Berle

(Jerome K. 'Nifty' Allen)Lynn Bari

(Vivian Dawn)Joan Davis

(Miss Carstairs)William B. Davidson

(Jack Murray)
And :
Dorothy Dandridge
Almira Sessions
Ralph Dunn
Ann Doran
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