The Eddy Duchin Story [DVD] [2009] by Kim Novak

Mention Eddie Duchin today and you'll be greeted with "Who" I saw this film years ago and even I didnt know who he was. He was a piano player with a difference. He could get more out of a piano than most people. His story is how he got to be a top entertainer and how he met his society wife and married and had a son and his wife died so he left his son to be raised by other people. When his son was about 9 it was pointed out to him that he better get to know him or else he would lose him. He got to know him and married again and the story goes on. All the way through is beautifully played music for piano. I could compare his playing with Liberace. They had a similar style. It is a good film and a good story and good music.

A brilliant film,really enjoyed it great music,definitely recommend it for all music lovers of dance bands and love a good story ofMusicians,who gave us great music to listen and dance to.will watch it many times again,very touching to the heart in parts,will put it in my collection of other dvds in the great dance bands of the thirties ,fourties ,love these films got a few more to collect yet,Thanks for giving me the chance to buy and relive those memories of my younger days ,when real music was played,to dance too,

Pleasure

I love Tyrone Power, that is the only reason I bought this DVD, but even I had to laugh at the sight of him playing a young man straight out of college! Luckily it was only for a couple of scenes, but it really was ridiculous, as was the whole drama of Kim Novak's character being scared of the wind, what the hell that was all about, is anyone's guess. I remember watching the film years ago and think it was the best thing ever, but now I've re-watched it, it's probably the most wooden pile of tripe I've seen for ages, i still love Tyrone Power though.

I saw the Eddie Duchin Story, many more years ago than I care to mention, and bought the soundtrack record, which I still treasure, it was it was the old 75 rpm vinyl. I came across another copy twenty years ago, and bought it, as I was scared that I was playing the first one so much it would disintegrate.My children grew up with the piano playing of the film theme ringing in their ears, and as the years went by I constantly looked to see if it had been made into a DVD. I found it on Amazon, and immediately purchased a copy.I now feel I have in my DVD collection, a great moment of history, of great music by the bands of yesteryear.

Another of those glossy hollywood bio's in glorious colour made by Universal, which were not exactly renowned for their musicals and here you can see why, tho' its pleasant enough.The music is the best part,some of the sentiments slightly overdone,Kim Novak manages to act her eyelashes off (just),his parents are real stereotypes and the love interest later in the film is played by an actress ive never heard of before (or since) ,who appears to be trying to be a new Grace Kelly but comes across as just hard and impossible to warm to.In spite of all this the music ,tho' it hasnt aged well,IS good like I said.A rainy Saturday afternoon kinda film .

Enjoyed the movie thoroughly.

I love the movie. It’s my style. Today them doesn’t do films quite all special effect