The Jazz Boy
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| The Jazz Boy | |
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| Directed by | Hasse Ekman |
| Written by | Hasse Ekman Åke Söderblom Gösta Stevens |
| Produced by | Allan Ekelund |
| Starring | Hasse Ekman Maj-Britt Nilsson Elof Ahrle Georg Funkquist |
| Cinematography | Martin Bodin |
| Edited by | Oscar Rosander |
| Music by | Charles Redland |
Production company | |
| Distributed by | Svensk Filmindustri |
Release date |
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Running time | 104 minutes |
| Country | Sweden |
| Language | Swedish |
The Jazz Boy (Swedish: Jazzgossen) is a 1958 Swedish musical film directed and by Hasse Ekman and starring Ekman, Maj-Britt Nilsson, Elof Ahrle and Georg Funkquist.[1] The film was an attempt to make a nostalgic cavalcade of the Swedish entertainment scene of the 1920s and 1930s, and featured many songs from that era. The film's sets were designed by the art director P.A. Lundgren.
Cast
[edit]- Maj-Britt Nilsson as Karin Ingel-Anker
- Hasse Ekman as Teddy Anker
- Elof Ahrle as Mille Bergström
- Bengt Ekerot as Erik Jonsson
- Georg Funkquist as Allan Örtengren
- Per Lindquist as Lars-Erik
- Meg Westergren as Madeleine
- Torsten Lilliecrona as Guest at Teddy's party
- Curt Masreliez as Hubbe
- Einar Fagstad as himself
- Wiktor Andersson as Stage Guard
- Ingvar Kjellson as Guest at Teddy's party
- Hans Strååt as The Director of 'Kameliadamen'
- Ragnar Klange as Visitor at auction
- Rune Halvarsson
- Elsa Ebbesen as Svea
- Gunnar Olsson as Film director
- Börje Nyberg as Sound engineer
- Gösta Prüzelius as Film editor
- Ulf Johansson as Lightmaster at China
- Sven-Axel Carlsson as Electrician at China
- Per Sjöstrand as Armand
- Håkan Serner as Messenger
- Göthe Grefbo as Publicity Manager
- Sune Mangs as Jerka
- Alf Östlund as Jazzgosse
- Mille Schmidt as Jazzgosse
- Ulla-Carin Rydén as Ms. Holm
- Karl Gerhard as himself
- Sigge Fürst as Ernst Rolf
- Sven Jerring (voice)
- Gunnar Skoglund as himself (voice)
- Manne Berggren as himself (voice)
- Gunnar 'Knas' Lindkvist as Jazzgosse
- Anita Lindblom as Lily
- Wilma Malmlöf as Tekla,
Zarah Leander and Einar Söderbäck appear uncredited.
Soundtrack
[edit]- Zarah Leander - "Hela Livet är en Glad Operett" (Music by Jules Sylvain, lyrics by Åke Söderblom)
- Karl Gerhard - "Jazzgossen (En lille Rystedans)" (Composed by Edvard Brink, lyrics by Karl-Gerhard)
- Sigge Fürst and Einar Fagstad - "Från Frisco till Kap eller Alla jäntor ä lika" (Composed by Ernst Rolf, lyrics by Martin Nilsson)
- Maj Lindström - "I min blommiga blå krinolin" (In My Sweet Little Alice Blue Gown) (Composed by Harry Tierney, lyrics by Anita Halldén as S.S. Wilson)
- "Shimmy"
- Sigge Fürst and choir - "Bättre och bättre dag för dag" (I'm Getting Better Every Day) (Composed by Mark Strong lyrics by Anita Halldén as S.S. Wilson and Karl-Ewert Christenson)
- Maj Lindström and Per Lindquist - "Säg det i toner" (Composed by Jules Sylvain, lyrics by Karl-Ewert Christenson)
- Helge Lindberg - "De' ä' grabben me' chokla' i"
- Sigge Fürst - "Din vår är min vår" (Composed by Georg Enders)
- Karl-Gerhard - "Hurra för det lilla som är kvar" (Composed by Carl Gustaf Hulthe, lyrics by Karl-Gerhard)
- Karl-Gerhard - "Den ökända hästen från Troja" (Mars vesiolych rebjat) (Composed by Isaak Dunayevsky, lyrics by Karl-Gerhard, arrangement by Lille Bror Söderlundh)
- Maj-Britt Nilsson - "Min Soldat" (Written by Nils Perne)
- "Calle Schewens vals" (Composed by Evert Taube, original lyrics by Evert Taube, new lyrics by Karl-Gerhard)
- Alice Babs - "Swing it Magistern"
References
[edit]- ^ Gustafsson p.118
Bibliography
[edit]- Gustafsson, Fredrik. The Man from the Third Row: Hasse Ekman, Swedish Cinema and the Long Shadow of Ingmar Bergman. Berghahn Books, 2016.
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