Sweet and Low-Down

1h 16m
MusicRomance
5.2

After their annual free concert at Chicago's Dearborn Settlement, Benny Goodman and his band are packing up to go to their next engagement when a kid steals Goodman's clarinet. Goodman and Popsie pursue him to a tenement flat where he has led them to hear his brother play the trombone. Shenanigans ensue following Goodman's offering the brother a job with the band.

Cast

Benny Goodman
Benny Goodman
Linda Darnell
Trudy Wilson
Jack Oakie
Popsy
Lynn Bari
Pat Stirling
James Cardwell
Johnny Birch
Allyn Joslyn
Lester Barnes
John Campbell
Dixie Zang
Roy Benson
Skeets McCormick
Dickie Moore
Military Cadet General 'Mogie' Cramichael
Terry Moore
Snub-Nosed Girl on Dance Floor (uncredited)

Crew

Archie Mayo
Director
Richard English
Screenplay

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