Even though the plot to this World Film programmer was slight, the cast included some of the studio's most well-known names. After the death of her grandfather (Captain Charles), Helene (June Elvidge), a singer, finds work as a model at a studio ... Read More
The Five Pennies is the life story of influential jazz cornetist Red Nichols, played here by a remarkably straight-faced Danny Kaye. The somewhat romanticized screenplay chronicles Nichols' rise from obscurity, annotates the many future bandleaders who would play with Nichols' "Five Pennies," and details his self-destructive streak and (seeming) inability to conform to changing musical tastes. Weaving in and out of the main story is a sentimental subplot…Read More