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Sun Valley Serenade

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As a surefire way to receive good press, bandleader Phil Corey (Glenn Miller) and his ensemble decide to adopt a war refugee. When it turns out that their adoptee isn't a child, but a pretty Scandinavian woman named Karen Benson (Sonja Henie), it leads to a flirtatious relationship with the group's pianist, Ted Scott (John Payne), who is already involved with singer Vivian Dawn (Lynn Bari). As the band heads to snowy Idaho for a gig, romantic drama, skiing, ice skating and musical numbers ensue.
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Steve D 05/26/2023 Henie continues to deserve better. See more s r @ScottR 09/18/2020 I saw it since it was filmed in Idaho. It is a feel good movie with dancing, shenanigns, great music and singing. It also is partly filmed in beautiful Sun Valley. Seeing what it was like back in the day was truly stunning. Saw it on TCM. See more woody w 09/14/2020 I love the movie, especially the chance to see the Glenn Miller Band doing Chattanooga Choo-Choo, with the Nichols Brothers dancing and Dorothy Dandridge (in an uncredited appearance) singing. John Payne is steady, Milton Berle hams it up, and Sonja Henie skates great. See more Thomas M @TMProofreader 05/08/2019 The best musical movie evr made! With the best movie song ever sung: Chattanooga Choo Choo! See more bill t @Spuzz 06/17/2018 A pretty silly vehicle to showcase a) Sonja Heinie, B) The Glenn Miller Band and C) The Sun Valley ski resort (!!) Heinie is an orphan (!!) from Norway who gets placed in the care of John Payne. Heinie has the hots for him, while Payne doesn't think this is quite right (really??) The whole thing really does wind up at Sun Valley, and there's an ice skating finale. Oh, and Miltion Berle too! A bit of a fascinating carwreck, really. See more 04/26/2015 Extremely enjoyable Sonja Henie musical (one of her best) is helped immensely by a great score, played by Glenn Miller & His Orchestra: the title song, "At Last," "I Know Why," and the Oscar-nominated "Chattanooga Choo Choo." See more Read all reviews
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H. Bruce Humberstone

Director

Sonja Henie

Karen Benson

John Payne

Ted Scott

Glenn Miller

Phil Corey

Milton Berle

Jerome K. "Nifty" Allen

Lynn Bari

Vivian Dawn
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Synopsis As a surefire way to receive good press, bandleader Phil Corey (Glenn Miller) and his ensemble decide to adopt a war refugee. When it turns out that their adoptee isn't a child, but a pretty Scandinavian woman named Karen Benson (Sonja Henie), it leads to a flirtatious relationship with the group's pianist, Ted Scott (John Payne), who is already involved with singer Vivian Dawn (Lynn Bari). As the band heads to snowy Idaho for a gig, romantic drama, skiing, ice skating and musical numbers ensue.
Director
H. Bruce Humberstone
Distributor
20th Century Fox
Production Co
Twentieth Century Fox
Genre
Musical, Romance
Original Language
English
Release Date (Theaters)
Aug 29, 1941, Original
Release Date (Streaming)
Apr 6, 2014
Runtime
1h 26m
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