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The Glenn Miller Story

1954 · 116 min · Director: Anthony Mann ★ IMDb 7.3 · 10,683 ratings

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A vibrant tribute to one of America's legendary bandleaders, charting Glenn Miller's rise from obscurity and poverty to fame and wealth in the early 1940s.

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The Glenn Miller Story (1954) — Movie. Top emotional signals: Nostalgia 30%, Happiness 25%, Sadness 20%. Source: AI estimate. Shares describe emotional signal, not percentages of people. Your experience may differ. How we measure

  1. Love15%

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Why it feels this way

The strongest emotional signals are Nostalgia, Happiness, Sadness. Genres: Drama, Romance, Music. AI estimate.

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Consider this title if you are looking for Nostalgia, Happiness and Sadness. Its IMDb rating of 7.3/10 suggests a generally positive audience reception. For these leading emotions, its Feel Score is 72/100.

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Emotional journey

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  • Love
  • Joy
  • Humor

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Dominant emotion: Humor

Dominant emotion: Joy

Dominant emotion: Love

Dominant emotion: Sadness

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Emotional journey Emotional intensity over the film’s runtime, from quieter to stronger on a fixed 0–1 scale. Hatched intervals have insufficient subtitle evidence. The table provides the values. Not enough subtitle evidence
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Dominant emotion

Intensity dips around 3 %, then peaks around 68 %, then peaks around 93 %.Ending hidden

Emotional journey
%Approximate minuteDominant emotionOverall intensityLoveJoyHumor
2.5 %≈ 3′Humor38 %7 %27 %27 %
7.5 %≈ 9′Joy44 %15 %29 %29 %
12.5 %≈ 15′Humor50 %32 %25 %35 %
17.5 %≈ 20′Love51 %43 %26 %33 %
22.5 %≈ 26′Love54 %46 %36 %30 %
27.5 %≈ 32′Love63 %46 %50 %30 %
32.5 %≈ 38′Joy65 %41 %53 %26 %
37.5 %≈ 44′Love59 %45 %36 %26 %
42.5 %≈ 49′Love59 %50 %19 %21 %
47.5 %≈ 55′Sadness63 %44 %13 %19 %
52.5 %≈ 61′Humor60 %23 %24 %24 %
57.5 %≈ 67′Joy63 %20 %46 %20 %
62.5 %≈ 73′Love71 %51 %61 %21 %
67.5 %≈ 78′Love73 %69 %61 %34 %
72.5 %≈ 84′Love64 %55 %48 %40 %
77.5 %≈ 90′Humor61 %43 %34 %31 %
82.5 %≈ 96′Love65 %41 %35 %16 %
87.5 %≈ 102′Joy66 %35 %35 %9 %
92.5 %≈ 107′Sadness72 %33 %23 %5 %
97.5 %≈ 113′Not enough subtitle evidenceNot enough subtitle evidenceNot enough subtitle evidenceNot enough subtitle evidenceNot enough subtitle evidence
Riches to rags

Rags to riches: The emotional tone rises from negative to positive.

Riches to rags: The emotional tone falls from positive to negative.

Man in a hole: The tone falls, then recovers.

Icarus: The tone rises, then falls.

Cinderella: The tone rises, falls, then rises again.

Oedipus: The tone falls, rises, then falls again.

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Cast

JA
June Allyson

CD
Charles Drake

Don Haynes

Irving Bacon

Mr. Miller

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Kathleen Lockhart

KW
Katherine Warren

Mrs. Burger

FL
Frances Langford

Frances Langford

LA
Louis Armstrong

Louis Armstrong

BP
Ben Pollack

Ben Pollack

GK
Gene Krupa

Gene Krupa

TM
The Modernaires

BB
Barney Bigard

Barney Bigard

JY
James Young

James Young

MN
Marty Napoleon

Marty Napoleon

AS
Arvell Shaw

Arvell Shaw

Details

Directed by
Anthony Mann
Written by
Valentine Davies, Oscar Brodney
Type
Movies
Released
1954
Runtime
116 min
Country
United States of America
Ratings
★ IMDb 7.3 · 10,683 ratings
Feels mostly
Nostalgia
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