"(♫ Clarinet solo)" "He looks like he's got it, maybe." "Listen to those kids!" "There's no maybe about it." "That's it, that's the sound." "(♫ Mellow music)" "(Applause)" "Thank you." "Here's a brand-new number by Jerry Gray." "I hope you like it as much as we do." "(♫ Upbeat tune)" "I, uh, bought you a present for your birthday." "My birthday?" "That isn't till next November." "This is for your last birthday." " Oh, Glenn!" " They're just real." "Here, let me try 'em on for size." "There." "Hm." "Not bad." "I forgot to tell you the name of that tune." "We call it String Of Pearls." " Hi, Mother, Dad!" " Hi, Glenn." "You rested up ready for the big night?" "We've had a wonderful time with little Stevie." " Quite a boy." "Big for his age." " lsn't he?" "I can't tell you how much it's meant to us to have him." " ls everything all set?" " Yes, dear." " Did you get Helen out of the house?" " Oh, yes." " Where'd she go?" " l suppose she's shopping." "A girl doesn't have a tenth wedding anniversary every day!" " You sure she doesn't suspect anything?" " Oh, no." " ls everything all set back here?" " Oh, yes." "I think Helen'll get a big kick out of this." "She certainly will, Glenn." "I've been lookin' about." "Quite a place you got here." "It's beautiful, Glenn." " Paid for, is it?" " Yes, it's paid for." " Must be doin' pretty well." " We hear him every night on that radio!" "That's only 15 minutes." "Don't suppose it pays much." "Then there's the records." "And he's playing at the Hotel Pennsylvania." "How much do they pay for playing on one of those records?" " We get three cents a record." " Three cents?" "Have to sell a heap of records to make it worthwhile." "But they do, dear!" " Let's go see Stevie." " No, Helen wants us to wait." "Why?" "Come on." "Sure, we can go on up there." " Hi." "Stevie and I have a surprise for you." " You do?" " Let's go up to the nursery." " Come on." "How many copies of a record do they sell, son?" "Moonlight Serenade, we sold about 800,000 copies." " Did you say 800,000?" " That's right." "What's..." "Look what just arrived." "This is Stevie's new baby sister." " Can I pick her up?" " l think so." "She's your daughter." "Well, well, well." "So you're Jonnie Dee!" "Look, she's beautiful!" "Isn't she?" "Look at those red cheeks." "Stevie, look at your baby sister." "Isn't she beautiful?" " You sure surprised him!" " l've been planning it for months." " l told 'em I just had to have her today." " How old is she?" " Six weeks today." " Old lady." " She's a hungry old woman." " This is gonna take some expert action." "Her young father's gonna feed her." "Let's have the bottle." "Here, now." "Here we go." "All right, Jonnie Dee." "There we are." "How's your appetite?" "There!" "is this hot enough?" "That's a good girl." "The kid's starved." " Helen, we'll be late for the theatre." " Coming." " l'll get the car." " All right, dear." "Glenn, I've been figuring. 800,000 records at three cents apiece, that's $24,000." " That's right." " Just for one record?" "Well, you certainly are doing well at that!" "All right, boys, right over here." "You all set?" "All right." "Helen, come on!" "I'm coming!" "(♫ Band plays Here Comes The Bride)" "(All) Congratulations!" "What a surprise!" " Oh, Mother!" " Darling!" "Oh, I'm glad to see you!" " Polly, Don." "How are you?" " lt's a wonderful surprise!" " We sort of surprised each other." " Yes, we did!" "I've got another surprise." "The band has a number, and that's exactly what it is, a number." "This is based on a telephone number that was kind of important to you and me, Helen, about ten years ago." "Here we go." "One." "Two." "(♫ Upbeat intro)" "Now, listen to this." "Now, watch." "(Ringing)" "Pennsylvania 6-5000!" " Remember?" " Yes!" "(Ringing)" "Pennsylvania 6-5000!" "Would you like to make this a really memorable evening?" " Dance with me." " ln front of all these people?" "In all the years we've been married you've never danced with me." " And I may never get another chance." " Here we go." " Now." " (Ringing)" " Pennsylvania 6-5000!" " Good." " Hi, Joe." " Hi, Glenn." "Glad to see ya." "That's good." "Come on, don't stand around." "Come on!" "Dance it up!" "Come on, let's try something." " That's pretty good." "Let's try that again." " All right." "I think I better go back to the trombone." "You sit down there." "All right, you." " (Ringing)" " Pennsylvania 6-5-0-0-0!" "I'm kinda glad you called me that night." "So am I." "All right, let's have something to eat." "Come on." "Come on, dear." " We're cutting a record of that." " A record?" " Three cents?" " Right." "That's my boy!" "You oughta use that number in your picture." "Picture?" "Glenn and the boys are gonna do a movie in the fall." " Are you gonna be a movie star?" " Yes, Mother." "I'm gonna play Tarzan and swing from the trees playing my trombone." "I'd like to propose a toast." "To Glenn and Helen, who serve the best food in town." "Besides, the price is right." "We can remember when it wasn't like this." "May you be as happy together always as you are tonight." "Thank you, Chummy." "That was a very nice speech." "It oughta be, I worked on it all day!" " You did?" " (Laughter) I thought your special number was gonna be Helen's favourite, Little Brown Jug." "He'd never do that." "He hates it." "I knew this would come up sooner or later." "So I have an anniversary present for my good wife and on the card it says," ""Ha-ha-ha, you and me" ""We hardly ever disagree" ""So here you are, this will be" ""The one brown jug you'll get from me."" " Roll 'em for a take." " M3-45, take one." "Here we go." "One, two, three, four." "(♫ Tuxedo Junction)" "All right." "Save it." " Hello, everybody." " Hi, Helen." "Well, hi, dear." " l thought you'd like lunch." " l sure would." "I brought the mail." "Chummy, we still have a little time." "Why don't you go over At Last?" "Let's go up to the control booth." " Anything wrong?" " No, no." "Come on, sit down, honey." "Helen, I wanted to talk to you about..." "With this picture deal and the record sales and everything," " we're pretty well fixed." " Yes." "And, no matter what happens, you and the kids," " you're in good shape." " Yes, I know." "Can you come to Men's Wardrobe at two?" " Yeah." " Thank you." "So, I thought that..." "What I'm trying to get at... I've been thinking..." "Yeah?" "On Tuxedo Junction, we'll have a wax right after lunch." "Fine." "Thanks very much." " So..." " Open the letter from the War Department." " l'm sure it's your commission." " How do you know?" "I've known it for months." "I knew it was only a question of time." "I just put in for it two weeks ago." "I guess you found out about it before I did." "Go on, open it." "I want to know what to call you." "Let's see." "This is it all right." "Captain." "Captain Alton G Miller." "Serial number 0-4-5-0-5-2-7-3." "How soon will you be leaving, Captain Miller?" "I don't know. lt usually takes about a month." "Don wants to go with me, so do some of the boys." " Are you gonna have your own band?" " l hope so." "You know, all the kids that liked our music are in the service." " That's the reason I..." " l understand." "I think you'll look very handsome in uniform." "What do you think about it?" "Are you upset?" "Of course I'm upset." "I don't want you to go but I guess I'd be even more upset if you didn't." "(♫ Marching music)" " They sound good." " Do we have to play this kind of music?" "We've marched to this music for a hundred years." " That's what I mean." " We're not gonna change now, Captain." "We gotta do better than this for General Arnold." "(♫ Military drumming)" "(♫ Upbeat swing)" "In all my 27 years in the Army I have never witnessed a more flagrant breach of military decorum." " Sorry, Colonel." " And walking through a reviewing column!" " l had to get to the band, sir." " Then playing blues!" "You made a laughing stock of this entire unit, and in front of General Arnold!" " l had no such intentions." " What was your intention?" "Blasting out right in the General's face!" "The men seemed tired, sir." " The men's condition is my responsibility." " Yes, sir." "I must warn you that your conduct calls for disciplinary action." " Yes, sir." " (Knock on door)" "Come in." "Just wanted to say goodbye, we're due in Washington tonight." "General Arnold, it's been a pleasure." " l'm sorry that..." " Aren't you Captain Glenn Miller?" " Yes, sir." " l want to congratulate you on your band." " Thank you, sir." " Great morale builder." "The effect was astonishing!" "Keep up the good work." " Yes, sir." " l like your music myself." "Makes me think of home." "My children play your records day and night." " May I make a suggestion, sir?" " Certainly." "I'd like to suggest that I be given the authority to form my own band." "Play my kind of music." "Most of my men are in the service." "If we can be sent overseas, I know we can be of value." "As you say, I think we can give the boys a piece of home." "I must say I agree with you, Miller." " l'll see what I can do." " Thank you, sir." "Glenn!" "Well, gee, I didn't expect this!" "General Arnold brought us." "General, thank you." "I appreciate everything you've done." "A pleasure. I'll probably get court-martialled but I brought 'em anyway." " Good luck." " Thank you." " Goodbye and thank you." " l enjoyed it." " Goodbye, General." " Goodbye." "Well, Jonnie Dee." "You got a hug for your daddy?" "Got a hug for your daddy?" "That's a girl!" "How about you, young man?" "How about you?" " Can I fly in your airplane?" " l'm afraid not." "You have to stay and take care of your mother." "You be good and don't cause him any trouble." " l'll try not to." "You take care of yourself." " Don't worry." "You show 'em a picture of me every once in a while." "I promise." "And I'll read them your letters, if you write." "I'm gonna write." "Gee, I'm gettin' homesick already." "It's funny how you can miss a person even before he's gone." "Hurry it up, Glenn." "Goodbye, dear." "Goodbye, Stevie." "Bye." "(Air-raid siren)" "This is Glenn Miller and the American Band of the AEF." "coming to you from Buzz Bomb Alley through the courtesy of the BBC." "And to all you Gl boys and girls a long, long way from home, and to all our British friends as well, we hope to give you a little lift." "That's why we're here." "We'll start right out by seeing if we can put you ln The Mood." "(♫ Moonlight Serenade ends)" "(♫ ln The Mood)" "(Air-raid siren)" "(Air-raid siren continues)" "(Explosion)" "(Applause and whistling)" "Thank you." "A little while ago an airplane landed out here and out stepped a singing group that you all know." "They sang with me back in the States." "Let's give 'em a good, warm welcome." "The Modernaires!" "The Modernaires!" "And somebody else stepped out of that same airplane." "A big surprise, boys." "Here's a girl you all know." "She's flown across the ocean just to sing for you." "Let's give her a good, big ETO welcome." "Frances Langford!" "Hi, Frances." " Thank you, Glenn." " Thank you." " That's from Helen." " Bless your heart." "I'll start out by taking you on a trip south of the Mason-Dixon line." "Let's all get aboard that old Chattanooga Choo Choo." "♫ Hi there, Fran, what you say?" "♫ Step aside, partner, it's my day" "♫ Lend an ear and listen to my version" "♫ Of a really solid Tennessee excursion" "♫ Pardon me, boy, is this the Chattanooga Choo Choo?" "♫ Yes, yes" "♫ Track 29" "♫ Boy, you can give me a shine" "♫ I can afford to board the Chattanooga Choo Choo" "♫ Yes, yes" "♫ I've got my fare" "♫ And just a trifle to spare" "♫ You leave the Pennsylvania Station 'bout a quarter to four" "♫ Read a magazine and then you're in Baltimore" "♫ Dinner in the diner ♫ Nothing could be finer" "♫ Than to have your ham and eggs in Carolina" "♫ When you hear the whistle blowin' eight to the bar" "♫ Then you know that Tennessee is not very far" "♫ Shovel all the coal in ♫ Gotta keep it rollin'" "♫ Woo-woo, Chattanooga there you are" "♫ There's gonna be" "♫ A certain party at the station" "♫ Waitin' for me" "♫ How very happy we'll be" "♫ He's gonna sigh" "♫ Until I tell him that I'll never roam" "♫ So, Chattanooga Choo Choo, won't you choo-choo me home?" "♫ Chattanooga, Chattanooga" "♫ All aboard ♫ Chattanooga, Chattanooga" "♫ All aboard ♫ Chattanooga, Chattanooga" "♫ Chattanooga Choo Choo, won't you choo-choo me home?" "♫" "(♫ Upbeat music)" " (♫ Music playing on radio)" " Remember that?" "Seems a million years since we made that." "I wrote Glenn what you asked." "I want to read you his answer." "He says..." ""Tell Chummy not to take the job." ""As long as there's a Glenn Miller Band, he'll be a part of it." ""Don and I have been making plans for after the war." ""l have a lot of ideas for new arrangements," ""so tell Chummy to start looking for a friendly pawn shop."" "Friendly pawn shop." "He hasn't changed, has he?" "Yes, he has!" "He's been promoted." "He's Major Glenn Miller now." "Major?" "That's wonderful." "I wish I could've gone with him." "You'd have made a fine soldier with your heart and ulcers!" "I've got two eyes and ten fingers." "That's all you need to play the piano." "They're going to Paris. I told you that." "And he says, "We're doing a special programme on Christmas Day."" "It's gonna be broadcast over here." ""Be sure and listen cos l'm sending you an extra special Christmas present."" "And I'll know what it is if I listen to the programme." " l wonder what he's gonna do." " l don't know." "But I'm sure gonna listen." " Morning, Glenn." " Morning, Colonel." " l sure appreciate the lift." " Not at all." " You coming too?" " No." "Tomorrow." "I got some work to do in Paris." "They're gonna let us do some shows at the advance bases." "It's kinda soupy, isn't it?" "It's always this way in December." "Shall we hop in?" "Don, I don't know where l'll be, so as soon as you land at Orly, get in touch with the dispatcher." "Be sure the band goes over that new arrangement." " l want to use it." " Right." "See you tomorrow." "Pick up my mail." "I'm expecting a letter from Helen." "Bye." "All right, hurry it up, you guys." "This is Paris." "You wanted to see it." "Now's your chance." "I'm Lieutenant Haynes." "Did Major Glenn Miller leave a message here for me?" "Nothing here, sir." "Did you try Flight Control?" "No, he said he'd leave it here." "He came with Colonel Baessell on the Norseman." "The flight wasn't logged in." "No Norseman has landed here in two or three days." "Thanks." " General!" "I thought you were in Europe." " Just arrived." " May I congratulate you on your promotion?" " Thank you." "Five Star final." "Sounds like a late evening paper." " Have you heard about Glenn Miller?" " Yes, this morning." "Notified his family yet?" "We've been ordered to withhold notifications until after Christmas." "His band is broadcasting tomorrow." "We can't let Mrs Miller find out that way." " Do you mind if I call her personally?" " Of course not." " Use my telephone." " Thank you." "It's still a couple of minutes before the broadcast, Helen." "You know, I never realised how wonderful friends could be." "Even General Arnold, he called me himself." "That's why he's where he is, maybe, because he's that kind of a guy." "Last night when I couldn't sleep, I got to thinking." "It come to me about this broadcast." "You know, Helen, this is a test." "A test?" "How do you mean?" "You remember how much we talked, all of us, about how Glenn's band was something different?" "Something permanent?" "An institution, like!" "Yeah, Glenn and I talked about it often." "Don't you see what Si's getting at?" "If the band goes on, even if Glenn's not with it, that's the proof." "It means that Glenn's band, Glenn's music, keeps right on going, and the kids'll be dancing to it for years and years." "That's what he wanted." "(Announcer) 'We take you now to Paris for a special programme.'" "(♫ Moonlight Serenade)" "'As some of you might know, Major Glenn Miller is not with us today." "'But in his absence, we shall do this programme exactly as he had planned it." "'Our first number is a new arrangement 'which Major Miller himself made especially for this performance." "'This tune should be a familiar one, 'especially to the members of Major Miller's family across the ocean who are listening.'" "(♫ Upbeat intro)" "(♫ Little Brown Jug)"