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The Fabulous Dorseys

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Last broadcast on Fri, 19 Dec 2008, 00:00 on BBC Four.

Synopsis

True tale of how the famed musical brothers Tommy and Jimmy Dorsey, trombonist and saxophonist respectively, rose from humble working-class beginnings in a Pennsylvania steel town to become the jazz-swing sensation of the 1930s and 1940s. Songs include Green Eyes, Marie and I'll Never Say Never Again.

Credits

Actor
Tommy Dorsey
Actor
Jimmy Dorsey
Actor
Janet Blair
Actor
Paul Whiteman
Actor
William Lundigan
Actor
Sara Allgood
Director
Alfred Green

Broadcast

  1. Fri 19 Dec 2008
    00:00
    BBC Four

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Duration

95 minutes

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