DIZZY FINGERS EDDIE DUCHIN STORY

The Eddy Duchin Story is a 1956 Technicolor film biopic of band leader and pianist Eddy Duchin. It was directed by George Sidney, written by Samuel A. Taylor, and starred Tyrone Power and Kim Novak. Harry Stradling received an Academy Award nomination for his cinematography in the CinemaScope film. The film received four nominations in total and was one of the highest-grossing films of 1956. Incorporating signature elements of Duchin's style into his own original style, Carmen Cavallaro performed the piano music for the film.
Musician Peter Duchin, whose relationship with his father is a major subject of the film, has written very negatively about the script, saying there was too much unnecessary fictionalization of his parents' lives and deaths.

[@luisaroseroe.2369]

I love it Tyron Power .

[@ninometalyears]

ACOJONANTE!!!

[@michaelklein5242]

"Dizzy Fingers" was written by Zez Confrey, who gave us "Kitten on the Keys". I beat my brains out one summer when I was 17 learning "Dizzy" on the piano for my mom. It was because we both saw this scene in the movie that I decided I wanted to become a pianist. I got a teacher a week later and started at age 7. 😉

[@michaelklein5242]

Thanks for including the beautiful montage. As a pianist, I can tell you that Power "faked" playing the piano better than anyone I've ever seen in films. He was a hard-working actor.

[@sharigreen9252]

Definitely! He was so underrated. He deserved a nomination for his work in this film which is one of my favorites. He really looked like he was playing! I read he practiced all the fingerings to match Carmen Cavallero's wonderful music.

[@DihelsonMendonca]

The first music is "I'll take romance".

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😂