Jam Session (1944)
- Starring:
- Ann Miller, Jess Barker, (more)
- Director(s):
- Charles Barton
Synopsis of Jam Session
Within its brisk 78 minutes, Jam Session manages to accommodate the singing, dancing and acting talents of Ann Miller, a romantic main plot, a comic subplot-and no fewer than six big-name orchestras. The story is the old saw about a small-town girl named Terry Baxter (Miller), who wins a trip to Hollywood. Unable to impress any of the tinseltown bigwigs, Terry is about to pack it in and head home until she meets go-getting screenwriter George Carter Haven (Jess Barker). Several mishaps and setbacks later, Terry not only lands a studio contract, but Haven as well. In addition to the terpsichorean talents of Ann Miller, the film spotlights such major big-band names as Charlie Barnet (playing "Cherokee," of course!), Louis Armstrong, Alvino Ray, Jan Garber, Glen Gray and Teddy Powell, along with vocalists Nan Wynn and the Pied Pipers. A tantalizingly brief clip of Jam Session was featured (wildly out of context!) in the 1968 Monkees film vehicle Head. ~ Hal Erickson, Rovi
Complete Cast of Jam Session
- Ann Miller - Terry Baxter
- Charles D. Brown - Raymond Stuart
- George Eldredge - Berkley Bell
- Clarence Muse - Henry
- Charles La Torre - Coletti
- Ray Walker - Fred Wylie
- Nan Wynn - Specialty
- Hank Bell - Driver
- George Carleton - Cop
- Charles Haefeli - Rostler
- Jan Garber - Specialty
- Eddie Hall - Smart Young Man
- Robert B. Williams - Taxi Driver
- Ben Taggart - Willie
- Ted Mapes - Guard
- Margaret Campbell - Girl Jitterbug
- Tom Kingston - Sound Engineer
- Charlie Barnet - Specialty
- Marilyn Johnson - Stenographer
- Jay Eaton - Designer
- Vernon Dent - Butler
- Jess Barker - George Carter Haven
- Eddie Kane - Lloyd Marley
- Renie Riano - Miss Tobin
- Pauline Drake - Evelyn
- Anne Loos - Neva Cavendish
- The Pied Pipers
- Louis Armstrong - Specialty
- Eddie Bruce - Guide
- Margaret Fealy - Old Lady
- Eddie Laughton - 2nd Asst. Director
- Victor Travers - Actor
- Constance Worth - Miss Dooley
- John Tyrrell - Director
- George McKay - Policeman
- Nelson Leigh - Blake
- Alvino Rey
- Joanne Frank - Girl
- Ethan Laidlaw - Jackson
- Terry Frost - Asst. Director
- Douglas Carter - Cutter
- John Dilson - Man
- Director(s):
- Charles Barton
- Writer(s):
- Patterson McNutt, Manuel Seff, Harlan Ware
- Producer(s):
- Irving Briskin
- 2001 - Library of Congress - U.S. National Film Registry
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