sun valley serenade
the classic film “sun valley serenade” was released 75 years ago, helping to establish sun valley as a premier mountain resort destination .
1941' s
sun valley serenade
at byu film archive series jan. 24
producing “sun valley serenade” as a 10 - minute film required significant modifications to the original screenplay .
figure skating movie glenn miller h. bruce humberstone john payne lynn bari milton berle sonja henie sun valley idaho sun valley serenade travis banton twentieth century - fox
‎sun valley serenade (1941) directed by h. bruce humberstone • reviews, film + cast • letterboxd
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sun valley, idaho  the 1941 sonja henie movie
sun valley serenade
might just be the world' s most frequently shown film. it has been an entertainment staple at the sun valley lodge and inn for at least 25 years .
anderson, who joined the sun valley resort as beverage manager 25 years ago, says
sun valley serenade
and one of the movie' s songs ,
it happened in sun valley ,
have had a huge influence in the resort achieving worldwide recognition .
with the headline: sonia henie in' sun valley serenade,' a sparkling and melodious outdoor picture, at the roxy .
1941' s
sun valley serenade
at byu film archive series jan. 24 - byu college of fine arts and communications
notes: you can watch sun valley serenade free on youtube. you can read vanity fair ‘s fascinating profile of sonja henie here .
a short film made by community school video production students, “sun valley serenade: a 10 - minute remake, ” has been selected for showing on march 7 at the sun valley film festival’s future filmmakers forum .
even glenn miller has to audition for the gig in sun valley. image :
“sun valley serenade” was the brainchild of then 20th century fox studio chief darryl f. zanuck. zanuck was on a winter vacation in sun valley with one of his contract directors, bruce humberstone, and their wives, and he thought sun valley would be a good setting for a sonja henie film .
sun valley serenade is a historic nod to our valley, how it came to be and what it was. our purposes in remaking the film were to recognize our history and observe ways in which our valley has changed. ”
video production students at the community school work on a remake of “sun valley serenade, ” a 1941 black - and - white classic movie. the remake will be shown on march 7 at the sun valley film festival’s future filmmakers forum .
jo stafford -' it happened in sun valley'. wmv (1955 / 56 )
sibbach said the movie’s filming in sun valley went along well with resort founder averell harriman’s plans .
sun valley serenade ,
the great gatsby
and
circus world
are among the flicks you won' t be able to find on dvd .
sun valley serenade will make you long for winter adventures in crisp mountain air. it will also show you why sonja henie became a big deal in 1930s pop culture .
sun valley serenade; 1941, twentieth century fox. sonja henie, john payne, glenn miller, milton berle, nicholas brothers, dorothy dandridge, nicholas brothers. )
“we wanted to mirror the original aesthetic of the movie, while at the same time calling attention to modern day sun valley, ” burke said. “sun valley serenade is a historic nod to our valley, how it came to be and what it was. our purposes in remaking the film were to recognize our history and observe ways in which our valley has changed. ”
wendolyn spence holland wrote in her book ,
sun valley: an extraordinary history ,
that the shah of iran booked a sun valley ski vacation for his family and royal entourage after seeing the film .
it wasn’t always that way, though. sun valley owes a debt of gratitude to the movie “sun valley serenade” for cementing its reputation as more than a place to find great powder. the film marks its 75th anniversary this year, having been released on aug. 21, 1941 .
2016 is the 75th anniversary of the 1941 20th century - fox motion picture
sun valley serenade ,
the first of two fox productions to feature glenn miller and his orchestra .
many famous actors have stayed at this resort and many also live in sun valley. the resort was the center of the film
sun valley serenade
. the resort plays this film every weekend at the opera house, and on a dedicated tv channel in the hotel 24 hours a day .
sun valley serenade stars john payne as a big band musician who is booked, along with his band, for a gig at a fancy - schmancy ski resort in sun valley, idaho. but get this: the band is actually the glenn miller orchestra, a wildly popular group during world war ii .
sun valley serenade is the first of the only two movies featuring the glenn miller orchestra (the other is 1942' s orchestra wives). besides
it happened in sun valley
, other glenn miller tunes in the film are
moonlight serenade
,
chattanooga choo choo
,
i know why (and so do you )
, and
in the mood
.
the musical comedy film “sun valley serenade” will have a one - time screening at brigham young university’s harold b. lee library auditorium on friday, jan. 24, at 7 p. m .
“sun valley serenade” helped clinch sun valley’s reputation, and many more movies ended up being at least partially filmed there, including 1953’s “how to marry a millionaire, ” with marilyn monroe and lauren bacall; 1956’s “the tall men, ” with clark gable and jane russell; and clint eastwood’s 1985 “pale rider. ”
the band travels to sun valley for a christmas holiday performance, and scott’s sponsorship leads to romance on the ski slopes .
the sun valley film festival runs from march 4 - 8. additional information is available from the festival website at urltoken .
sun valley has been known for decades as a premier skiing destination, a romantic getaway and a cultural hotspot in idaho .
there is lots of breathtaking ketchum and sun valley, idaho scenery, but only the second unit and stand - ins made the trip. for all the lovingly photographed, gratuitous skiing scenes, and for all the plot machinations of little refugee karen skiing her way into the hero' s heart, it appears no star went on location. sun valley did, however have a long - standing reputation as a playground for the movie colony. and if you visit today, one of my correspondents informs me, the sun valley lodge tv station plays sun valley serenade around the clock .
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the movie features a scene, well - known to many sun valley locals, of henie ice skating on a frozen pond .
the pair of old smoothies took command of the stage in a showstopping duet juxtaposed with footage from their performance in the 1935 movie
sun valley serenade .
it soon had the audience on its feet as well .
sun valley serenade (1941) directed by h. bruce humberstone. sonja henie, john payne, glenn miller, milton berle, lynn bari, joan davis, the nicholas brothers, dorothy dandridge (86 min. )
“sun valley serenade” is a musical starring norwegian figure skater sonja henie, john payne, glenn miller, milton berle and lynn bari, featuring the glenn miller orchestra as well as dancing by the nicholas brothers and dorothy dandridge .
“sun valley serenade” was notable partly because it was the first of the only two movies featuring the glenn miller orchestra, the other being 1942’s “orchestra wives. ” the movie was partially responsible for the meteoric rise in popularity of the song “chattanooga choo choo, ” and it featured other glenn miller tunes including “moonlight serenade, ” “it happened in sun valley, ” “i know why (and so do you) ” and “in the mood. ”
reed, a longtime wood river valley resident, brings a not atypical background to the sun valley area. in addition to being a competitive skier, reed is an ice skater, a competition tennis player, a ski instructor, a ranch owner and a california native. she even did a stint in hollywood, appearing with sonja henie in an ice skating movie a few years prior to henie’s 1939 classic sun valley serenade .
sun valley serenade was actually paid for by the union pacific railroad company and was made to promote the newly developed ski area. union pacific created several resorts around the west as a way to promote more tourism and use of their trains .
sun valley serenade: starring sonja henie, john payne, glenn miller. directed by h. bruce humberstone. written by robert ellis, helen logan. twentieth century - fox film corp. , 1941, b & w, 87 mins .
the magic lantern cinema is sun valley' s first digital, state - of - the - art movie theater! locally owned and operated–for over 38 years the magic lantern has been the valley’s most popular and ...
moviegoers might not always know it, though, because sun valley has played stand - in for the mountains of europe, alaska, the arctic and a swiss village (as the mountains around sun valley did in 1937’s “ i met him in paris ” starring claudette colbert, robert young and melvyn douglas) .
“sun valley serenade” stars three - time olympic skating champion sonja henie and john payne who find love at the famed southern idaho resort. the 1941 film also features popular glenn miller and his orchestra who play the academy award - nominated hit song “chattanooga choo choo” and other popular tunes by the noted songwriting team of mack gordon and harry warren, including “it happened in sun valley” and “i know why and so do you. ”
the world premiere of 20th century - fox’s “sun valley serenade” occurred in salt lake city in the summer of 1941 and brought stars john payne, joan davis and george montgomery to utah’s capital city for a sold - out, reserved - seat engagement at the centre theater .
it’s stylish, cynical and loaded with dark innuendos and steamy encounters. yes, it’s the sun valley film noir series. second annual festival returning thursdays this september .
enjoy olympic medalists and world - class figure skaters under the stars on sun valley’s historic ice sheet this summer. dining al fresco at the sun valley lodge terrace buffet and an all new show with enhanced lights and sound add to the excitement and are sure to delight viewers of all ages—and don’t miss the spectacular fireworks show on july 4th .
ironically, not much of the film was actually produced in sun valley, although the stars visited the area. actors performed on hollywood sound stages where skating rinks and interior sets resembling snow - covered sun valley were created, said chris millspaugh, chief archivist at the ketchum community library' s idaho history section. several sun valley skiers, however, doubled for the stars. skier gretchen fraser, an olympic gold medalist for whom the lodge' s gretchen' s restaurant is named, posed as henie in a ski scene .
“it put us on the map not only as a place to ski but also as a romantic spot, ” said jack sibbach, sun valley resort’s director of marketing and pr .
ever since sonja henie skated and twirled across the screen, and into our hearts, for the filming of 20th century fox’s classic movie sun valley serenade (1941), the ice shows have been an enduring and star - studded staple in the growing entertainment scene at sun valley resort. henie, a world skating champion (at the age of 14) and three - time consecutive olympic figure skating gold medalist, set the bar high on the caliber of skating featured at the outdoor rink. and the all - star lineup at the sun valley on ice shows, presented every saturday night from july 4 through labor day, have continued to raise the bar year after year .
at least 200 days a year, promptly at 5 p. m. , the film is shown at the theater - size opera house on the grounds of the sun valley resort .
i wanted to see sun valley serenade again because of yesterday' s viewing of the glenn miller story. the plot is actually quite silly, with sonja henie getting on my nerves this time and also more aware of how completely bland john payne is. but at the same time glenn miller is in this film and his…
it was a tradition in sun valley to show the film in the small town every friday afternoon in a small movie theatre next to the skating rink. i saw it twice, once in 1956 when the town was exactly the same as the day it was completed in the mid 1930' s, and then again in 1978. my last visit to sun valley was 1982 .
the movie featured one of the glenn miller orchestra’s best known jazz tunes, “chattanooga choo choo, ” which was nominated for an academy award. other famous miller songs in the movie are “moonlight serenade, ” “it happened in sun valley, ” “i know why (and so do you) ” and “in the mood. ”
sun valley serenade is a film starring sonja henie who, in the 1930s - 40s, was the most famous figure skater in the world. (she was famous because she won 10 world figure skating championships in a row. plus, she won three gold medals at three different olympic games. also in a row. )
it’s not surprising svff has high aspirations to be a landmark film festival on the yearly calendar, the winter playground is steeped in hollywood and literary heritage. ernest hemingway completed “for whom the bell tolls” while staying at the sun valley lodge in 1939. it was the winter playground for many stars of the golden age of hollywood including marilyn monroe, errol flynn, clark gable, lucille ball. it even took a starring role in the lightweight 1941 comedy, “sun valley serenade, ” which featured ice skating star, sonja henie .
our founders were a group of forward - thinking women. in 1955, seventeen visionary ketchum and sun valley women founded the community library association (cla) as a privately funded, privately ...
miller' s recordings for orchestra wives and sun valley serenade do sound better than many of his original recordings due to better frequency range on 35mm soundtrack, though a lot of the broadcast transcription disc of miller' s radio performances also sound better than his 78' s for the same reason, better frequency range on the larger 16 inch discs .
sun valley serenade is a classic hollywood film, not because of a scintillating story line, but because of sonia heine skating (and skiing), the glen miller band and the nicholas brothers energetic dance routine. the big band sound may be a thing of the past but i thank those who preserve these things for posterity. love this film .
today we’re bringing you a movie with figure skating. no, wait! don’t go. hear us out first. sun valley serenade is a film starring sonja henie who, in the 1930s - 40s, was the most famous figure skater in the world. (she was famous because she won 10 world figure skating championships in a row. plus, she won three gold…
in 2008, the family of woman film festival was founded by peggy elliott goldwyn in sun valley, idaho to bring awareness of the work of the united nations population fund (unfpa), the leading global ...
it was originally a magical place and felt a million miles from civilization at the time. there was a small re - creation of a european town with shops, restaurants and a large ski dorm surrounding the skating rink featured in the film. some distance away was sun valley lodge set at the base of mt baldy, where the skiing was filmed for the movie. for a while sun valley lodge was a world class restaurant and hotel .
i’ve never been particularly excited to see a sonja henie film, but after falling in love with the work of mgm’s henie (esther williams), i figured it’s time i gave the lady a chance. tcm will be showing sun valley serenade in a few days and i’ve got it all set to record. i think i made the right decision after reading your fun post .
i saw this for the first time a couple of months ago. what a fun film! i loved the scene near the beginning of the film where glenn miller (!) has to audition for the sun valley gig .
sun valley may be most famous for its writers—poet ezra pound’s childhood home is on 3rd avenue in hailey, and ernest hemingway penned for whom the bell tolls in suite 206 at the sun valley lodge, also writing portions of islands in the stream, the garden of eden and a moveable feast from his ketchum home. the glamour of the hollywood elite and socialite a - list that flocked to sun valley when it first opened (stars such as gary cooper, janet leigh, clark gable, lucille ball, and later clint eastwood, jamie lee curtis, arnold schwarzenegger, demi moore, bruce willis and tom hanks) also made a splash, but idaho has hosted a number of top films over the years as well .
if you like glenn miller’s orchestra, then you have to see this film. there’s a very funny scene near the beginning of the film where the orchestra has to audition (audition !) for the gig in sun valley. lots of great music .
when mom was alive, mention ms henie or ms williams and a great smile wold light up her face. mom was a bit of a tom boy in her youth, playing whatever sports young girls were allowed. she was a young woman when these 2 athletes made their films and they were her heroes. you’re right, ruth. “sun valley serenade” is a wonderful film and a fitting one for the holidays. another one for netflix .
yet, there’s so much more to this charming film. the witty lines, for one, plus the travis banton wardrobe and the enticing exterior shots of picturesque sun valley. there’s also exhilarating ski footage, i. e. real skiing on a real mountain .
i recently rewatched sun valley serenade (vhs) and orchestra wives (dvd). both films were very polished and showed the miller band to good effect, moreso than any other big band movie i can think of. great harry warren songs, and i guess sonja henie was at her most appealing in sun valley serenade. i' m not familiar with the history of multitrack recording, as was used in these films (as was the slightly earlier, fantasia). is there any written history as to when hollywood started experimenting with multitrack or stereo type recordings? it seems the miller recordings in these films sound better than any contemporary phonograph records he made. i wonder too, if svs is not on dvd yet due to cost / difficulty in remastering the original soundtrack? i know jackie gleason was a big band fan, and made records in the 1950' s fronting a band for capitol. was orch wives his first film ?
phillyrich wrote: i recently rewatched sun valley serenade (vhs) and orchestra wives (dvd). both films were very polished and showed the miller band to good effect, moreso than any other big band movie i can think of. great harry warren songs, and i guess sonja henie was at her most appealing in sun valley serenade. i' m not familiar with the history of multitrack recording, as was used in these films (as was the slightly earlier, fantasia). is there any written history as to when hollywood started experimenting with multitrack or stereo type recordings? it seems the miller recordings in these films sound better than any contemporary phonograph records he made. i wonder too, if svs is not on dvd yet due to cost / difficulty in remastering the original soundtrack? i know jackie gleason was a big band fan, and made records in the 1950' s fronting a band for capitol. was orch wives his first film ?
“in regards to the music, there are pieces from the original, including “it happened in sun valley, ” “in the mood” and “i know why (and so do you), ” burke said. “given our time constraints, there are not any fully realized musical numbers—merely hints .
plot: a down on their luck band lands a christmas eve gig in sun valley, idaho, after they hook up with temper mental singer vivian dawn (bari). to help with publicity for the band, their publicist nifty allen (berle) set up for pianist ted scott (payne) to adopt a european war orphan. while ted and bandleader phil corey (miller) have prepared for a baby orphan, their adoptee is fully grown norwegian karen (henie). when the band leaves for sun valley, karen sneaks along, threatening a budding romance between ted and vivian .
this is not the first time producer elise pearlstein (oscar - nominee for “ food, inc. ”) and director jessica yu have teamed up to cause a political stir through documentary filmmaking. working together for 10 years on projects like “protagonist” and “the living museum, ” they joined together to focus on “the most pressing issue of our time and our future”—the water crisis. during the 2012 summer sun valley writers’ conference, where “ last call at the oasis ” was screened, pearlstein shared her thoughts with sun valley magazine about the film, and what the water crisis means for future generations .
want to experience the action firsthand? then grab the family and head to sun valley’s historic ice rink to take a few turns. open ice is available daily from and you can book a group or private lesson or just watch from rinkside—who knows, you may even see an olympic gold medalist practicing a championship routine .
“this film is a testament to learning by trial and error, which is who we are at community school, ” said peter burke, community school upper school media specialist. ” “but the outcome was magnificent. making this film gave students an idea of the deep history and hard work behind the building of sun valley .
back to god’s country (1953) starring rock hudson and marcia henderson. the mountains around sun valley stand in for a small village in the frozen wilderness of alaska (it is interesting to note that a 1919 black and white version of this film starring nell shipman also featured scenes shot at priest lake in northern idaho) .
fayard and harold nicholas, whose careers spanned over six decades, made up one of the most beloved dance teams in the history of dance, the nicholas brothers. they were best known for their unforgettable appearances in more than 30 hollywood musicals in the 1930s and 1940s including down argentine way (1940), sun valley serenade (1941) and stormy weather (1943). their artistry, choreographic brilliance, and unique style - - a smooth mix of tap, jazz, ballet and acrobatic moves - - entertained and astonished vaudeville, theatre, film and television audiences all over the world .
for those of us who may never get to sun valley, idaho, and may never have the pleasure of racing madly down its white ski slopes or partaking of the many other luxuries of one of the world' s most magnificent winter resorts, twentieth century - fox has well provided a poor man' s substitute. view full article in timesmachine »
the world - famous sun valley lodge and ski resort was built in 1936 by averell harriman, owner of the union pacific railroad. according to accounts, the opera house was built on the grounds of the lodge around 1937 and never was an opera or vaudeville house, just a movie theater. today it is a first - run movie house and is used for seminars and other purposes .
there isn' t an awful lot of plot, there are the usual hokey misunderstandings and the presence of one of those secluded log cabins out in the middle of nowhere. lynn bari plays payne' s singing sweetheart, while milton berle plays the band' s agent. numbers include' in the mood',' it happened in sun valley' and' chattanooga choo choo' .
the annual writers’ conference is the premier literary event in the valley. if you love to read or write it’s a “must see. ” the svm staff interviewed a few stars of last year’s conference .
( moviediva adds: sun valley serenade is one of those films made to showcase current hot performers with a bare wisp of a plot. the glenn miller orchestra performs several musical numbers so their legions of fans could see the band and assign faces to the sound they loved on records. the band becomes a major plot point when a petulant girl singer throws a fit at being drowned out by an audition band... fortunately the creamy smoothness of that miller tone will land them the job, instead. john payne is supposedly the piano player, swaying his big shouldered suit unconvincingly at the keyboard. and, he should have taken the hint early on about vivian dawn' s irritable behavior .
the surprise comes right before the band is to travel to sun valley for a christmas gig. while on the ski slopes, ted soon falls for karen’s schemes to win the heart of her new sponsor, much to the annoyance of his girlfriend, vivian dawn (bari), a soloist with the band. vivian promptly quits the band out of jealousy, and karen stages an elaborate ice show as a substitute .
the future filmmakers forum showcases student - made films from the wood river valley, elsewhere in idaho and other parts of the united states. the program is intended to encourage students to consider filmmaking as a career .
glenn miller had a very short career in films. this was his first and orchestra wives was his last before he went off on his ill - fated flight across the english channel. it' s set in the famous idaho ski resort. the picture was said to be the brainchild of studio boss darryl f. zanuck, who had vacationed at sun valley and thought it might make a lovely setting... read more
other great songs here include
in the mood ,
moonlight serenade
and
i know why .
miller also recorded another new gordon - warren song that would eventually become an enormous hit ,
at last ,
but zanuck decided to save it for his next glenn miller movie ,
special performances make these films special. sun valley serenade features two figure skating sequences performed by three - time olympic gold - medal winner (1928, 1932, and 1936) henie. the first is pretty standard fare: as henie puts on her moves in an effort to impress ted, the crowd of “regular” skaters parts to give her center stage. the second performance is intentionally choreographed as part of the plot, with dozens of skating extras, and it occurs at night, on “black ice” (regular ice coated with a layer of black dye). the nighttime black ice effect is gorgeous, giving henie the look as if she is skating on a mirror. kudos to cinematographer edward cronjager for a flawless set - up and execution .
with a history of all - time classic movies having been shot here (
how to marry a millionaire
starring marilyn monroe, betty grable, and lauren bacall, for one), an idaho film - making revival underway, and a host of stars - in - occasional - residence (clint eastwood, scott glenn, arnold schwarzenegger and bruce willis all reside in sun valley part time), cinema lovers are actually in their element here .
as a master of ceremonies in vaudeville in the 1930' s (heralded as the youngest m. c. ever to work b. f. keith' s palace in new york), mr. berle developed his habit of getting into everyone' s act. he become a headliner in broadway shows, including a 97 - week run in the ziegfeld follies. he made movies (
tall, dark and handsome ,
sun valley serenade
). and he did a lot of radio, everything from the fred allen show to
can you top this ?
but as he acknowledges during an interview in this documentary, his humor was too visual for a big success in radio. and then along came television and
texaco star theater .
, meanwhile, wound up as probably her best picture. the story is essentially a romantic triangle between a big band pianist (john payne), the band' s singer (lynn bari), and a norwegian war refugee (henie), who all converge at sun valley when the band lands a job there. milton berle is on hand as the band' s manager, and portraying the band is the glenn miller orchestra, complete with glenn miller himself as the bandleader .
( 1941) had its genesis in a spontaneous brainstorm by darryl f. zanuck. the twentieth century - fox studio chief was on a winter vacation in sun valley, idaho, with one of his contract directors, bruce humberstone, and their wives. wouldn' t this be a good setting, mused zanuck, for a sonja henie film? and wouldn' t humberstone like to move up from the
b
movie world and direct it? the answer to both questions was a clear
yes .
pale rider (1985). sun valley’s most famous and iconic western. directed by clint eastwood and starring eastwood as the mysterious no - name drifter who rides into a small mining town to help local citizens michael moriarty and carrie snodgrass face up to the ruthless proprietor of a strip - mining company threatening their land and livelihood. shot on location in the boulder mountains, less than 20 minutes from director and star actor clint eastwood’s home (with a few scenes staged up over galena summit in the stanley basin) .
henie, the famous norwegian figure skater who had won gold medals at the 1928, 1932 and 1936 winter olympics, had become a big star for fox since signing with the studio. she was very popular, and her seven films so far had made lots of money. but as eager as zanuck was to build a movie around her in the winter resort town of sun valley, he was equally fed up with her difficult, temperamental nature, and was strongly considering not renewing her contract, which would end following this film .
despite being a native new englander, s. c. “sam” gwynne has really made a name for himself as a texan. the award - winning journalist spoke about his pulitzer prize - nominated, historical book, empire of the summer moon: quanah parker and the rise and fall of the comanches, the most powerful indian tribe in american history to a packed sun valley pavilion last summer. gwynne jokingly entitled his talk about the brutal opening of the american west: “connecticut yankee too dumb to know any better stumbles upon old western frontier. ”
disney recorded fantasia in multi - track sound for actual theatrical exhibition, but the multi - track recordings of many 40' s movies were not originally intended to be used for anything but soundtrack editing of the final mono - soundtrack. several tracks were recorded from different miked areas to give different audio perspective for a given shot' s point of view. this has allowed surviving multi - tracks to be remixed into stereo versions for more recent restorations or soundtrack reissues on cd. (the stereo remixes on the soundtrack cd of meet me in st. louis that came out awhile back is a great example of this .). miller' s recordings for orchestra wives and sun valley serenade do sound better than many of his original recordings due to better frequency range on 35mm soundtrack, though a lot of the broadcast transcription disc of miller' s radio performances also sound better than his 78' s for the same reason, better frequency range on the larger 16 inch discs .
however, make no mistake. not only was glenn miller in the right place at the right time, he had the chops to pull it off. watching these films and hearing miller’s signature moonlight serenade, his hits like i know why, people like you and me, at last, and serenade in blue, plus his legendary numbers like in the mood, chattanooga choo choo, and i’ve got a gal in kalamazoo (the latter two of which are sung by tex beneke, a miller saxophonist with an unmistakably unique voice), is especially pleasing because not only are they all great songs, the arrangements are different than those you would hear on a typical “greatest hits” compilation. this adds a nice freshness to them that, once you hear them, will certainly put you … in the mood .
“i absolutely love sun valley. i was lucky enough to make a movie here (' pale rider'), and if i had my way i would hang out here all the time, ” he said. “but i guess i’ll have to make another movie at some point since my last movie (' american sniper') did fairly well. so much of this business is hard work and a lot of good luck. tonight i consider myself lucky to get to know you all. i can only wish you the best of luck to keep this great film festival going for many years to come. ”
john payne, sonja henie and milton berle star in this lighthearted romantic comedy that features the glenn miller orchestra as a struggling band named the dartmouth troubadours. the group is about to get it' s big break at a posh sun valley ski resort, when the romance between singer vivian dawn (lynn bari) and piano player ted scott (payne) is shaken by a publicity stunt set up by band manager
nifty
allen (berle) .
nifty
has arranged for ted to adopt a war refugee, and ted becomes responsible fore a beautiful norwegian (henie) who decides she wants to marry him !
was difficult. transportation of equipment to the town was long, complicated, and costly, and much of the equipment itself proved heavy and challenging to use in the snow and ice. worst of all, terrible weather led to constant disruptions. in fact, none of sonja henie' s skiing or skating ended up being shot on location - - it was all filmed in the controlled environs of the fox studio lot. but even though the film had a high, $ 1. 3 million final cost, zanuck didn' t get too upset about the delays since he was using the location shoot as an excuse to frolic at sun valley with a french girlfriend .
the whole' finders keepers' team is very grateful for the two awards we received at the sun valley film festival. it was the first time that a film has won two awards at the festival, so you can imagine our shock and the honor of being called back up to the stage'
said clay tweel .
the trip to idaho was my first time in the state and it was an amazing venue for a festival. i really appreciated how engaged and vocal the audiences were, especially at q & a' s and some of the talks i attended. between the skiing and the great food at places like cristina' s, i hope to come back in the future !
a great film from long ago. i have long been a glenn miller fan and was pleased to find out the my 8 and 10 year old kids love this film and the music also. sun valley was around 3 years old at the time of filming and watching the film really makes you yearn to be a part of the way things used to be. even immigration is covered as the band goes to ellis island to pick up the
little
refugee. chattanooga choo choo was featured in the film and many not know that it was the very first gold record, the first million seller. a classic film i would recommend to all, young and old. kick back and listen to the way music used to be in the golden age .
sheep, dogs and shepherds have been part of the northern rocky landscape for over 150 years. it is said that in 1918 idaho’s sheep population was 2. 65 million, nearly six times the state’s human population. second only to sydney, australia, the wood river valley shipped thousands of lambs by railroad to markets around the west and was a major sheep center during that time .
though that industry has shrunk in recent years, sheepdogs are still an integral part of sheep ranching in the wood river valley. there are now two types of modern sheepdogs: guardian dogs which, in the wood river valley, are often great pyrenees; and the border collie which, according to fourth - generation idaho sheep rancher john peavey, he couldn’t run his operation without. the guardian’s job is to protect the sheep from predators. as pups, they are put in a pen with the sheep where they become family. the dogs will typically bond to a particular ewe and even ride on the trucks with them. “the key to raising effective guard dogs is very little human attention, ” says peavey. “their job is to bond with the sheep, not the shepherd. ”
it' s about a band that' s stone broke and their publicity manager thinks that for the good of the press they should adopt a little refugee from another country and have pictures taken of them to show how kind the band is. well, when the time comes for them to meet the refugee, it turns out to be sonja henie! they finally get a job in sun valley which at this time is covered by snow and ice. they plan to leave sonja at the publicity manager' s aunt' s house, but she wants to tag along. by the way, she was a refugee from norway, and she knows all about skiing and ice skating and everyone has a great time. surprising to me was that it is more a skiing movie than an ice skating movie, since sonja was an ice skater .
since he started as film critic for the chicago sun - times in 1967, and began covering movies locally and at international film festivals, roger ebert has met and interviewed countless movie idols, artists and unknowns - - some of them even before they became famous. there' s hardly a major figure in the history of movies, from the last part of the 20th century into the 21st, that he hasn' t encountered .
while the sun valley film festival in idaho is only in its fourth year, it' s already proving to be a rising star in the festival landscape, attracting enthusiastic filmmakers and big hollywood heavyweights. this year, clint eastwood was honored with their inaugural lifetime vision award at an intimate dinner 6, 000 feet up mt. baldy at the spectacular and historic roundhouse restaurant. eastwood is fond of the picturesque holiday spot that is renowned for being the first destination winter resort in the us. he filmed his 1985 western “ pale rider ” in the area, and spends a lot of time there. with his current box office smash “ american sniper ” now the biggest box office film of 2014, taking over $ 341 million in domestic totals, the laconic 84 - year - old actor / director promised he would keep working as he accepted his award .
in the 1970s, sorrels played at the leadville espresso in ketchum (now the picket fence), owned by her friend, the late millie wiggins. coincidentally, her grandfather, reverend stringfellow, used to preach in the same building when it was ketchum’s only church. over the years, she’s returned often to the wood river valley. in 1978, she and her old performing partner, bruce “utah” phillips, played at the second annual northern rockies folk festival. she also loves the national old - time fiddlers contest & festival in weiser, but has all but retired now. her live work is now the stuff of legend, the seeds of the stories she uncovered living on through music .
regular first run films grace the screen on all other nights. this well equipped theatre is outfitted with a pair of simplex x - l’s, a norelco 16mm projector, and sony sdds digital sound, and klipsch horn loaded speakers .
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when phil corey' s band arrives at the idaho ski resort its pianist ted scott is smitten with a norwegian refugee he has sponsored, karen benson. when soloist vivian dawn quits, karen stages an ice show as a substitute .
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this movie was shown on movie night at mash 4077 during season seven, episode nine, in which col potter said this movie was among his favorites .
( at around 19 mins) ted scott opens a door and the wall of a completely different room is shown outside to the room featured in the next shot .
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a norwegian war orphan adopted by a pianist as a publicity stunt turns out to be a beautiful young woman .
love the music of glen. miller. the skating and a all around family movie. a real treat !
best music and comic and romance done with grace, a dvd for a canada and usa should be available, the sooner the better. please make it happen.
sun valley serenade is a 1941 musical film starring sonja henie , john payne , glenn miller , milton berle , and lynn bari . it features the glenn miller orchestra as well as dancing by the nicholas brothers and dorothy dandridge , performing " chattanooga choo choo " , which was nominated for an academy award for best song , was inducted into the grammy hall of fame in 1996 , and was awarded the first gold record for sales of 1.2 million . 
sun valley serenade is a 1941 musical film starring sonja henie, john payne, glenn miller, milton berle, and lynn bari. it features the glenn miller orchestra as well as dancing by the nicholas brothers and dorothy dandridge, performing " chattanooga choo choo ", which was nominated for an academy award for best song, was inducted into the grammy hall of fame in 1996, and was awarded the first gold record for sales of 1.2 million.
sun valley serenade is a 1941 musical film starring sonja henie, john payne, glenn miller, milton berle, and lynn bari. it features the glenn miller orchestra as well as dancing by the nicholas brothers and dorothy dandridge, performing " chattanooga choo choo ", which was nominated for an academy award for best song, was inducted into the grammy hall of fame in 1996, and was awarded the first gold record for sales of 1.2 million.