"He hammered out the savage tempo of the jazz era!"01 December 1959Drama, Music101 mins
The story of legendary jazz drummer, Gene Krupa. Since his youth, all Gene ever wanted to do is play the drums and make music. This is something his parents would not approve of- they want him to be a priest. When Gene's father dies he promises to enter the priesthood. He soon realizes that he doesn't belong there and leaves to join his friend, Eddie's band. Ethel, Eddie's girlfriend, convinces Gene to go to New York and make it big. The 3 of them head to New York. Here Ethel and Gene soon fall in love and Gene makes a name for himself. Gene starts to live in the fast lane, with drugs, alcohol, women and parties. Ethel, unhappy with Gene's lifestyle, leaves him. Gene soon "hits rock bottom" where he has to face reality and choose where to take his life.
The true story of pianist Władysław Szpilman's experiences in Warsaw during the Nazi occupation. When the Jews of the city find themselves forced into a ghetto, Szpilman finds work playing in a café; and when his family is deported in 1942, he stays behind, works for a while as a laborer, and eventually goes into hiding in the ruins of the war-torn city.
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Just a teenage jive canary who loves jazz and I love gene krupa and his style of drumming so i decided to show this underrated gem to the world. Keep jivin and ...
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Krupa himself played the drums on the soundtrack for the film and for the sequences in which Sal Mineo as Krupa plays the drums.
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HIT MAN The Gene Krupa Story Von Arthor von Blomberg 1967 Pater O'Connor "The Jazz Priest" führt in der CBS-Fernsehshow in New York City ein Interview ...
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The Gene Krupa Story (also known as Drum Crazy) is a 1959 biopic of American drummer and bandleader Gene
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