The Benny Goodman Story him out of a romance with Alice Hammond (played by Donna Reed), whom Goodman eventually married, she says, "Bagels and caviar don't mix." The young Benny Goodman is taught clarinet by a Chicago music professor. He is advised by bandleader Kid Ory to play whichever kind of music he likes best, but to make a living, Benny begins by joining the Ben Pollack traveling band. Later in New York, where his new band band gets a lukewarm reception, Benny meets jazz lover John Hammond and his sister Alice. He is invited to the stately Hammond home to perform a Mozart
George Goodman (RAF officer) George Goodman (RAF officer) Flying Officer George Ernest Goodman (8 October 1920 – 14 June 1941), sometimes known as Randy or Benny Goodman, was a Royal Air Force flying ace of the Second World War who flew in the Battle of Britain as one of "The Few". Goodman is credited with 10 individual kills and six shared. Goodman was born in Haifa on 8 October 1920 to a British father, Sidney Charles Goodman, and Bida Lerner, a Turkish national of Jewish descent from Zikhron Ya'akov. He had two sisters, Winifred and Ellen. His parents were married in St Lukes Church