The Glenn Miller Story The Glenn Miller Story The Glenn Miller Story is a 1954 American biographical film about the eponymous American band-leader, directed by Anthony Mann and starring James Stewart in their first non-western collaboration. Universal-International's first public announcements, early in 1953, employed the soon-discarded title, "Moonlight Serenade." The film follows big band leader Glenn Miller (1904–1944) (James Stewart) from his early days in the music business in 1929 through to his 1944 death when the airplane he was flying in was lost over the English Channel during World War II. Prominent placement in the film is given to Miller's courtship and marriage
Glenn Miller discography wide-angle, mobile camera shot used to film the scene, known as a boom shot. The arrangement is by George Williams. The Jack Million Band recorded it on the album "In the Mood for Glenn Miller, Vol. 2". "Boom Shot" was included on the 1959 double LP released by Twentieth Century Fox entitled "Glenn Miller and His Orchestra", TCF 100-2, which included music from the "Orchestra Wives" and "Sun Valley Serenade" movies. In May, 1959, "Boom Shot" was released as a 7" vinyl 45 single by the British Top Rank label with "You Say the Sweetest Things, Baby" by the Glenn