---
title: 'The Eddy Duchin Story (1956)'
type: 'film'
director: 'George Sidney'
released: '1956-01-01'
runtime_minutes: 123
genres:
  - 'Drama'
  - 'History'
countries:
  - 'United States'
canonical: 'https://cinepixo.com/movies/the-eddy-duchin-story-1956'
review_count: 0
imdb: 'https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0049170/'
publisher: 'CinePixo'
---

# The Eddy Duchin Story (1956)

1956 · 123 min · Drama, History · United States


## Synopsis

The Eddy Duchin Story is a 1956 American biopic film of band leader and pianist Eddy Duchin starring Tyrone Power and Kim Novak. Filmed in CinemaScope, the Technicolor production was directed by George Sidney and written by Samuel A. Taylor from a story by Leo Katcher. Harry Stradling received an Academy Award nomination for his cinematography. The picture received four nominations in total and was one of the highest-grossing films of 1956. Incorporating signature elements of Duchin's style into his own, Carmen Cavallaro performed the piano music for the film and the soundtrack was also released as The Eddy Duchin Story (soundtrack).

## Credits

- **Director:** [George Sidney](https://cinepixo.com/people/george-sidney)
- **Screenplay:** [Samuel A. Taylor](https://cinepixo.com/people/samuel-a-taylor)
- **Original Music Composer:** [Ary Barroso](https://cinepixo.com/people/ary-barroso)
- **Producer:** [Jerry Wald](https://cinepixo.com/people/jerry-wald)
- **Director of Photography:** [Harry Stradling](https://cinepixo.com/people/harry-stradling)
- **Editor:** [Viola Lawrence](https://cinepixo.com/people/viola-lawrence)

## Cast

- [Gloria Holden](https://cinepixo.com/people/gloria-holden)
- [Victoria Shaw](https://cinepixo.com/people/victoria-shaw)
- [Xavier Cugat](https://cinepixo.com/people/xavier-cugat)
- [Tyrone Power](https://cinepixo.com/people/tyrone-power)
- [Frieda Inescort](https://cinepixo.com/people/frieda-inescort)
- [John Mylong](https://cinepixo.com/people/john-mylong)
- [Shepperd Strudwick](https://cinepixo.com/people/shepperd-strudwick)
- [Larry Keating](https://cinepixo.com/people/larry-keating)
- [Kim Novak](https://cinepixo.com/people/kim-novak)
- [James Whitmore](https://cinepixo.com/people/james-whitmore)

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