Gene Krupa

AKA:

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1909-01-15

Chicago, Illinois, USA

Biography

Crew Roles

Desenho Abstrato n° 2

Musician

Some Like It Hot

Songs

Perfectly Frank: Frank Loesser Revued

Songs

Cast RolesCast Roles Played = {29}

Self

1955-07-02 5

Allen in Movieland

TV goes Hollywood when Steve Allen visits Universal-International to prepare for his upcoming title role in "The Benny Goodman Story." ...

Genre :Comedy, Music, TV Movie

Gene Krupa

1954-01-04 6.9

The Glenn Miller Story

A vibrant tribute to one of America's legendary bandleaders, charting Glenn Miller's rise from obscurity and poverty to fame and wealth in the early 1940s. ...

Genre :Drama, Music, Romance

Gene Krupa

1939-05-19 7.2

Some Like It Hot

Nicky Nelson is a fast-talking sideshow barker with a wax-and-alive concession on Atlantic City's boardwalk. Even with the band of his friend, struggling musician Gene Krupa, playing on the sidewalk t ...

Genre :Comedy, Music, Romance

Musician - Drum Solo (archive footage) (uncredited)

1946-12-25 7.789

The Best Years of Our Lives

It's the hope that sustains the spirit of every GI: the dream of the day when he will finally return home. For three WWII veterans, the day has arrived. But for each man, the dream is about to become ...

Genre :Drama, Romance, War

Band Drummer

1936-10-05 5.4

The Big Broadcast of 1937

The employees of a failing radio station must put on a huge ratings winner to have any chance of continued operation. ...

Genre :Comedy, Romance, Music

Gene King

1947-01-31 0

Follow That Music

Two reel comedy starring Gene Krupa as an Orchestra leader trying to make it in New York. ...

Genre :Music

Himself — Orchestra Leader

1941-12-02 7.348

Ball of Fire

A group of academics have spent years shut up in a house working on the definitive encyclopedia. When one of them discovers that his entry on slang is hopelessly outdated, he ventures into the wide wo ...

Genre :Comedy, Romance, Crime

Self

1944-04-11 4

The Shining Future

Documentary short film intended to drum up support for the Fifth War Loan Campaign. It shows a happy family in the future of 1960 enjoying the prosperity and advantages made possible by the successful ...

Genre :Music, Documentary

Benny Goodman Drummer (uncredited)

1938-01-15 5.4

Hollywood Hotel

After losing a coveted role in an upcoming film to another actress, screen queen Mona Marshall (Lola Lane) protests by refusing to appear at her current movie's premiere. Her agent discovers strugglin ...

Genre :Comedy, Music, Romance

1972-01-01 0

Born to Swing

“A tribute to the Swing Era evoked by skillful intercutting of rare material examining the varying fortunes of five ex-Basie sidemen. It looks at the years between 1930 and 1945 when Swing was in its ...

Genre :Documentary

Gene Krupa

1948-01-16 0

Glamour Girl

A talent scout and her colleague form their own company when their agency ignores their latest discovery. ...

Genre :

Gene Krupa

1942-05-22 6.2

Syncopation

A young trumpeter rises through the jazz world and finds love. ...

Genre :Music, Romance, Drama

Self

1949-04-01 5.5

Make Believe Ballroom

Liza Lee, fast-talking press agent for Al Jarvis, persuades Jarvis to stage a Musical Mystery Contest, with a $5000 prize to the person who can first name the most musical numbers and their performers ...

Genre :Music

Self (archive footage)

1956-01-01 7

Jazz Ball

A made-for-TV musical revue, compiled from soundies and film and TV performances by jazz greats from the 1930s to the 1950s. ...

Genre :Music, Documentary

Gene Krupa

1945-10-09 5.3

George White's Scandals

Two couples work through their issues in this backstage Broadway musical. ...

Genre :Music, Comedy

Himself

1947-02-19 4

Beat the Band

Singer Ann wants back her money that the manager of a big-band has embezzled. ...

Genre :Music

himself

1947-04-07 3.5

Boy! What a Girl!

Two silky-smooth producers line up a potential backer (who'll put up half the cash) for a musical review. The catch is that they must find someone else to put up the other half. Enter cigar-smoking cr ...

Genre :Music

Himself

1942-01-12 5.8

Let Me Off Uptown

Anita O'Day with Gene Krupa and His Orchestra perform "Let Me Off Uptown". ...

Genre :Music

1956-02-02 6.3

The Benny Goodman Story

Young Benny Goodman is taught clarinet by a music professor. He is advised to play whichever kind of music he likes best, but to make a living, Benny begins by joining the Ben Pollack traveling band. ...

Genre :Drama, Music

Self

1947-12-03 0

The Drummer Man

This "Name Band Musical" short from Universal (production number 3302), filmed in November of 1947 and released on December 3, 1947 (which should make it a 1947 and not a 1948 film) features Gene Krup ...

Genre :Music

Gene Krupa

1948-07-15 0

Thrills of Music: Gene Krupa and His Orchestra

Includes the segments, "Bop Boogie", "Sabre Dance" and "Disc Jockey Jump" by Gene and the band with vocalist Dolores Hawkins and introduced by Disc Jockey Fred Robbins. ...

Genre :Music

Himself

1948-01-03 6

Smart Politics

The growth of small town juvenile crime starts a movement for the building of a youth center. The project leaders discuss with the mayor about buying an old warehouse and rebuilding it as the Center. ...

Genre :Comedy, Drama, Music

Self

1941-01-03 0

Gene Krupa: America's Ace Drummer Man and His Orchestra

Gene Krupa and His Orchestra have a jam session. ...

Genre :Music

Self

1962-10-01 6.222

The Merv Griffin Show

The Merv Griffin Show is an American television talk show, starring Merv Griffin. The series ran from October 1, 1962 to March 29, 1963 on NBC, September 20, 1965 to August 15, 1969 in first-run syndi ...

Genre :Talk

1950-01-17 0

Cavalcade of Bands

Cavalcade of Bands was an early-1950s American television series which aired on the now defunct DuMont Television Network. ...

Genre :

1955-06-25 0

America's Greatest Bands

Genre :

1959-10-06 6

Startime

Startime is an anthology show of drama, comedy, and variety, and was one of the first American television shows broadcast in color. The program was aired Tuesday nights in the United States on the NBC ...

Genre :Comedy, Drama

Self

1959-10-08 0

The Big Party

Genre :

Self

1962-10-01 7.459

The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson

The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson is a talk show hosted by Johnny Carson under The Tonight Show franchise from 1962 to 1992. It originally aired during late-night. For its first ten years, Carso ...