Top Cast
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Bryant Weeks
Bix
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Emile B. Levisetti
Joe Venuti
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Julia Ewing
Agatha
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Mark Collver
Burnie
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Romano Orzari
Hoagy
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Debbon Ayer
Vera Cox
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Gayla Goehl
Kitty
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Michael T. Henderson
Pee Wee Russell
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Matthew Buzzell
Don Murray
Overview
Biopic of troubled jazz musician/composer Bix Beiderbecke (1903-1931), who played with the Paul Whiteman band, among others.
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