The Jazz Boy

{{short description|1958 film}} {{Infobox film | name = The Jazz Boy | image = File:The Jazz Boy.jpg | caption = | director = Hasse Ekman | producer = Allan Ekelund | writer = Hasse Ekman Åke Söderblom Gösta Stevens | starring = Hasse Ekman Maj-Britt Nilsson Elof Ahrle Georg Funkquist | music = Charles Redland | cinematography = Martin Bodin | editing = Oscar Rosander | studio = Svensk Filmindustri | distributor = Svensk Filmindustri | released = {{Film date|1958|10|06|df=yes}} | runtime = 104 minutes | country = Sweden | language = Swedish | budget = | gross = }} '''''The Jazz Boy''''' (Swedish: '''''Jazzgossen''''') is a 1958 Swedish musical film directed and by Hasse Ekman and starring Ekman, Maj-Britt Nilsson, Elof Ahrle and Georg Funkquist.<ref>Gustafsson p.118</ref> The film was an attempt to make a nostalgic cavalcade of the Swedish entertainment scene of the 1920s and 1930s, and featured many songs from that era. The film's sets were designed by the art director P.A. Lundgren.

== Cast == *Maj-Britt Nilsson as Karin Ingel-Anker *Hasse Ekman as Teddy Anker *Elof Ahrle as Mille Bergström *Bengt Ekerot as Erik Jonsson *Georg Funkquist as Allan Örtengren *Per Lindquist as Lars-Erik *Meg Westergren as Madeleine *Torsten Lilliecrona as Guest at Teddy's party *Curt Masreliez as Hubbe *Einar Fagstad as himself *Wiktor Andersson as Stage Guard *Ingvar Kjellson as Guest at Teddy's party *Hans Strååt as The Director of 'Kameliadamen' *Ragnar Klange as Visitor at auction *Rune Halvarsson *Elsa Ebbesen as Svea *Gunnar Olsson as Film director *Börje Nyberg as Sound engineer *Gösta Prüzelius as Film editor *Ulf Johansson as Lightmaster at China *Sven-Axel Carlsson as Electrician at China *Per Sjöstrand as Armand *Håkan Serner as Messenger *Göthe Grefbo as Publicity Manager *Sune Mangs as Jerka *Alf Östlund as Jazzgosse *Mille Schmidt as Jazzgosse *Ulla-Carin Rydén as Ms. Holm *Karl Gerhard as himself *Sigge Fürst as Ernst Rolf *Sven Jerring (voice) *Gunnar Skoglund as himself (voice) *Manne Berggren as himself (voice) *Gunnar 'Knas' Lindkvist as Jazzgosse * Anita Lindblom as Lily * Wilma Malmlöf as Tekla, Zarah Leander and Einar Söderbäck appear uncredited.

== Soundtrack == *Zarah Leander - "Hela Livet är en Glad Operett" (Music by Jules Sylvain, lyrics by Åke Söderblom) *Karl Gerhard - "Jazzgossen (En lille Rystedans)" (Composed by Edvard Brink, lyrics by Karl-Gerhard) *Sigge Fürst and Einar Fagstad - "Från Frisco till Kap eller Alla jäntor ä lika" (Composed by Ernst Rolf, lyrics by Martin Nilsson) *Maj Lindström - "I min blommiga blå krinolin" (In My Sweet Little Alice Blue Gown) (Composed by Harry Tierney, lyrics by Anita Halldén as S.S. Wilson) *"Shimmy" *Sigge Fürst and choir - "Bättre och bättre dag för dag" (I'm Getting Better Every Day) (Composed by Mark Strong lyrics by Anita Halldén as S.S. Wilson and Karl-Ewert Christenson) *Maj Lindström and Per Lindquist - "Säg det i toner" (Composed by Jules Sylvain, lyrics by Karl-Ewert Christenson) *Helge Lindberg - "De' ä' grabben me' chokla' i" *Sigge Fürst - "Din vår är min vår" (Composed by Georg Enders) *Karl-Gerhard - "Hurra för det lilla som är kvar" (Composed by Carl Gustaf Hulthe, lyrics by Karl-Gerhard) *Karl-Gerhard - "Den ökända hästen från Troja" (Mars vesiolych rebjat) (Composed by Isaak Dunayevsky, lyrics by Karl-Gerhard, arrangement by Lille Bror Söderlundh) *Maj-Britt Nilsson - "Min Soldat" (Written by Nils Perne) *"Calle Schewens vals" (Composed by Evert Taube, original lyrics by Evert Taube, new lyrics by Karl-Gerhard) *Alice Babs - "Swing it Magistern"

== References == {{Reflist}}

== Bibliography == * Gustafsson, Fredrik. ''The Man from the Third Row: Hasse Ekman, Swedish Cinema and the Long Shadow of Ingmar Bergman''. Berghahn Books, 2016.

== External links == *{{IMDb title|id=0051794|title=The Jazz Boy}} *[http://www.sfi.se/sv/svensk-filmdatabas/Item/?type=MOVIE&itemid=4571 Jazzgossen on Swedish Film Database]

{{DEFAULTSORT:Jazz Boy}} Category:1958 films Category:Films directed by Hasse Ekman Category:Films set in the 1920s Category:Films set in the 1930s Category:1950s musical drama films Category:1958 Swedish-language films Category:Swedish musical drama films Category:1958 drama films Category:1958 Swedish films Category:Films scored by Charles Redland