# The Jazz Boy
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{{short description|1958 film}}
{{Infobox film
| name = The Jazz Boy
| image = File:The Jazz Boy.jpg
| caption =
| director = [Hasse Ekman](/source/Hasse_Ekman)
| producer = [Allan Ekelund](/source/Allan_Ekelund)
| writer = Hasse Ekman
[Åke Söderblom](/source/%C3%85ke_S%C3%B6derblom)
[Gösta Stevens](/source/G%C3%B6sta_Stevens)
| starring = [Hasse Ekman](/source/Hasse_Ekman)
[Maj-Britt Nilsson](/source/Maj-Britt_Nilsson)
[Elof Ahrle](/source/Elof_Ahrle)
[Georg Funkquist](/source/Georg_Funkquist)
| music = [Charles Redland](/source/Charles_Redland)
| cinematography = [Martin Bodin](/source/Martin_Bodin)
| editing = [Oscar Rosander](/source/Oscar_Rosander)
| studio = [Svensk Filmindustri](/source/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](/source/musical_film) directed and by [Hasse Ekman](/source/Hasse_Ekman) and starring Ekman, [Maj-Britt Nilsson](/source/Maj-Britt_Nilsson), [Elof Ahrle](/source/Elof_Ahrle) and [Georg Funkquist](/source/Georg_Funkquist).[Gustafsson p.118] 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](/source/art_director) [P.A. Lundgren](/source/P.A._Lundgren).
== Cast ==
*[Maj-Britt Nilsson](/source/Maj-Britt_Nilsson) as Karin Ingel-Anker
*[Hasse Ekman](/source/Hasse_Ekman) as Teddy Anker
*[Elof Ahrle](/source/Elof_Ahrle) as Mille Bergström
*[Bengt Ekerot](/source/Bengt_Ekerot) as Erik Jonsson
*[Georg Funkquist](/source/Georg_Funkquist) as Allan Örtengren
*Per Lindquist as Lars-Erik
*[Meg Westergren](/source/Meg_Westergren) as Madeleine
*[Torsten Lilliecrona](/source/Torsten_Lilliecrona) as Guest at Teddy's party
*[Curt Masreliez](/source/Curt_Masreliez) as Hubbe
*[Einar Fagstad](/source/Einar_Fagstad) as himself
*[Wiktor Andersson](/source/Wiktor_Andersson) as Stage Guard
*[Ingvar Kjellson](/source/Ingvar_Kjellson) as Guest at Teddy's party
*[Hans Strååt](/source/Hans_Str%C3%A5%C3%A5t) as The Director of 'Kameliadamen'
*Ragnar Klange as Visitor at auction
*Rune Halvarsson
*[Elsa Ebbesen](/source/Elsa_Ebbesen) as Svea
*[Gunnar Olsson](/source/Gunnar_Olsson_(actor)) as Film director
*[Börje Nyberg](/source/B%C3%B6rje_Nyberg) as Sound engineer
*[Gösta Prüzelius](/source/G%C3%B6sta_Pr%C3%BCzelius) as Film editor
*[Ulf Johansson](/source/Ulf_Johansson_(actor)) as Lightmaster at China
*[Sven-Axel Carlsson](/source/Sven-Axel_Carlsson) as Electrician at China
*[Per Sjöstrand](/source/Per_Sj%C3%B6strand) as Armand
*[Håkan Serner](/source/H%C3%A5kan_Serner) as Messenger
*[Göthe Grefbo](/source/G%C3%B6the_Grefbo) as Publicity Manager
*[Sune Mangs](/source/Sune_Mangs) as Jerka
*[Alf Östlund](/source/Alf_%C3%96stlund) as Jazzgosse
*[Mille Schmidt](/source/Mille_Schmidt) as Jazzgosse
*[Ulla-Carin Rydén](/source/Ulla-Carin_Ryd%C3%A9n) as Ms. Holm
*[Karl Gerhard](/source/Karl_Gerhard) as himself
*[Sigge Fürst](/source/Sigge_F%C3%BCrst) as Ernst Rolf
*[Sven Jerring](/source/Sven_Jerring) (voice)
*Gunnar Skoglund as himself (voice)
*Manne Berggren as himself (voice)
*Gunnar 'Knas' Lindkvist as Jazzgosse
* [Anita Lindblom](/source/Anita_Lindblom) as Lily
* [Wilma Malmlöf](/source/Wilma_Malml%C3%B6f) as Tekla,
[Zarah Leander](/source/Zarah_Leander) and [Einar Söderbäck](/source/Einar_S%C3%B6derb%C3%A4ck) appear uncredited.
== Soundtrack ==
*Zarah Leander - "Hela Livet är en Glad Operett" (Music by [Jules Sylvain](/source/Jules_Sylvain), lyrics by [Åke Söderblom](/source/%C3%85ke_S%C3%B6derblom))
*Karl Gerhard - "Jazzgossen (En lille Rystedans)" (Composed by [Edvard Brink](/source/Edvard_Brink), lyrics by Karl-Gerhard)
*Sigge Fürst and Einar Fagstad - "Från Frisco till Kap eller Alla jäntor ä lika" (Composed by [Ernst Rolf](/source/Ernst_Rolf), lyrics by Martin Nilsson)
*Maj Lindström - "I min blommiga blå krinolin" (In My Sweet Little [Alice Blue Gown](/source/Alice_Blue_Gown)) (Composed by [Harry Tierney](/source/Harry_Tierney), lyrics by [Anita Halldén](/source/Anita_Halld%C3%A9n) 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](/source/Mark_Strong) lyrics by Anita Halldén as S.S. Wilson and [Karl-Ewert Christenson](/source/Karl-Ewert_Christenson))
*Maj Lindström and Per Lindquist - "Säg det i toner" (Composed by [Jules Sylvain](/source/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](/source/Georg_Enders))
*Karl-Gerhard - "Hurra för det lilla som är kvar" (Composed by [Carl Gustaf Hulthe](/source/Carl_Gustaf_Hulthe), lyrics by Karl-Gerhard)
*Karl-Gerhard - "Den ökända hästen från Troja" (Mars vesiolych rebjat) (Composed by [Isaak Dunayevsky](/source/Isaak_Dunayevsky), lyrics by Karl-Gerhard, arrangement by [Lille Bror Söderlundh](/source/Lille_Bror_S%C3%B6derlundh))
*Maj-Britt Nilsson - "[Min Soldat](/source/Min_Soldat)" (Written by [Nils Perne](/source/Nils_Perne))
*"Calle Schewens vals" (Composed by [Evert Taube](/source/Evert_Taube), original lyrics by Evert Taube, new lyrics by Karl-Gerhard)
*[Alice Babs](/source/Alice_Babs) - "[Swing it Magistern](/source/Swing_it%2C_magistern!_(song))"
== 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]
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Category:1958 Swedish films
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