The Jazz Boy
The Jazz Boy is a 1958 Swedish musical film directed and by Hasse Ekman and starring Ekman, Maj-Britt Nilsson, Elof Ahrle and Georg Funkquist. 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
- Gunnar Skoglund as himself
- Manne Berggren as himself
- Gunnar 'Knas' Lindkvist as Jazzgosse
- Anita Lindblom as Lily
- Wilma Malmlöf as Tekla,
Soundtrack
- Zarah Leander - "Hela Livet är en Glad Operett"
- Karl Gerhard - "Jazzgossen "
- Sigge Fürst and Einar Fagstad - "Från Frisco till Kap eller Alla jäntor ä lika"
- Maj Lindström - "I min blommiga blå krinolin"
- "Shimmy"
- Sigge Fürst and choir - "Bättre och bättre dag för dag"
- Maj Lindström and Per Lindquist - "Säg det i toner"
- Helge Lindberg - "De' ä' grabben me' chokla' i"
- Sigge Fürst - "Din vår är min vår"
- Karl-Gerhard - "Hurra för det lilla som är kvar"
- Karl-Gerhard - "Den ökända hästen från Troja"
- Maj-Britt Nilsson - "Min Soldat"
- "Calle Schewens vals"
- Alice Babs - "Swing it Magistern"