Jazzgossen

Jazzgossen
Directed by	Hasse Ekman
Written by	Hasse Ekman Åke Söderblom Gösta Stevens
Music by	Charles Redland
Cinematography	Martin Bodin
Edited by	Oscar Rosander
Release dates	6 October 1958
Running time	104 minutes
Country	Sweden
Language	Swedish

Jazzgossen ("The jazz boy") is a 1958 Swedish musical film directed by Hasse Ekman. The film was an attempt to make a nostalgical cavalcade of the Swedish entertainment scene of the 1920s and 1930s, and featured many songs from that era.

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

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"

External links

• Jazzgossen at IMDb
• Jazzgossen on Swedish Film Database