Sweet and Low-Down

{{short description|1944 film by Archie Mayo}}

{{about||the 1999 Woody Allen film|Sweet and Lowdown|the Dave Van Ronk album|Sweet & Lowdown}}

{{Infobox film

| name = Sweet and Low-Down

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| director = Archie Mayo

| producer = William LeBaron

| screenplay = Richard English

| story = Richard English
Edward Haldeman

| starring = Benny Goodman
Linda Darnell
Jack Oakie

| music = Cyril J. Mockridge

| cinematography = Lucien Ballard

| editing = Dorothy Spencer

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| distributor = 20th Century Fox

| released = {{Film date|1944|09|21}}

| runtime = 76 minutes

| country = United States

| language = English

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| gross = $1,250,000{{Cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=WIZwZOz8LHsC&dq=aubrey+solomon+20th+century+fox&pg=PA212|title=Twentieth Century-Fox: A Corporate and Financial History|first=Aubrey|last=Solomon|date=November 11, 2002|publisher=Rowman & Littlefield|isbn=978-0-8108-4244-1 |via=Google Books}}

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Sweet and Low-Down is a 1944 film directed by Archie Mayo and starring Benny Goodman and Linda Darnell.{{Cite web |url=http://www.allrovi.com/movies/movie/sweet-and-lowdown-v112413 |title=AllRovi entry |access-date=2011-05-21 |archive-url=https://archive.today/20120723101605/http://www.allrovi.com/movies/movie/sweet-and-lowdown-v112413 |archive-date=2012-07-23 |url-status=dead }} The film was a fictionalized version of life with Goodman, his band, and their manager while entertaining at military camps. The song "I'm Making Believe" (lyrics by Mack Gordon; music by James V. Monaco) was nominated for an Academy Award.{{cite web|title=Sweet and Lowdown|url=http://awardsdatabase.oscars.org|website=Academy Awards Database|access-date=17 March 2016}}