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Actors: Rebecca Jenkins, Michael Ontkean, Luke Reilly, Robyn Stevan, Sheila Moore, Kate Reid
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| Review Summary and Plot Commentary about Bye Bye Blues |
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Canadians Daisy and Major Teddy Cooper are living happily in India in 1942 with their little son Richard and a child on the way. Just after buying her a piano, Teddy is transferred to the Far East. Daisy returns with their children to her parents' Alberta farm to wait for him. Her piano is stashed in the barn.
Singapore, the last place she has heard Teddy might be stationed, falls to the Japanese, and all of her letters to him are returned. Money is tight. Slim Godfrey's local dance band needs a piano player, and she pleads for a shot. Talented roving trombone player Max takes a shine to her, and agrees to join the band on the condition that she joins, too. When her family is sleeping, she sneaks out to the barn to practice. Max teaches her chords, and encourages her to sing. She becomes a star attraction of the band. When her father disapproves of her late nights with Max, she moves into her own house on the edge of town. But she continues to write to Teddy, not knowing whether he is alive or dead; and to resist Max's romantic overtures.
Two years later, Bernie Blitzer offers Slim Godfrey's Stardusters double their pay for regular work at his dance hall up in the big city of Edmonton. Daisy is unsure about commuting that far. She has children to consider. But both Blitzer and Max will bail without her, and she needs the money. She relents. The band is successful, and she loves the rush of performing. But there are negatives. The military men on the dance floor show inappropriate interest in her. Her children don't always make it to church when left in the care of their wild and fun-loving Auntie Frances. Slim drinks too much, undercuts the band's pay, and has to be tossed out. Daisy finds it harder and harder to see Teddy in her mind, and to think of things to write to him. She misses their son's 9th birthday to perform live on radio, and he increasingly resents her absences. When her brother Will returns at the end of the war in Europe, he sharply notices the changes in her; and, as a man ravaged by war, angrily sympathizes with Teddy, still possibly embroiled in it while she's out having fun. Max pressures Daisy to marry him. He is increasingly bonding with her children, and a little maddened by her continuing loyalty to a man who could be dead. Then a telegram arrives. Teddy is alive. He is returning tonight. And the band has a gig tomorrow. Daisy must decide which direction to go.
--vjm, Resident Scholar
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| Analysis of Bye Bye Blues |
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Ratings are on a 1-10 scale (Low to High)
Plot
Time/era of movie:
- 1930's-1950's
Romance/Love/Hugging
Yes
Kind of romance:
- love triangle/polygon
War impact on civilians/veterans
Yes
Job/Profession/Poverty Story?
Yes
Job:
- musician
Kind of conflict:
- war, WW II
Main Character
Identity:
- Female
Profession/status:
- singer/musician
Age:
- 20's-30's
Is this an ordinary person caught up in events?
Yes
Hair color?
- blonde
Hair type
- (woman) medium/shoulderlgn curly
Body type
- (woman) average
Unclothed?
- Full Frontal
Events of movie makes character more...
- sad
Ethnicity/Nationality
- Canadian
How sensitive is this character?
- sensitive to others' feelings
Secondary Main Character
Identity:
- Male
Hair color
- brunette (Brown)
Hair style
- (man) short/standard straight
Body type
- (man) average build
How much in movie?
- 90%-100%
Ethnicity/Nationality
- White (American)
Main Adversary
Identity:
- general circumstances
How much of work is main antagonist actually present in:
- 90%-100%
Setting
Asia/Pacific/Middle East
Yes
Asian country:
- India
The Americas (not US):
Yes
The Americas:
- Canada
Style
Accounts of torture and death?
- generic/vague references to death/punishment
Movie makes you feel...
- very happy
Non-American film?
Yes
What language?
- English
Any profanity?
- Occasional swearing
If lots of song/dance...
- lot of singing and dancing
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