Loring"Red"Nicholsisacornet-playingcountryboywhogoestoNewYorkinthe1920sfullofmusicalambitionandprinciples.HegetsajobplayinginWilParadise'sband,butquitstopursuehisdreamofplayingDixielandjazz.Heformsthe"FivePennies"whichfeatureshiswife,Bobbie,asvocalist.Atthepeakofhisfame,RedandBobbie'sdaughter,Dorothy,developspolio.RedquitsthemusicbusinesstomovetoLosAngeleswheretheclimateisbetterforDorothy.AsDorothybecomesayoungteen,shelearnsofherfather'smusicalpast,andheispersuadedtoopenasmallnightclubwhichisfailinguntilsomenotednamesfromhispastcometohelpout.WrittenbyRayHamel<[email protected]>
