The Gene Krupa Story

The Gene Krupa Story also known as Drum Crazy is a 1959 biopic of American drummer and bandleader Gene Krupa. The conflict in the film centers on Krupas rise to success and his corresponding use of marijuana.

After an early performance at a club, a young girl who introduces herself as Ethel Susan Kohner tells Krupa that she has become enamored with his music. The two fall in love.After his fathers death, Gene becomes a student in the seminary. Krupa finds himself lost at the seminary, imagining syncopated versions of the Ave Maria when he should be listening to holy hymns in a quiet, penitent reverie even after a year spent at the seminary, he still cannot shake his dreams of becoming a musician. When he consults with his spiritual leader, he is told that he should wait for summer vacation to make a decision, the time when he is able to go home from the seminary. ........

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