The Glenn Miller Story (1954)

George Tobias: Si Schribman

Quotes 

• Glenn Miller : Alright, alright, let's have the five saxes right in there...

  Si Schribman : *Five* saxes?

  Glenn Miller : And the trombones, right on the left here, over there, right in there, and the four trumpets right behind them...

  Si Schribman : Four trombones and four trumpets! When they get playing, what's gonna hold the roof on?

  Si's Assistant : He's trying five saxes with a trumpet lead.

  Si Schribman : Maybe it's good and maybe it ain't, but it's radical!

• Glenn Miller : I've tried all sorts of standard combinations. I never found out what I was looking for. If I start again, I've got to have an entirely different kind of a band. Different tunes. I wanna try something radical!

  Si Schribman : Fine, fine. Go get radical. But just get going! I gotta have something in here making a noise the kids can dance to. That's all.

• Si Schribman : If you can get a style the kids like, it can go on for - years maybe. No matter who is in it. It keeps right on going.