Rich Car Collector Who Sells Sean Penn the Packard (uncredited)
Alan Francis
Party Guest (uncredited)
Rick Hickman
Angry Townsman (uncredited)
Fiona Jones
Farmer's Wife (uncredited)
Jon M. McDonnell
Music Enthusiast (uncredited)
Trish McGettrick
Patron (uncredited)
Maria Ottavia
Mother and Family on Boardwalk (uncredited)
Adam Sietz
John (uncredited)
John H. Tobin
Bartender Serving Emmet (uncredited)
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Trivia
The guitar that 'Sean Penn' plays in the movie is a Selmer Maccaferri of about 1932 (though it seems likely that it's a reproduction of the rare instrument and not an original) This is the same kind of guitar played and made famous by Django Reinhardt.
The scene towards the end of the film in which Emmet Ray is drunk in a New York bar was filmed in "Chumleys," a bar on Bedford Street in Greenwich Village.
Emmett's guitar playing is completely mis-matched with what is heard on the soundtrack. He plays the wrong chords, doesn't position his hands properly for the chords he does play, and is often strumming when he should be plucking (and vice versa).
During the Hollywood sequence, Emmet's band is backing a black vocalist. In the 1930s, musicians on film were, with extremely rare exceptions (e.g., Benny Goodman's quartet), strictly segregated. There's no way a white band would be playing behind a black woman.
Emmet Ray: You got a terrific body, you really do. Round. I like round. And I don't mean fat! You got some heft. Makes a fella feel like he's been someplace.
What brand of guitar was Sean using for his performance in 'Sweet And Lowdown' ?
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It is a "Selmer Maccaferri of about 1932 (though it seems likely that it's a reproduction of the rare instrument and not an original). This is the same kind of guitar played and made famous by Django Reinhardt." (from the trivia section)