The prisoner of swing approved 22min short, adventure, comedy 11 june 1938 usa musical satire based on anthony hopes ruritanian novel the prisoner of zenda in which a commoner takes the place of a lookalike king. January mgm announces that judy garland will be cast in the role of dorothy in the upcoming the wizard of oz film. The prisoner of swing 1938 cast and crew moviefone. Like most of his films, you can see the potential for greatness, but the glaring b movie quality production defeats it again. Fields plays dual roles while hope juggles three exwives and romances dorothy lamour. In this musical comedy, wrestling promoter ed hatch is in kentucky with his dopey, musclebound client. Swing your lady 1938 rotten tomatoes movie trailers. With george burns, gracie allen, martha raye, bob hope.
The promoter eventually finds him a match in a female blacksmith louise fazenda but the two fall in love before any wrestling can be done. Swingtime in the movies 1938 approved 20min musical, short, comedy 24 december 1938 usa in this musical short, a director named nitvitch, unhappy with the lead actress in his western, makes an unexpected discovery in the studio cafe where some big stars are being served by a bevy of beautiful singing, dancing waitresses. Swing your lady 1938 in this musical comedy, joe nat pendleton, a professional wrestler, arrives at a small town in missouri with his manager, ed humphrey bogart. Once in harlem she gets a job in an off broadway production for a producer who hopes to get the first black production on broadway. A new 18x24 movie poster reproduction of the 1938 film swing. Goodmans bands started the careers of many jazz musicians. Mandy jenkins, an african american cook for a wealthy white family in birmingham, alabama, discovers her husband cornell is having an affair. Swing movie poster oscar micheaux 1938 for sale online. Swing that cheer full full movie, swing that cheer full full movie streaming swing that cheer full movie engsub watch swing that cheer full english full movie online swing that cheer full film. Oscar micheaux directed this lively musical drama that was designed especially for black audiences.
Swingtime in the movies is a 1938 american short comedy musical film directed and written by crane wilbur. Ray enright the lowdown for all of the horrible things. The disc begins with a staple of the period, artie shaws begin the beguine, and continues along a path with 24 other points of interest that will grab your. The big broadcast of 1938 bob hopes memorable movie debut is a starstudded mix of music and comedy. Swing 1938 cast and crew eloise hazel diaz is a young black woman who is having an affair with the husband of mandy cora green, who works for a rich white southern family. Swing is here to stay from ali baba goes to town thin ice prince igor suite from thin ice waikiki wedding luau from waikiki wedding. College swing passed 1h 26min comedy, musical 29 april 1938 usa gracie alden tries to graduate on college to get an inheritance. I have no idea if this was in fact a real dance of the time or just a dance created for this movie. Betty boop, auditioning bandleaders for a college swing dance, discovers a cleaning woman who resembles betty grable.
The supporting cast features edward everett horton, ben blue, betty grable, jackie coogan, john payne, robert cummings, and jerry colonna. Loaded with memorable songs and screwball laughs, college swing graduates at the top if its class in musical comedy entertainment. Consuela harris in the movie swing d twerking in 1938 swing jazz, swing. With wallace ford, ray mayer, isabel jewell, mary treen. The year 1938 in film involved some significant events. In the mid1930s, goodman led one of the most popular musical groups in the united states. College swing, also known as swing, teacher, swing in the u. Swing and big band music of the 1930s continues to be as popular today as it was then. Exserviceman skid johnson fred macmurray rises to the uppermost rungs of. In a small provencal town in the late 19th century, popular new and rotund baker.
Credits and other information from the internet moviedatabase. Swing 1938 eloise hazel diaz is a young black woman who is having an affair with the husband of mandy cora green, who works for a rich white southern family. Some of the musical scenes are powerful and there are money of them. With cora green, larry seymour, hazel diaz, alec lovejoy. His concert at carnegie hall in new york city on january 16, 1938 is described by critic bruce eder as the single most important jazz or popular music concert in history. It features helen broderick, victor moore, betty furness, eric blore and georges metaxa, with music by jerome kern and lyrics by dorothy fields. Rent the big broadcast of 1938 college swing 1938 on. Ted gregory is trying to be the first black producer to mount a show on broadway, but he has trouble with his star singer. Comes 1938, and the last of the alden girls, giddy gracie alden gracie allen, of course hires glibtongued tutor bud brady bob hope to help her pass her exams. Swing your lady is a 1938 country musical comedy film directed by ray enright, starring humphrey bogart, frank mchugh, and louise fazenda.
With louis prima, shirley lloyd, ted gary, mitzi dahl. See the full list of the prisoner of swing cast and crew including actors, directors, producers and more. William jones film and video collection, hamon arts library, southern methodist university. Gracie allen is gracie alden, in the 200year old original structure of the college her family stands to inherit if she, on this last chance, can pass a graduation exam, cheating from a laundry list, george burns her interrogator, cecil cunningham on the board, in college. Ted gregory is trying to be the first black producer to mount. In 1939, it was nominated for an academy award for best live action short film, tworeel at the 11th academy awards. Swing your lady 1938 12 out of 4 poor warner comedy has a promoter humphrey bogart arriving in a small town to try and set up a match for his prized wrestler nat pendleton. The object of his affection is myrtle montrose isabal jewell, a typical sweetheart of the navy. Rent the big broadcast of 1938 college swing 1938 starring bob hope and gracie allen on dvd and bluray. Hit parade 1938 takes you back to the popular music to which your grandparents grew up listening. Husky stone ray mayer, strongest man in the navy, and as short on brains as he is as long on muscle, has an urge to get married, as his enlistment is up. From spirituals to swing vanguard, 1938 the famous 1938 carnegie hall jazz concert vols. A director working on a musical falls for a local waitress working in a canteen. Also featured in the cast is ronald reagan in one of his early roles.
College swing 1938 movie clip title song betty grable. Although bob hope only got fifth billing in the opening credits w. Fields had star billing above the movie title, this musical comedy is a landmark film because it. Dance sequences from the tyler twins provide the movies highlights. College swing 1938 cast and crew credits, including actors, actresses, directors, writers and more. Ray bolger is cast as the tinman and buddy ebsen as the scarecrow. Dance sequences from the tyler twins provide the movie s highlights. With humphrey bogart, frank mchugh, louise fazenda, nat pendleton. Swing cat louis prima and his jazz quintet play songs and accompany featured singers and dancers. Shop swing movie poster oscar micheaux 1938 overstock. With an unforgettable movie moment as an uncharacteristicallyfearful rocky was led to his execution. Promoter ed hatch comes to the ozarks with his slowwitted wrestler joe skopapoulos whom he pits against a hillbilly amazon blacksmith, sadie horn. Like most of his films, you can see the potential for greatness, but the glaring bmovie quality production defeats it again. The supporting cast features edward everett horton, ben blue, betty grable, jackie coogan, john.
Musical satire based on anthony hopes ruritanian novel the prisoner of zenda in which a commoner takes the place of a lookalike king. College swing is far from the best comedy of the period, but its a cheerful film. In this musical short, a director named nitvitch, unhappy with the lead actress in his western, makes an unexpected discovery in the studio cafe where some big stars are being served by a bevy of beautiful singing, dancing waitresses. Swing high swing low is a new coat of paint on the old stage play burlesque, first filmed in 1929 as the dance of life. Best thing apart from gracies lame jokes was martha raye belching her heart out. Also featured in the cast is ronald reagan in one of his early roles bogart was apparently becoming very disenchanted with the film roles that warner bros. Swing time is a 1936 american rko musical comedy film set mainly in new york city, and starring fred astaire and ginger rogers. With fritz feld, kathryn kane, john carroll, charley foy. Cast and crew credits for swingtime in the movies, 1938, directed by crane wilbur, with katherine kane, helen lynd, eddie kane, at turner classic movies.
If you had cut the movie off a few minutes early, maybe just fade the band out, itd be much, much better. At bolgers insistence, the roles are switched between the two actors. Marcel pagnol a charming comedydrama, adapted from jean gionos novel jean le bleu. Swing sister swing 1938 here we see a dance called the baltimore bubble. When their entourage is stranded on a lonely country rode, a hefty farm girl gets the. Swing your lady dvdr 1938 warner archive collection mod.
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