Swing It (1936)

ALL 06/30/1936 (en) Music 16 Min
  • Release
    06/30/1936
  • Production
    RKO Radio Pictures
  • Rotten tomato
    42%
  • Original title
    Swing It
  • Original language
    en
  • Production Cost
  • 0.00
    -

Overview

Louis Prima, between song numbers, tells how he happened to get a job in a Hollywood cafe playing music while a couple, unrelated to anything else, play a slot machine in the background. This short was reissued in 1944 and again in 1952. Lucille Ball has a bit part. Song numbers include; "Way Down Yonder in New Orleans", "Up a Lazy River", "Dinah","Basin Street Blues" and "Johnny Get Your Gun."

  1. Leslie Goodwins

    Director

  2. Story

  3. Editor

  4. Lou Brock

    Producer



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Casts

  1. Louis Prima

    Louis Prima - Band Leader

  2. Lucille Ball

    Mary (uncredited)

  3. Pee Wee Russell

    Himself

Full Cast & Crew

Casts : 3 , Crews : 3

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Swing It (1936) 16 Min

ALL 06/30/1936 (en)
Music
  • Release 06/30/1936
  • Production
    RKO Radio Pictures
  • Original title Swing It
  • en
  • Revenue0.00

Overview

Louis Prima, between song numbers, tells how he happened to get a job in a Hollywood cafe playing music while a couple, unrelated to anything else, play a slot machine in the background. This short was reissued in 1944 and again in 1952. Lucille Ball has a bit part. Song numbers include; "Way Down Yonder in New Orleans", "Up a Lazy River", "Dinah","Basin Street Blues" and "Johnny Get Your Gun."

  1. Leslie Goodwins

    Director

  2. Story

  3. Editor

  4. Lou Brock

    Producer