''Jive Junction'' is a 1943 American

comedy film A comedy film is a category of film which emphasizes humor. These films are designed to make the audience laugh through amusement. Films in this style traditionally have a happy ending (black comedy being an exception). Comedy is one of the ol ...

directed by Edgar G. Ulmer and written by

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and

Malvin Wald Malvin Daniel Wald (August 8, 1917 – March 6, 2008) was an American screenwriter most famous for writing the 1948 police drama ''The Naked City'', for which he was nominated for the Academy Award for Best Story. He wrote over 150 scripts for mot ...

. The film stars Dickie Moore, Tina Thayer, Gerra Young, John Michaels, Jack Wagner and

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. The film was released on December 16, 1943, by

Producers Releasing Corporation Producers Releasing Corporation was the smallest and least prestigious of the Hollywood film studios of the 1940s. It was considered a prime example of what was called "Poverty Row": a low-rent stretch of Gower Street in Hollywood where shoest ...

Plot

The young musician Peter Crane is transferred from the conservatory to a regular secondary school. There his music comes into conflict with the modern music of high school students. When he finds out that his father was killed in the war, he turns to jive. He soon leads his school's music group.

Cast

* Dickie Moore as Peter Crane *Tina Thayer as Claire Emerson *Gerra Young as Gerra Young *John Michaels as Jimmy Emerson *Jack Wagner as Grant Saunders *

as Miss Forbes *Beverly Boyd as Cubby * William Halligan as Mr. Maglodian * Johnny Duncan as Frank *Johnny Clark as Chick *

Friedrich Feher Friedrich Feher (born Friedrich Weiß, 16 March 1889 – 30 September 1950) was an Austrian actor and film director. He first entered the film business in 1913, starting out as an actor but quickly gravitated toward directing. He is perhaps bes ...

as Frederick Feher *Caral Ashley as Mary *Odessa Lauren as Girl * Robert McKenzie as Sheriff

References

External links

* {{Edgar G. Ulmer 1943 films American comedy films 1943 comedy films Producers Releasing Corporation films Films directed by Edgar G. Ulmer American black-and-white films 1940s English-language films 1940s American films