''Swing, Sister, Swing'' is a 1938 American
comedy film
The comedy film is a film genre that emphasizes humor. These films are designed to amuse audiences and make them laugh. Films in this genre typically have a happy ending, with dark comedy being an exception to this rule. Comedy is one of the o ...
directed by
Joseph Santley
Joseph Mansfield Santley (born Joseph Ishmael Mansfield, January 10, 1890 – August 8, 1971) was an American actor, singer, dancer, writer, director, and producer of musical theatre, musical theatre, theatrical plays motion pictures and tel ...
and written by
Charles Grayson. The film stars
Ken Murray,
Johnny Downs
John Morey Downs (October 10, 1913 – June 6, 1994) was an American actor, singer and dancer. He began his career as a child actor, most notably as Johnny in the ''Our Gang'' short comedy film series from 1923 to 1926. He remained active ...
, Kathryn Kane,
Eddie Quillan
Edward Quillan (March 31, 1907 – July 19, 1990) was an American film actor and singer whose career began as a child on the vaudeville stages and silent film and continued through the age of television in the 1980s.
Vaudeville and silent fi ...
,
Ernest Truex
Ernest Truex (September 19, 1889 – June 26, 1973) was an American actor of stage, film, and television.
Career
Truex was born in Kansas City, Missouri. He learned acting at an early age after his father, a doctor, treated actor Edwin Melvin, w ...
and Edna Sedgewick. The film was released on December 16, 1938, by
Universal Pictures
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.
Plot
Press agent Nap Sisler joins up with Snookie Saunders and Satchel Lips Peters to make a new dance "The Baltimore Bubble" a national hit.
Cast
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Ken Murray as Nap Sisler
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Johnny Downs
John Morey Downs (October 10, 1913 – June 6, 1994) was an American actor, singer and dancer. He began his career as a child actor, most notably as Johnny in the ''Our Gang'' short comedy film series from 1923 to 1926. He remained active ...
as Johnny Bennett
*Kathryn Kane as Snookie Saunders
*
Eddie Quillan
Edward Quillan (March 31, 1907 – July 19, 1990) was an American film actor and singer whose career began as a child on the vaudeville stages and silent film and continued through the age of television in the 1980s.
Vaudeville and silent fi ...
as Chick 'Satchel Lips' Peters
*
Ernest Truex
Ernest Truex (September 19, 1889 – June 26, 1973) was an American actor of stage, film, and television.
Career
Truex was born in Kansas City, Missouri. He learned acting at an early age after his father, a doctor, treated actor Edwin Melvin, w ...
as Prof. L. Orlando Beebee
*Edna Sedgewick as Nona Tremayne
*
Nana Bryant
Nana Irene Bryant (November 23, 1888 – December 24, 1955) was an American film, stage, and television actress. She appeared in more than 100 films between 1935 and 1955.
Biography
Bryant was born 1888 in Cincinnati, Ohio. She appeared in ...
as Hyacinth Hepburn
*
Esther Howard
Esther Howard (April 4, 1892 – March 8, 1965) was an American stage and film character actress who played a wide range of supporting roles, from man-hungry spinsters to amoral criminals, appearing in 108 films in her 23-year screen care ...
as Miss Fredericks
*
Clara Blandick
Clara Blandick (born Clara Blanchard Dickey; June 4, 1876 – April 15, 1962) was an American character, film, stage and theater actress who portrayed Aunt Em in Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer's '' The Wizard of Oz'' (1939). As a character actress, ...
as Ma Sisler
*
James Flavin
James William Flavin Jr. (May 14, 1906 – April 23, 1976) was an American character actor whose stage, film, and television career lasted some forty years.
Early life
Flavin was born in Portland, Maine, and attended the West Point, where he pl ...
as Pilot
*
Emmett Vogan
Charles Emmett Vogan (September 27, 1893 – October 6, 1969) was an American actor with almost 500 film appearances from 1934 to 1954, making him, along with Bess Flowers, one of the most prolific film actors of all time.
In 1913, Vogan ...
as Les Murphy
*
Ted Weems
Wilfred Theodore Wemyes (September 26, 1901 – May 6, 1963), known professionally as Ted Weems, was an American bandleader and musician. Weems's work in music was recognized with a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame.
Biography
Born in Pitcai ...
as himself
*
Herbert Heywood Herbert Heywood may refer to:
* Herbert Heywood (footballer)
* Herbert Heywood (actor)
{{hndis, Heywood, Herbert ...
as Mr. Beagle
*
Fred Santley as Photographer
*John Ward as Nate Raymond
*Alan Davis as Jack Stafford
*
John Hiestand as Radio Announcer
*Clara Blore as Dancer
*Eddie Fetherston as Photographer
*
Lloyd Ingraham
Lloyd Chauncey Ingraham (November 30, 1874 – April 4, 1956) was an American film actor and director.
Biography
Born in Rochelle, Illinois, Ingraham appeared in more than 280 films between 1912 and 1950, as well as directing more than 100 f ...
as Station Agent
*Alice Weaver as Dancer
*Joe Niemeyer as Dance Instructor
References
External links
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1938 films
1930s English-language films
American comedy films
1938 comedy films
Universal Pictures films
Films directed by Joseph Santley
American black-and-white films
1930s American films
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