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| Swing Fever | |
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 theatrical poster | |
| Directed by | Tim Whelan |
| Written by | Story: Matt Brooks Joseph Hoffman Screenplay: Nat Perrin Warren Wilson |
| Produced by | Irving Starr |
| Starring | Kay Kyser |
| Cinematography | Charles Rosher |
| Edited by | Ferris Webster |
| Music by | George Stoll (uncredited) |
| Distributed by | Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer |
| Release date |
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| Running time | 79 minutes |
| Country | United States |
| Language | English |
Swing Fever is a 1943 American musical comedy film directed by Tim Whelan. Kay Kyser plays an ambitious music composer, also gifted with a hypnotic "evil eye", who gets mixed up with promoting a boxer. The film also features Marilyn Maxwell, William Gargan, Nat Pendleton and Lena Horne. Amid the credited music and boxing-world cameos many other familiar faces can be glimpsed: Tommy Dorsey, Harry James, Mike Mazurki, Mantan Moreland, and a young Ava Gardner.
Plot
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Cast
- Kay Kyser as Lowell Blackford
- Marilyn Maxwell as Ginger Gray
- William Gargan as "Waltzy" Malone
- Nat Pendleton as "Killer" Kennedy
- Lena Horne as herself
- Curt Bois as Nick Sirocco
- Morris Ankrum as Dan Conlon
- Andrew Tombes as Dr. Clyde L. Star
- Max "Slapsie Maxie" Rosenbloom as Rags
- Clyde Fillmore as Mr. Nagen
- Pamela Blake as Lois, Nagen's secretary
- Lou Nova as Kid Mandell
- Jack Roper as Sledgehammer Carson
- Harry Babbitt as himself
- Sully Mason as himself
- Ish Kabibble as himself
- Tommy Dorsey as himself
- Harry James as himself
- Jean Veloz nee Phelps aka Jean Davi as swing dancer, One Girl and Two Boys number
- Lennie Smith as swing dancer, One Girl and Two Boys number
- Don Gallagher as swing dancer, One Girl and Two Boys number
References
External links
- Swing Fever at IMDb
- Swing Fever at the TCM Movie Database
- Swing Fever at the AFI Catalog of Feature Films
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