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Swing, Sister, Swing

  • 19381938
  • ApprovedApproved
  • 1h 12m
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5.7/10
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Kathryn Kane, Ken Murray, and Edna Sedgewick in Swing, Sister, Swing (1938)
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Broadway press agent Nap Sisler sees a chance to make a national hit with a new dance, "The Baltimore Bubble", created by Greenvale filling-station attendant Johnny Bennett. Nap promotes dan... Read allBroadway press agent Nap Sisler sees a chance to make a national hit with a new dance, "The Baltimore Bubble", created by Greenvale filling-station attendant Johnny Bennett. Nap promotes dance instructor Professor L. Orlando Beebee out of $500 to bring Johnny, his dancing partner... Read allBroadway press agent Nap Sisler sees a chance to make a national hit with a new dance, "The Baltimore Bubble", created by Greenvale filling-station attendant Johnny Bennett. Nap promotes dance instructor Professor L. Orlando Beebee out of $500 to bring Johnny, his dancing partner Snookie Saunders, and Greenvale grocery clerk and hot trombonist Satchel-Lips Peters to N... Read all
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5.7/10
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    • Joseph Santley
    • Charles Grayson(screenplay)
    • Burt Kelly(story "Swing Fever")
  • Stars
    • Ken Murray
    • Johnny Downs
    • Kathryn Kane
    • Joseph Santley
    • Charles Grayson(screenplay)
    • Burt Kelly(story "Swing Fever")
  • Stars
    • Ken Murray
    • Johnny Downs
    • Kathryn Kane
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    Johnny Downs and Kathryn Kane in Swing, Sister, Swing (1938)
    Johnny Downs, Kathryn Kane, Ken Murray, and Eddie Quillan in Swing, Sister, Swing (1938)
    Johnny Downs and Kathryn Kane in Swing, Sister, Swing (1938)
    Nana Bryant and Ernest Truex in Swing, Sister, Swing (1938)
    Johnny Downs and Kathryn Kane in Swing, Sister, Swing (1938)
    Johnny Downs, Kathryn Kane, and Edna Sedgewick in Swing, Sister, Swing (1938)
    Ken Murray in Swing, Sister, Swing (1938)
    Johnny Downs, Kathryn Kane, Eddie Quillan, and Edna Sedgewick in Swing, Sister, Swing (1938)
    Kathryn Kane and Eddie Quillan in Swing, Sister, Swing (1938)
    Ken Murray and Ernest Truex in Swing, Sister, Swing (1938)
    Eddie Quillan in Swing, Sister, Swing (1938)
    Johnny Downs and Kathryn Kane in Swing, Sister, Swing (1938)

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    Ken Murray
    Ken Murray
    • Nap Sisler
    Johnny Downs
    Johnny Downs
    • Johnny Bennett
    Kathryn Kane
    Kathryn Kane
    • Snookie Saunders
    Eddie Quillan
    Eddie Quillan
    • Chick 'Satchel Lips' Peters
    Ernest Truex
    Ernest Truex
    • Prof. L. Orlando Beebee
    Edna Sedgewick
    Edna Sedgewick
    • Nona Tremayne
    Nana Bryant
    Nana Bryant
    • Hyacinth Hepburn
    Esther Howard
    Esther Howard
    • Miss Fredericks
    Clara Blandick
    Clara Blandick
    • Ma Sisler
    James Flavin
    James Flavin
    • Pilot
    • (scenes deleted)
    Emmett Vogan
    • Les Murphy - Theatrical Agent
    Ted Weems
    Ted Weems
    • Ted Weems
    • (as Ted Weems and His Orchestra)
    Herbert Heywood
    • Mr. Beagle
    Fred Santley
    Fred Santley
    • Photographer
    John Ward
    • Nate Raymond
    Alan Davis
    • Jack Stafford
    John Hiestand
    • Radio Announcer
    Clara Blore
    • Dancer
      • Joseph Santley
      • Charles Grayson(screenplay)
      • Burt Kelly(story "Swing Fever")
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    Storyline

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    Did you know

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    • Trivia
      Final film of Edna Sedgewick.
    • Soundtracks
      Wasn't It You?
      Written by Frank Skinner and Charles Henderson

      Sung by Johnny Downs

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    • Release date
      • December 16, 1938 (United States)
      • United States
      • English
      • Universal Studios - 100 Universal City Plaza, Universal City, California, USA
    • Production company
      • Universal Pictures
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    Technical specs

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    • 1 hour 12 minutes
      • Black and White

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