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Swing Fever

  • 19431943
  • ApprovedApproved
  • 1h 19m
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5.9/10
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Kay Kyser and Marilyn Maxwell in Swing Fever (1943)
Lowell Blackford (Kay Kyser) is blessed with a gift of music,but also cursed with a hereditary "evil eye" which hypnotizes people,and he is virtually a recluse. He goes in search of a Broadway publisher for a symphonietta he has written, and ends up crashing an audition at the Swing Publishing Company, where he meets torch singer Ginger Gray (Marilyn Maxwell) and her fiance and promoter, Waltzy Malone (William Gargan). Ginger accidently walks off with his music and he follows her to a gym where Waltzy's fighter, "Killer" Kennedy (Nat Pendleton), has just been kayoed by his sparring partner. Waltzy learns of Lowell's hypnotic power and believes that Kennedy can win the championship if Lowell uses his power against the champ. He arranges for Lowell to lead the band at the club where Ginger sings. The latter objects to the role she is to play in getting Lowell to use his "evil eye" but Waltzy persuades her to go along by telling Lowell that Kennedy is her brother and it means everything to her if he wins the fight. Lowell, after having Ginger turn down his marriage proposal, joins the Tank Corps. Waltzy is frantic and he has a phoney doctor tell Lowell he needs rest followed by attending a prize fight, and also tells him Ginger has accepted his proposal.
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Lowell Blackford (Kay Kyser) is blessed with a gift of music,but also cursed with a hereditary "evil eye" which hypnotizes people,and he is virtually a recluse. He goes in search of a Broadw... Read allLowell Blackford (Kay Kyser) is blessed with a gift of music,but also cursed with a hereditary "evil eye" which hypnotizes people,and he is virtually a recluse. He goes in search of a Broadway publisher for a symphonietta he has written, and ends up crashing an audition at the Sw... Read allLowell Blackford (Kay Kyser) is blessed with a gift of music,but also cursed with a hereditary "evil eye" which hypnotizes people,and he is virtually a recluse. He goes in search of a Broadway publisher for a symphonietta he has written, and ends up crashing an audition at the Swing Publishing Company, where he meets torch singer Ginger Gray (Marilyn Maxwell) and her ... Read all
IMDb RATING
5.9/10
219
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    • Tim Whelan
  • Writers
    • Matt Brooks(story)
    • Joseph Hoffman(story)
    • Nat Perrin(screenplay)
  • Stars
    • Kay Kyser
    • Marilyn Maxwell
    • William Gargan
    • Tim Whelan
  • Writers
    • Matt Brooks(story)
    • Joseph Hoffman(story)
    • Nat Perrin(screenplay)
  • Stars
    • Kay Kyser
    • Marilyn Maxwell
    • William Gargan
  • See production, box office & company info
    • 9User reviews
    • 4Critic reviews
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    Lennie Smith, Jean Veloz, and Don Gallaher in Swing Fever (1943)
    Kay Kyser in Swing Fever (1943)
    William Gargan, Kay Kyser, and Marilyn Maxwell in Swing Fever (1943)
    Harry Babbitt, Kay Kyser, and Marilyn Maxwell in Swing Fever (1943)
    Kay Kyser and Marilyn Maxwell in Swing Fever (1943)
    William Gargan, Kay Kyser, and Marilyn Maxwell in Swing Fever (1943)

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    Kay Kyser
    Kay Kyser
    • Lowell Blackford
    Marilyn Maxwell
    Marilyn Maxwell
    • Ginger Gray
    William Gargan
    William Gargan
    • 'Waltzy' Malone
    Nat Pendleton
    Nat Pendleton
    • 'Killer' Kennedy
    Lena Horne
    Lena Horne
    • Lena Horne
    Curt Bois
    Curt Bois
    • Nick Sirocco
    Morris Ankrum
    Morris Ankrum
    • Dan Conlon
    Andrew Tombes
    Andrew Tombes
    • Dr. Clyde L. Star
    Maxie Rosenbloom
    Maxie Rosenbloom
    • 'Rags'
    Clyde Fillmore
    Clyde Fillmore
    • Mr. Nagen
    Pamela Blake
    Pamela Blake
    • Lois
    Lou Nova
    Lou Nova
    • Kid Mandell
    Jack Roper
    • 'Sledgehammer'
    Harry Babbitt
    Harry Babbitt
    • Vocalist with Kay Kyser's Orchestra
    Sully Mason
    Sully Mason
    • Sully
    M.A. Bogue
    M.A. Bogue
    • Ish Kabibble
    • (as Ish Kabibble)
    Julie Conway
    • Julie
    Trudy Erwin
    • Trudy
      • Tim Whelan
    • Writers
      • Matt Brooks(story)
      • Joseph Hoffman(story)
      • Nat Perrin(screenplay)
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    • Trivia
      This film was first telecast in Los Angeles Thursday 18 April 1957 on KTTV (Channel 11) , followed by Altoona PA 2 May 1957 on WFBG (Channel 10), by New Haven CT 10 May 1957 on WNHC (Channel 8), by Philadelphia 23 May 1957 on WFIL (Channel 6), by Tucson 26 June 1957 on KVOA (Channel 4), by Chicago 1 July 1957 on WBBM (Channel 2), by Honolulu 28 July 1957 on WHVH (Channel 13), by Minneapolis 19 October 1957 on KMGM (Channel 9), and by San Antonio 5 December 1957 on WOAI (Channel 4); it first aired in San Francisco 19 December 1958 on KGO-TV (Channel 7) and in Seattle 14 January 1959 on KING (Channel 5); its earliest documented telecast in New York City did not take place until 16 August 1963 on WCBS (Channel 2).
    • Soundtracks
      Sh-! Don't Make a Sound
      Written by Sunny Skylar

      Sung by Marilyn Maxwell

      Played by Kay Kyser and His Band

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    3/10
    Kay K.O.'d
    Columbia, RKO,and Republic, among others, turned out escapist wartime musicals by the dozens, and their lack of availability is probably a blessing; this one, from MGM, has sleeker production values but is similarly impoverished of imagination. It's a mishmash involving boxing, swing, hypnosis, Marilyn Maxwell twitching cutely, the unwatchable Ish Kabibble, Nat Pendleton still playing a punch-drunk heavyweight over a decade after "Horse Feathers," and lots of pulchritude to please the boys overseas. (Even Ava Gardner has an unbilled bit.) Kay Kyser could swing it, all right, but he was no actor, and it's almost painful to watch him go through these contrived paces. There's one good number -- no, check that, there's one not-very-good number made bearable by Lena Horne and some good production design -- among lots of trivial swing, and lots of camera trickery in the production numbers, presumably to disguise the paucity of invention. Tommy Dorsey and Harry James show up briefly; they look like they visited the set on lunch hour from other, better movies.
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    • Jan 3, 2006

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    • Release date
      • November 1, 1943 (United States)
      • United States
      • English
    • Also known as
      • Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer Studios - 10202 W. Washington Blvd., Culver City, California, USA
    • Production company
      • Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer (MGM)
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    • 1 hour 19 minutes
      • Black and White

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