Swing It, Professor
Swing It, Professor (also known as Swing It, Buddy) is an independently produced 1937 musical comedy directed by Marshall Neilan and starring Pinky Tomlin.[1] The film capitalised on the swing dance craze.[2]
| Swing It, Professor | |
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| Directed by | Marshall Neilan |
| Written by | Connie Lee (story) Nicholas T. Barrows Robert St. Clare |
| Starring | Pinky Tomlin Paula Stone Milburn Stone |
| Cinematography | Jack Greenhalgh |
| Edited by | Richard G. Wray |
Production company | Conn-Ambassador |
Release date | 13 March 1937 |
Running time | 62 minutes |
| Country | United States |
| Language | English |
Plot
An out-of-work music professor formerly of "Brownell College" takes on a new gig at a nightclub to learn more about swing music (a form of music he initially detests)[3] and falls in love with the owner's girlfriend. Meanwhile, the professor's girlfriend falls in love with the nightclub owner.[4]
Cast
- Pinky Tomlin as Professor Artemis J. Roberts
- Paula Stone as Teddy Ross
- Milburn Stone as Lou Morgan
- Mary Kornman as Joan Dennis
References
- Garner, Paul; Kissane, Sharon F. Mrotek (1999). Mousie Garner: Autobiography of a Vaudeville Stooge. McFarland. ISBN 9780786405817.
- Garner, Paul; Kissane, Sharon F. Mrotek (1999). Mousie Garner: Autobiography of a Vaudeville Stooge. McFarland. ISBN 9780786405817.
- Umphlett, Wiley Lee (1984). The Movies Go to College: Hollywood and the World of the College-life Film. Fairleigh Dickinson Univ Press. ISBN 9780838631331.
- "1 Jan 1938, 19 - The Boston Globe at Newspapers.com". Newspapers.com. Retrieved 2019-01-01.
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