Swing Out the Blues
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Swing Out the Blues | |
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Directed by | Malcolm St. Clair |
Screenplay by | Dorcas Cochran |
Story by | Doris Malloy |
Produced by | Sam White |
Starring | Bob Haymes Lynn Merrick Janis Carter |
Cinematography | Arthur Martinelli |
Edited by | Jerome Thoms |
Music by | M. W. Stoloff |
Production company | |
Release date |
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Running time | 73 minutes |
Country | United States |
Language | English |
Swing Out the Blues is a 1944 American romantic comedy film directed by Malcolm St. Clair and starring Bob Haymes, Lynn Merrick, and Janis Carter. It was released on May 22, 1938.[2]
Plot
Rich Cleveland and the Vagabonds are a swing band in financial difficulties. Rich, the lead singer, (Bob Haymes) marries wealthy socialite Lynn Merrick (Penelope Carstairs). The threat that Rich and Lynn will abandon the band forms the conflict in the comic narrative.[3]
Cast
- Bob Haymes as Rich Cleveland
- Lynn Merrick as Penelope Carstairs
- Janis Carter as Dena Marshall
- Tim Ryan as Judge Dudley Gordon
- Joyce Compton as Kitty Grogan
- Arthur Q. Bryan as Larry Stringfellow
- Kathleen Howard as Aunt Amanda
- John Eldredge as Gregg Talbot
- Dick Elliott as Malcolm P. Carstairs
- Lotte Stein as The duchess
- Tor Johnson as weightlifter
Production
Director St. Clair, a veteran of the silent film era, included a lengthy “film-within-a-film” that parodies the early Mack Sennett comedies and appears “in the guise of a home movie.”[4]
Notes
- ^ "Swing Out the Blues". American Film Institute. Archived from the original on January 20, 2018. Retrieved January 19, 2018.
- ^ Dwyer, 1996 p. 237-238: Filmography
- ^ Dwyer, 1996 p. 237-238: Filmography, film synopsis.
- ^ Dwyer, 1996 p. 151, p. 238: Filmography, plot summary: “There is a funny lengthy silent sequence in the guise of a home movie.”
References
- Dwyer, Ruth Anne. 1996. Malcolm St. Clair: His Films, 1915-1948. Filmmakers Series, No. 38. The Scarecrow Press, Lanham, MD & London. ISBN 0-8108-2709-3
External links
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- Articles with short description
- Short description matches Wikidata
- 1944 films
- Template film date with 1 release date
- American romantic comedy films
- 1944 romantic comedy films
- American black-and-white films
- Columbia Pictures films
- Films directed by Malcolm St. Clair
- 1940s American films
- 1940s English-language films