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1942
1h 9m
Comedy
Music

Status

Released

Release

1942

Runtime

1h 9m

Storyline

"It's A Swingeroo... Rootin', zootin' swing-stars... 'teen-stars... hot licks and hep-cats!"

J. P. Courtney wants to update the music on the radio program he sponsors, but his wife, Agatha Courtney, is the final authority and addicted to the classics and won't allow him to replace Professor Bistell and his symphonic orchestra. Conspiring with his daughter Sue and her friends, Marvo the Great, the Andrews Sisters, Anne Payne and bandleader Woody Herman, they devise a sabotage plot that gets rid of Professor Bistell, and a new sound is soon heard on the program.

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Details

Status
Released
Runtime
1h 9m
Feb 20, 1942
Languages
English
Director
Edward F. Cline
Edward F. Cline
Production
Universal Pictures
Universal Pictures
Production Countries
United States of America

Top Cast

23 Cast Members

Patty Andrews

Patty Andrews

Patty Andrews

Maxene Andrews

Maxene Andrews

Maxene Andrews

Laverne Andrews

Laverne Andrews

Laverne Andrews

Jane Frazee

Jane Frazee

Anne Payne

Robert Paige

Robert Paige

Bob J. Riley

Gloria Jean

Gloria Jean

Sue Courtney

Leo Carrillo

Leo Carrillo

Marvo the Great

Charles Butterworth

Charles Butterworth

J. P. Courtney

Billie Burke

Billie Burke

Agatha Courtney

Grace McDonald

Grace McDonald

Angela

Donald O'Connor

Donald O'Connor

Tommy

Susan Levine

Tag-a-Long (as Tag-a-Long)

Peggy Ryan

Peggy Ryan

Peggy

Franklin Pangborn

Franklin Pangborn

Professor Bistell

Charles Lane

Charles Lane

K.D. Reynolds

Woody Herman

Woody Herman

Woody Herman - Orchestra Leader

Eddie Acuff

Eddie Acuff

Doorman (uncredited)

Leonard Carey

Leonard Carey

Butler

Charles Coleman

Charles Coleman

Butler

Esther Dale

Esther Dale

Mrs. Murphy (uncredited)

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