Swing Sister Swing
Brief Synopsis
Cast & Crew
Joseph Santley
Ken Murray
Johnny Downs
Kathryn Kane
Eddie Quillan
Ernest Truex
Film Details
Technical Specs
Synopsis
Broadway press agent "Nap" Sisler vacations in his home town of Greenvale, Maryland, and discovers a local dance duo, Johnny Bennett and "Snookie" Saunders, and trombone player "Chick" Peters, who have made up a song and dance called the "Baltimore Bubble." Nap makes a deal with Professor L. Orlando Beebee, a dance instructor who can't dance and would rather be a dentist, to pay the kids' way to New York City, in exchange for press that claims the "Baltimore Bubble" was Beebee's invention. The trio first debuts the dance at the Club Royale, where it is a big hit. When students swarm Beebee's dance school, John, Snookie and Chick demand credit for their dance. A week later, they have effected a national dance craze, and soon perform the Bubble on Broadway. They then begin a ten-week national tour, but by the time they reach Los Angeles, the Bubble craze has already died. Chick, who cares for Snookie, returns with her to Greenvale, but she loves Johnny and is brokenhearted when he stays in New York and teams up with chorus girl Nona. Angry at Beebee for "stealing" his song, Johnny attempts to prove he can be a star, but his new dance, the "Bennett Bump," flops when he and Nona debut it at the Club Royale. Nap tells his radio audience the Bump was a success, however, and Snookie and Chick believe Johnny has made it on his own. Johnny returns to Greenvale and finds that Snookie and Chick have purchased and refurbished the old service station where Johnny used to work. Beebee, now a graduate of dentist school, moves to Greenvale with his wife Hyacinth to start a practice. As the town's kids dance at the opening of the gas station, Johnny and Snookie kiss.
Director
Joseph Santley
Cast
Ken Murray
Johnny Downs
Kathryn Kane
Eddie Quillan
Ernest Truex
Edna Sedgwick
Nana Bryant
Esther Howard
Herbert Heywood
Clara Blandick
Ted Weems And His Orchestra
James Flavin
Emmett Vogan
Hugh Stovall
Leroy Atkins
Fred Santley
Eddie Featherstone
John Ward
Alan Davis
Clara Blore
John Hiestand
Lloyd Ingraham
Alice Weaver
Art Yeoman
Joe Niemeyer
Crew
Elwood Bredell
Bernard B. Brown
Ralph Delacy
R. A. Gausman
Charles Grayson
Frank Gross
Charles Henderson
Burt Kelly
Burt Kelly
Matty King
Jess A. Moulin
Jack Otterson
Charles Previn
Frank Skinner
George Webster
Vera West
Film Details
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Trivia
Notes
Although a print of this film was not viewed, the above credits and plot information were taken from a studio cutting continuity and dialogue script. This film was inspired by the "Jitterbug" dance craze of the 1930s. An early Hollywood Reporter production chart lists Frank Jenks and Dorothea Kent in the cast, although they are not listed in the continuity or in reviews.
