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Swing It

19364.2 / 1016 min
Music

Overview

Louis Prima, between song numbers, tells how he happened to get a job in a Hollywood cafe playing music while a couple, unrelated to anything else, play a slot machine in the background. This short was reissued in 1944 and again in 1952. Lucille Ball has a bit part. Song numbers include; "Way Down Yonder in New Orleans", "Up a Lazy River", "Dinah","Basin Street Blues" and "Johnny Get Your Gun."

Cast

Louis Prima

Louis Prima

Louis Prima - Band Leader

Lucille Ball

Lucille Ball

Mary (uncredited)

Pee Wee Russell

Pee Wee Russell

Himself

Crew

Leslie Goodwins

Leslie Goodwins

Director

Charles E. Roberts

Charles E. Roberts

Original Story

Lou Brock

Lou Brock

Producer