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Swing It (1936)

Music

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."

Updated May 28 2020

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Runtime: 16 mins Rating: 3.8

Cast

Lucille Ball

Lucille Ball

Mary (uncredited)

Louis Prima

Louis Prima

Louis Prima - Band Leader

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

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