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]
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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 |
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Running time | 73 minutes |
| Country | United States |
| Language | English |
Plot
editRich 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
edit- 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
editDirector 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
edit- ^ "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
edit- 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