Benny goodman, the king of swing whose clarinet led a generation of music fans into the big band era in the 1930s, died yesterday afternoon at his. Watch the full movie or cliptrailer if available, or get the dvd to add to your library for better quality. A singer stranded in panama moves in with an exsoldier and his hypochondriac roommate. Earthworm tractors 1936 classic movie film full length old black and white. Jean won the contest, her sag card, and the opportunity to dance with lennie smith and don gallager in the featurelength movie. This modern and vintage swing dance movies, films page lists video clips, trailers and. Jean veloz is the 93yearold swing dancer on little big shots.
The first is when whiteys lindy hoppers first started coming to hollywood in 1937. With carole lombard, fred macmurray, charles butterworth, jean dixon. He goes in search of a broadway publisher for a symphonietta he has written, and ends up crashing an audition at the swing publishing company. The second feature playmates is a good fun movie to watch. Swing high, swing low 1937 movie carole lombard, fred. The band still tours washington, oregon, arizona, even alaska and plays festivals and clubs around the bay area. June 14, 1986 obituary benny goodman, king of swing, is dead by john s. With grace, a voice of an angel, brilliant comedic timing, and a great right hook, actress christine mcintyre brought an elegance to the 36 three stooges film shorts in which she was featured during the course of her acting career. As jon solomon points out in his book the complete three stooges, mcintyre brought gracefully sly characterizations to the stooge films in the late. Swing fever on imdb swing fever at the tcm movie database swing fever at the american film institute catalog. Kay kyser plays an ambitious music composer, also gifted with a hypnotic evil eye, who gets mixed up with promoting a boxer. Swing fever has worked for 38 years, 14 of those on the california arts council touring roster, several hundred concerts around the state. Amid the credited music and boxingworld cameos many other familiar faces.
Written by virginia van upp, oscar hammerstein ii, starring. Van loons sanitarium is a place where sick patients go to be cured. Lowell blackford kyser who is an aspiring song writer who has the gift of music but learns all too soon that he is also blessed with what they call the evil eye, or maybe its a curse as he becomes a recluse. Swing fever song by thomas gunther on amazon music. The film tracked the rise and fall of a trumpet player macmurray who lets fame and a fast life read more. The mystical powers of a songwriter prove valuable to a struggling boxer. From its origins in the roaring 20s, to a heyday in the 30s and beyond, big band jazz has produced some of the best jazz bandleaders of. Playing the best of jazz, swing, standards and sophisticated pop. What are the ratings and certificates for organ grinders.
Kay kyser and his orchestra with marilyn maxwell performing one girl and two boys. The heroine of a host of westerns, crimes and serial adventures during the 1940s, this attractive, fullfaced b movie item was born adele pearce on august 6, 1915 several movie resources list 1918. He was one of the most outrageous, over the top performers of the whole swing era. Also known as aka it looks like we dont have any akas for this title yet. In order to capitalize on the swing fever that was sweeping the nation. He goes in search of a broadway publisher for a symphonietta he has written, and ends up crashing an audition at the. This modern and vintage swing dance movies, films page lists video clips, trailers and dvds, with swing or related dance scenes. He starred in seven feature films with such costars. Masters of swing dance videos frankie manning tribute video frankie manning wikipedia norma miller interview. Amid the credited music and boxingworld cameos many other familiar faces can be glimpsed. Forever young who was in the 1943 film swing fever with lena horne. With kay kyser, marilyn maxwell, william gargan, nat pendleton.
Sometimes there are opportunities for clients to hear swing fever at selected private events. On imdb tv, you can catch hollywood hits and popular tv series at no cost. Recorded by benny goodman and his orchestra on july 6, 1937 for victor in. Dream theater playing oh holy night and the intro to paradigm shift by liquid tension experiment back on the falling into infinity tour in 98. This led to her appearing in a number of b movie westerns for rko. Also, check out the disney cartoon all the cats join in, which is all about swing dancers. Tim whelan, featuring kay kysers band as i write in 2009, the th consecutive groovie movie weekend has just concluded and jean veloz is still just as vivacious and attractive as she was in 1944. Swing fever 1943 movie clip that symphonietta guy kay kyser is the bumbling southerner in a new york composing house whose sheet music has been snatched, appealing to the secretary pamela blake with a weird trick until the camera gets stopped by 21year old mgm contract player, ava gardner, in a bit part, in swing fever, 1943. Such as 1941, love n dancing, swing kids hellzapoppin, sprit moves, groovie movie, swing you sinners, junior prom, carnival rock, untamed youth, cabin in the sky, swingers etcetera. Swing high, swing low film by leisen 1937 britannica. In 1943 jean entered a contest at american legion stadium in hollywood, where the prize was a screen actors guild membership card and a dance cameo in the movie swing fever starring kay kyser and marilyn maxwell.
Stranded in panama after falling in with exsoldier and musician skid johnson fred macmurray, american singer maggie king carole lombard moves in. Swing fever is a 1943 american musical comedy film. It is good family entertainment and you dont need to be concerned about covering the eyes and ears of young viewers. Trumpet blues and cantabile harry james and his music makers 02. With billy gilbert, christine mcintyre, jack norton, bud jamison. The goodman band was back in hollywood in the summer of 1937 to make another movie. Swing fever 1944 killer diller 1948 living it up 1954 juke box rhythm 1959 you should also search for film clips from the savoy ballroom and the harvest moon ball contests.
Swing high swing low is a new coat of paint on the old stage play burlesque, first filmed in 1929 as the dance of life. Boogie woogie competition wild rock that swing 2016. Lindy hop scene a day at the races 1937 its a vintage barn dance. How do natural disasters affect formal and informal businesses. The film also features marilyn maxwell, william gargan, nat pendleton and lena horne. A scarce and seldom seen cartoon from 1937 with excellent hot jazz and containing caricatures of cab calloway, ted lewis and bessie smith. This led to her appearing in a number of bmovie westerns for rko. The following table lists the top 100 songs from movies in 100 years of film, according to the american film institute, including movies such as singin in the rain, the sound of music, the graduate, and casablanca. Swing high, swing low 1937 teamed lombard and macmurray again, in a glitzy adaptation of the play burlesque 1927 by george manker watters and arthur hopkins.
Growing up next to the savoy hooked on swing dancers great colletion of swing dance videos from the old days videos 1929 to 1959 after seben 1929 shorty george snowden a day at the races 1935. The first feature, swing fever to me is more to the musical film in nature. The 15 greatest dance movies of all time new york post. Born in oakland, california, pamela blake won a beauty contest at age 17 and decided to try her luck in hollywood soon after.
The prize was a membership card in the screen actors guild and a part in the film swing fever. Select any poster below to play the movie, totally free. Release dates 1 also known as aka 0 release dates usa 21 june 1937. Watch little big shots dancer jean veloz, 93, in swing. Swing fever is a 1943 american musical comedy film directed by tim whelan. Swing time 1936 comedy, musical, romance film gorillas.
Watch swing high, swing low 1937 movie carole lombard, fred macmurray directed by mitchell leisen produced by arthur hornblow, jr. Interview with jean veloz swing and lindy hop in dc. The film features marilyn maxwell, william gargan, nat pendleton and lena horne, and was directed by tim whelan. In order to capitalize on the swing fever that was sweeping the nation, victor decided to produce a fourrecord album dedicated to swing, featuring four of the best swing artists on the victor roster. Check out swing fever song by thomas gunther on amazon music. Swing dancing from the movie swing fever 1944 youtube. Take a trip down memory lane with one of these flicks in no particular order, the 15 best dance movies hollywoods ever made. Lord and lady gate outtake helen oconnell with jimmy dorsey and his orchestra 03. The spirit moves, mura dehn, lindy hop, savoy ballroom docu. Winds of the wasteland 1936 comedy, romance, western john wayne, phyllis cerf and lew kelly. Lindy hop with jean veloz in swing fever, 1944 youtube. Lowell blackford kay kyser is blessed with a gift of music,but also cursed with a hereditary evil eye which hypnotizes people,and he is virtually a recluse. Swing high, swing low is a 1937 american romantic comedy drama film directed by mitchell leisen and starring carole lombard and fred macmurray.
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