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1944 film directed by Malcolm St. Clair From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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 |
Rich 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]
Director 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]
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