Swing It

Leslie Goodwins
1936-06-30


4.2
16 min

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

Name Character Team
Louis Prima Louis Prima - Band Leader Unowned
Lucille Ball Mary (uncredited) Unowned
Pee Wee Russell Himself Unowned