Lilly White
2018
Swingtime in the Movies (1938)
December 24, 193820mEN
6.0
13 votes
Overview
In this musical short, a waitress at the Warner Bros. commissary gets her big break.
Director
Crane WilburWriters
Top Billed Cast
Status
Released
Original Language
English
Budget
N/A
Revenue
N/A
Production Companies
Warner Bros. PicturesThe Vitaphone Corporation
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User Reviews
CinemaSerf
6.0I bet there were quite a few Hollywood directors who might have seen a bit of themselves in the “Nitvitch” character amiably portrayed here by Fritz Feld. He has a musical in the pipe called “Texas Tornado” and is struggling to find a leading lady who can speak with a Texican accent. Then, as luck would have it, a visit to a staff canteen full of real-life stars supping their 1930s equivalent of a kale smoothie and aspiring actresses who fawn at him, he discovers waitress “Joan” (Kathryn Kane) who has just the voice he’s been seeking. Thing is, though, can she act, or sing, or learn lines? It’…
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