College Swing (1938)


College Swing
Release Date29 April 1938
GenreComedy, Musical
CountryUSA
LanguageEnglish
Sound MixMono
ColorBlack and White
Film TypeFeature
Film ClassMusical Comedy
ThemesBattle of the Sexes, College Life
TonesQuirky, Humorous, Light, Bright, Warm, Witty
TagsCollege, College Town, Inheritance, School, Vaudeville

College Swing, also known as Swing, Teacher, Swing in the U.K., is a 1938 comedy film directed by Raoul Walsh and starring George Burns, Gracie Allen, Martha Raye, and Bob Hope. It features Edward Everett Horton, Ben Blue, Betty Grable, Jackie Coogan and Jerry Colonna.


Cast and Crew


Cast

George Jonas

Gracie Alden

Mabel Grady

Bud Brady

Hubert Dash

Ginna Ashburn

Ben Volt

Betty

Jackie

Martin Bates

Cecil Cunningham
Dean Sleet

Radio Announcer

Skinnay Ennis
Skinnay - Orchestra Leader

Henry Slate
Waiter at the Hangout

Jack Slate
Waiter at the Hangout

Sid Slate
Waiter at the Hangout

1738 Boys Choir

Jerry Bergen
Professor Jasper Chinn

Barlowe Borland
Dean

Professor Yascha Koloski

Student

Student

The Four Playboys
Musical Quartette at Finale

Charles K. French
Professor

Student

Edward LeSaint
Dr. Storm

Grandpa Alden

Alphonse Martell
Headwaiter

Nelson McDowell
1738 School Magistrate

Edmund Mortimer
Professor

Broderick O'Farrell
Professor

June Ray
Student

Harry Stafford
Professor

Dr. Ashburn

Dorothy White
Dancer

Director

Producer

Frederick Hazlitt Brennan
adaptation

Walter DeLeon
writer

Francis Martin
writer

uncredited

Lewis E. Gensler
producer

Cinematographer

Editor

LeRoy Stone
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Art Director

Ernst Fegté
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Costume Designer

Makeup Department

Wally Westmore
makeup artist

Second Unit Director or Assistant Director

Roland Asher
assistant director

Art Department

A.E. Freudeman
interior decorator

Sound Department

Harold Lewis
sound

Howard Wilson
sound

Music Department

Arthur Franklin
music advisor

musical director

composer: incidental music

John Leipold
composer: incidental music

composer: incidental music

Other Crew

Ted Lesser
story idea

LeRoy Prinz
dance director

presenter

Production Company

Paramount Pictures
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Distributor

Paramount Pictures

MCA/Universal Pictures

Critics' Choice Video
,

MCA/Universal Home Video

Universal Home Entertainment






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