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Director
  
Sam Newfield

Music director
  
Jay Livingston, Ray Evans

Language
  
English

6.2/10
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Genre
  
Comedy, Drama, Music

Duration
  

Country
  
United States

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Writer
  
Louise Rousseau
,
Gail Davenport
,
Louise Rousseau
,
Gail Davenport

Release date
  
September 8, 1944 (1944-09-08)

Cast
  
Martha Tilton
(Judy Alvin),
Iris Adrian
(Marge O'Day),
Betty Brodel
(Phoebe Forbes),
Charles Collins
(Benny Jackson),
Philip Van Zandt
(Merlini),
Cliff Nazarro
(Bobo)

Screenplay
  
Gail Davenport, Louise Rousseau

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,
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,
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,
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,
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,
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Swing Hostess is a 1944 American musical comedy film directed by Sam Newfield for Producers Releasing Corporation and starring Martha Tilton, Iris Adrian, Charles Collins, Betty Brodel, Cliff Nazarro and Harry Holman.

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Plot summary

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A down-on-her-luck would-be singer keeps encountering roadblocks on her way to stardom. Judy Alvin (Martha Tilton) has a fine voice but is no match for the politics of a musical producer pushing his girlfriend, the amazingly untalented Phoebe (Betty Brodel, the sister of Joan Leslie) who has obtained employment by using a record of Judy's voice rather than hers.

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Living at a theatrical boarding house with a variety of eccentric entertainers, Judy's best friend Marge (Irish Adrian) is determined to find Judy a job to pay her bills that has something, anything, to do with music. A chance encounter with a Rock-Ola 3701 Master telephone juke box. gets Judy employment at the company where the duties involve taking telephone calls from patrons of a bar selecting music to hear over loud speakers.

Cast

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  • Martha Tilton as Judy Alvin
  • Iris Adrian as Marge O'Day
  • Charles Collins as Benny Jackson
  • Cliff Nazarro as Bobo
  • Harry Holman as Fralick
  • Emmett Lynn as Blodgett
  • Betty Brodel as Phoebe
  • Claire Rochelle as Fralick's Secretary
  • Paul Porcasi as Spumoni
  • Terry Frost as Hank
  • Philip Van Zandt as Merlini, the Magician
  • Earle Bruce as Joe Sweeney
  • Bob Gooding as 1st Butch, Speciality Act
  • Walter Pietila as 2nd Butch, Speciality Act
  • Gene Windson as 3rd Butch, Speciality Act
  • Dave White as Chick, Chick and Chuck Dance Team
  • John Evans as Chuck, Chick and Chuck Dance Team

    • Soundtrack

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  • Martha Tilton - "Let's Capture That Moment" (Written by Jay Livingston, Ray Evans and Lewis Bellin)
  • Martha Tilton - "Say It With Love" (Written by Jay Livingston, Ray Evans and Lewis Bellin)
  • Betty Brodel - "Say It With Love"
  • Martha Tilton - "I'll Eat My Hat" (Written by Jay Livingston, Ray Evans and Lewis Bellin) Also performed as an instrumental at the Tropics Club
  • Martha Tilton, Iris Adrian, Earle Bruce, and Cliff Nazarro - "Highway Polka" (Written by Jay Livingston, Ray Evans and Lewis Bellin)
  • Martha Tilton - "Got an Invitation" (Written by Jay Livingston, Ray Evans and Lewis Bellin)
  • Martha Tilton - "Music to My Ears" (Written by Jay Livingston, Ray Evans and Lewis Bellin) Also sung twice by Betty Brodel

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