This is the level where the art and potential of the dance form fully reveals. With billy gilbert, christine mcintyre, jack norton, bud jamison. Jan 25, 2007 swing dancing from the movie swing fever 1944. In 1943 jean entered a contest at american legion stadium in hollywood, where the prize was a screen actors guild membership card and a dance cameo in the movie swing fever starring kay kyser and marilyn maxwell. And i can tell you, the band is great and vocalworks, his singin quartet, are singin great too. Between baking bread and eating baklava, she meets and mentors a tenyearold girl who is. Swing fever 1943 film complet en francais a 20170725t23. But for a light comedy with a fun plot, interesting characters, and a lot of great music, its worth every penny of your video rental cost. Interview with jean veloz swing and lindy hop in dc. Kay kyser plays an ambitious music composer, also gifted with a hypnotic evil eye, who gets mixed up with promoting a boxer. The shape is completely modern, but the swing still conjures a wholesome toandfro and innocent anklelocking. Goodmans version of sing sing sing is lambasted by many critics but is an excellent arrangement that never bores me. In swing fever, however, kyser is cast as aspiring songwriter lowell blackford. In a career that spanned the 1940s and 1950s, 2 she appeared in several films and radio programs, and entertained the troops during world war ii and the korean war on uso tours with bob hope.
Swing fever 1944 the mystical powers of a songwriter prove valuable to a struggling boxer. He was so popular that rko signed him up for a series of films, starting with thats right. Soldier drag show 1942 universal newsreel showing ww2 soldiers of fort slocum in a girlie show an all singing, dancing, and crossdressing version of swing fever. See more ideas about swing dancing, dance and lindy hop. Check out swing fever song by thomas gunther on amazon music. College swing is quite a nice mix of comedy and music but dont get too hung up on plot, thats all ill say. Private buckaroo 1942 i absolutely love this group. Its no secret that the hollywood comet loves musicals. Kay kyser and his orchestra with marilyn maxwell performing one girl and two boys. As far as zerotohero films go, this is one of the weakest that ive had to endure. International lady is a 1941 american wartime spydrama film.
Jul 09, 2017 i could have done without the vocal but hearing benny taking a longer solo over the chords with the band riffing behind him was very special. Swing fever is a film directed by tim whelan with kay kyser, marilyn maxwell, william gargan, nat pendleton, year. Wa requested a meeting with me last summer to discuss this project. We specialize in playing the music of the great american songbook, so our repertoire includes the music of s. The stories feature an ad from the september issue of swing fever magazine showing nydia in a black negligee and roger barechested. Swing fever dance band offers quality music with an. It has remained on that roster since then and played more than 400 concerts in california.
My original idea was simply to write an original swing song for swing dancers. She became famous after performing in the 1943 musical comedy film swing fever lena horne played herself in the film. Swing dancing from the movie swing fever 1944 youtube. Amid the credited music and boxingworld cameos many other familiar faces can be glimpsed. But as i started working on it, i got more and more ideas about how i wanted the song to sound. Its completely out of place, and feels like it was edited in from a different film, or that bert was suddenly having a bad trip or something. Swing fever played at the gettycoppola wedding and about 1500 other weddings and events and they still loves weddings. Hi lindy hoppers what a thrill i wrote this in 1996. Tim whelan, featuring kay kysers band as i write in 2009, the th consecutive groovie movie weekend has just concluded and jean veloz is still just as vivacious and attractive as she was in 1944. Jean veloz is the 93yearold swing dancer on little big shots. Kay kyser and his orchestra with marilyn maxwell performing one girl and two boys, dancers jeanne phelps veloz, don gallagher, lenny smith.
Swing fever 1943 wont stay long with you, but its a good time waster. He made one movie for mgm in 1944, swing fever, which was an. Though he isnt too successful at peddling his songs, blackford does have one unique talent. Kay kayser has just played the bumpkin at a new york publishing house when he discovers his reallife band, kicking off marilyn maxwell on one of their radio hits by raymond egan, roy marsh, ted fio rito and thomas pitts, clyde fillmore the bigwig, opening mgm s swing fever, 1943.
This is one of the best venues in town and we will put on a great show. Soldiers stage girlie show, 19420204 internet archive. The film also features marilyn maxwell, william gargan, nat pendleton and lena horne. It was originally known as gmen versus scotland yard. Allan jones introduces in everybody sing the pop standard the one i love, with lyrics by gus kahn and music by bronislaw kaper and walter jurmann. Not so uplifting because the plot is utterly predictable and tired. Swing fever s female vocalist is the fabulous denise perrier, her voice is rich and her styling is soulful. The setting of this movie is quaint which is the reason why its a. Swing fever 1943 cast and crew credits, including actors, actresses, directors, writers and more. It has appeared on many feature film soundtracks woody allen is particularly fond of sss, in cartoons, on television in all kinds of programming and advertisements, and it continues to be played by bands that play the music of the swing era. I had originally heard them perform at various marin county venues, including harbor point, and the panama hotel where they have a. Catch a fever, im sweatin cause im eager to grab the microphone and relieve the pain that you sustain, feels like a migraine entering your body, wrecking nerves in your.
In 1990, swing fever was honored by the california arts council with an appointment to its touring roster. See the full list of swing fever cast and crew including actors, directors, producers and more. A day at the races 1937, swing fever 1943 and jammin the blues. The very hungry caterpillar animated film duration. This routine is originally from the film swing fever 1943 song. Swing fever song by thomas gunther on amazon music. Big band, swing, jive, boogie woogie, lindy hop, west coast swing. According to the post newspaper, the casual news i15 15 nov 1941 p 1, it centers around the vicissitudes of an intellectually inhabited army post once it has been invaded, via the draft, by a group of swing musicians. The film also includes three other songs from the same composing team. Swing fever entertainment performing arts 70 pleasant ln. I wanted to record it with my trio and a singer and maybe one or two horns.
Like lena horne popping in for a song, nat pendleton getting trashed in a boxing match and marilyn maxwell making the mood swinging. After swing bogs down in the 50s and the bandleader fails to find very much new to do with his consummate technique, mr. Select any poster below to play the movie, totally free. Lowell blackford kyser who is an aspiring song writer who has the gift of music but learns all too soon that he is also blessed with what they call the evil eye, or maybe its a curse as he becomes a recluse. College swing is a minor musical comedy that stars gracie allen and george burns in their followup to their underrated a damsel in distress with. Kay kyser introduces the song, lena horne as herself, with youre so indifferent, by sammy fain and mitchell parish, edited so that it could be removed by theater owners in the south, as was mgms regular practice at the time, in swing fever, 1943. A bandleader with hypnotic powers tries to train a boxer.
Kay kyser plays an ambitious music composer, also gifted with a hypnotic evil. Jul 25, 2017 swing fever 1943 film complet en francais a 20170725t23. Why cabin fevers pancakes scene is so weird screen rant. Van loons sanitarium is a place where sick patients go to be cured. This list does not include films from united artists before it merged with mgm except for coproductions, nor does it include other studios that mgm acquired such as orion. The show starts around 7 pm and concludes around 11 pm. At the meeting i told them swing fever was an mgm throwaway that shouldnt have been made, as kyser was a huge star at the time, and its a very crappy story film, in my opinion. All star swing band swing fever 1982, vinyl discogs. Its available to watch on tv, online, tablets, phone. Mariangela, alex and nikos performed it for our 2016. Lindy hop with jean veloz in swing fever, 1944 youtube. Swing dancing from the movie swing fever 1944 duration. She became famous after performing in the 1943 musical comedy film swing fever lena horne played herself in the.
This show was originally scheduled for before christmas 1941. To celebrate and share this musical love, here is my weekly feature about musicals. In this musical, a hypnotic songwriter uses his special talent to help a boxer win his fight. Swing fever dance band is a nonprofit corporation whose purpose is to perform and encourage the enjoyment of big band music. Lowell blackford kay kyser is blessed with a gift of music,but also cursed with a hereditary evil eye which hypnotizes people,and he is virtually a recluse. Jean veloz is still alive and spreading the joy of danc. In swing fever, jean danced with don gallaher and lennie smith in a now classic. Jean won the contest, her sag card, and the opportunity to dance with lennie smith and don gallager in the featurelength movie. He is conned into doing so by a beautiful exsinger.
Swing fever 1943 movie clip that symphonietta guy kay kyser is the bumbling southerner in a new york composing house whose sheet music has been snatched, appealing to the secretary pamela blake with a weird trick until the camera gets stopped by 21year old mgm contract player, ava gardner, in a bit part, in swing fever, 1943. With shannon elizabeth, john ohurley, karl theobald, manos gavras. The ability to hypnotize boxer killer kennedy nat pendleton into winning fights. If there is anyone out there who hasnt heard, we spent the time from march 26 through march 31 hanging out with jean veloz, one of the alltime great swing dancers of the universe. On imdb tv, you can catch hollywood hits and popular tv series at no cost. Overview of swing fever, 1944, directed by tim whelan, with kay kyser, marilyn maxwell, william gargan, at turner classic movies. Swing fever is a 1943 american musical comedy film directed by tim whelan. From here jean was to appear in several fulllength films including jive. Marvel marilyn maxwell august 3, 1921 march 20, 1972 was an american actress and entertainer. Swing fever 1943 jean phelps veloz dances with lennie smith and don gallaher.
American bigband jazz beats in the hearts of young german friends robert sean leonard, christian bale, frank whaley confronted by the nazis. Everybody sing is the final film allan jones appeared in for mgm, and the first mgm contract film for monty woolley. In 2010, i revealed i had seen 400 movie musicals over the course of eight years. Some of the best west coast hollywood style swing dance. The swing fever trio is a dynamic, experienced jazz ensemble featuring steve rudolph on keyboard and vocals accompanied by tasteful drums and bass. Swing fever 1943 may be far from a great movie, but it remains of interest as a true product of its time and as a showcase for familiar character actors, a popularatthetime bandleader, a superstar guest vocalist, and even a bit player who went on to become one of the screens most entrancing beauties. Not exactly a great musical, but this kay kyser vehicle was sprinkled with moments of quality. This friday, august 21, swing fever returns to wilderness ridge restaurant for an evening of jazz, standards and classic popular music. Christina aguilera vs the andrews sisters by sewell123uk. Jean veloz is still alive and spreading the joy of dance today. I bought it because i heard bills bounce on swing compilation swing this, baby. Arthur freeman and andrew tombes are listed as cast members in hr news items, but their appearance in the final film has not been confirmed. Following a meltdown that leads to a suspension, professional golfer zoe papadopoulos travels to her grandparents village in greece to escape the harsh spotlight of the international sports world. Bill elliott is probably one of the best composers and performers of neo swing era.
Swinging since 1983, this 19piece big band, complete with vocalists and an emcee, has been recreating the big band sound of the 1930s and 1940s and performing music selections that span over five decades. Watch little big shots dancer jean veloz, 93, in swing. Playing the best of jazz, swing, standards and sophisticated pop. Great tunes from the 1930s and 40s have inspired swing fever since 1978, and we cant seem to get enough. We stopped keeping track of our song list after tunes. For some reason, most of the commenters on imdb are overly harsh and critical. Dream theater playing oh holy night and the intro to paradigm shift by liquid tension experiment back on the falling into infinity tour in 98.
Swing fever 1943 film complet en francais hd streaming. In most of his movie vehicles, bandleader kay kyser played a bandleader named kay kyser. Playmates is a good, though controversial, film costarring john barrymore in his last movie. This is a list of feature films originally released andor distributed by metrogoldwynmayer to include mgmua entertainment co. Jun 28, 2017 jean veloz is the 93yearold swing dancer on little big shots.
This is a hodgepodge of various skits and songs haphazardly put together by a wisp of a plot of gracie allen inheriting a college by getting all her answers right after 200 years of her. Swing fever 1943 one of the best west coast swing dancers ever jean phelps veloz dances with lennie smith and don gallaher. Swing fever 1943 lowell blackford kay kyser is blessed with a gift of music,but also cursed with a hereditary evil eye which hypnotizes people,and he is virtually a recluse. If its swing music and maybe ballroom dance music that youd like, there is no finer band.
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