72SSIFF - 20/28 September 2024
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SWING HIGH, SWING LOW / Swing High, Swing Low

Mitchel Leisen
USA
Synopsis

Shortly after meeting and marrying trumpeter Skid Johnson in Panama, Maggie King is jilted by her new husband for Anita Alvarez and the Big Apple. Scraping the bottom of the barrel in New York, Skid goes on a binge that almost costs him his life, but the ever-faithful Maggie helps him back onto his profesional feet. 

Director
Mitchel Leisen
Screenplay
Virginia Van Upp, Oscar Hammerstein II
Plot
Burlesque (George Manker Watters, Arthur Hopkins)
Photography
Ted Tetzlaff
Edition
Eda Warren
Music
Boris Morros
Cast
Carole Lombard (Maggie King), Fred MacMurray (skid Johnson), Charles Butterworth (Harry), DOrothy Lamour (Anita Alvarez)
Running Time
92 m.
Country
USA
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