What's Cookin'?
It's A Swingeroo... Rootin', zootin' swing-stars... 'teen-stars... hot licks and hep-cats!
1942 · 1h 9m · Approved
Comedy, Music
Directed by
Edward F. Cline
Overview
J. P. Courtney wants to update the music on the radio program he sponsors, but his wife, Agatha Courtney, is the final authority and addicted to the classics and won't allow him to replace Professor Bistell and his symphonic orchestra. Conspiring with his daughter Sue and her friends, Marvo the Great, the Andrews Sisters, Anne Payne and bandleader Woody Herman, they devise a sabotage plot that gets rid of Professor Bistell, and a new sound is soon heard on the program.
Director and cast
- Edward F. Cline Director
- Patty Andrews as Patty Andrews
- Maxene Andrews as Maxene Andrews
- Laverne Andrews as Laverne Andrews
- Jane Frazee as Anne Payne
- Robert Paige as Bob J. Riley
- Gloria Jean as Sue Courtney
- Leo Carrillo as Marvo the Great
- Charles Butterworth as J. P. Courtney
- Billie Burke as Agatha Courtney
- Grace McDonald as Angela
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