Movie: Swing It

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Louis Prima
Louis Prima

Louis Prima - Band Leader

Lucille Ball
Lucille Ball

Mary (uncredited)

Pee Wee Russell
Pee Wee Russell

Himself

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    Louis Prima, between song numbers, tells how he happened to get a job in a Hollywood cafe playing music while a couple, unrelated to anything else, play a slot machine in the background. This short was reissued in 1944 and again in 1952. Lucille Ball has a bit part. Song numbers include; "Way Down Yonder in New Orleans", "Up a Lazy River", "Dinah","Basin Street Blues" and "Johnny Get Your Gun."

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    1936-06-30

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    4.2

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    English
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