What's Cookin'? (1942)
What's Cookin'? (1942)
It's A Swingeroo... Rootin', zootin' swing-stars... 'teen-stars... hot licks and hep-cats!
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.

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Cast

Patty Andrews Patty Andrews As: Patty Andrews
Maxene Andrews Maxene Andrews As: Maxene Andrews
Laverne Andrews Laverne Andrews As: Laverne Andrews
Jane Frazee Jane Frazee As: Anne Payne
Robert Paige Robert Paige As: Bob J. Riley
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Storyline

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.


Tagline: It's A Swingeroo... Rootin', zootin' swing-stars... 'teen-stars... hot licks and hep-cats!
Certification: NR

Details

Genres: Comedy, Music

Language: English

Release Date: 20 February 1942

Country: US

Runtime: 69m

Company Credits

Company: Universal Pictures

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Cast

Patty Andrews

Patty Andrews

Patty Andrews

Maxene Andrews

Maxene Andrews

Maxene Andrews

Laverne Andrews

Laverne Andrews

Laverne Andrews

Jane Frazee

Jane Frazee

Anne Payne

Robert Paige

Robert Paige

Bob J. Riley

Gloria Jean

Gloria Jean

Sue Courtney

Leo Carrillo

Leo Carrillo

Marvo the Great

Charles Butterworth

Charles Butterworth

J. P. Courtney

Billie Burke

Billie Burke

Agatha Courtney

Grace McDonald

Grace McDonald

Angela

Donald O'Connor

Donald O'Connor

Tommy

Susan Levine

Susan Levine

Tag-a-Long (as Tag-a-Long)

Peggy Ryan

Peggy Ryan

Peggy

Franklin Pangborn

Franklin Pangborn

Professor Bistell

Charles Lane

Charles Lane

K.D. Reynolds

Woody Herman

Woody Herman

Woody Herman - Orchestra Leader

Eddie Acuff

Eddie Acuff

Doorman (uncredited)

Leonard Carey

Leonard Carey

Butler

Charles Coleman

Charles Coleman

Butler

Esther Dale

Esther Dale

Mrs. Murphy (uncredited)

Herbert Evans

Herbert Evans

Butler

Edward Gargan

Edward Gargan

Undetermined Secondary Role (uncredited) (unconfirmed)

Ray Walker

Ray Walker

Happy (uncredited)

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Writing Credits

Production Crew

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Costume and Makeup

Vera West

Vera West

Costume Designer

Sound

Not currently known.

Visual Effects

Not currently known.

Camera

Jerome Ash

Jerome Ash

Director of Photography

Lighting

Not currently known.

Art Department

Jack Otterson

Jack Otterson

Art Direction

Other Crew

Not currently known.

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