Movie: What's Cookin'?

Top 10 Billed 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

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  • 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.

  • Release Date

    1942-02-20

  • Average

    5.5

  • Rating:

    2.8 starts
  • Tagline

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

  • Genres

  • Languages:

    English
  • Keywords

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