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Streamlined Swing(1938)
Status: Released
Date: 1938-09-10
38%
6 Votes
Time: 0h 9m
A Miniature Musical
Overview:
A group of African-American waiters on a railway believe they have made a deal to secure a railroad dining car that they set up on Wilshire Blvd. in Los Angeles as a diner. To bring in customers, they sing, their voices providing most of the musical accompaniment as well. At the diner, in front of a crowd of swells, the police deliver the bad news.
Languages: English.
Countries:
United States of America
ProductionCompanies:
Louis Lewyn Productions
Movie: Streamlined Swing
Top 3 Billed Cast
Richard Cramer
Railroad Detective (uncredited)
Lester Dorr
Railroad Detective (uncredited)
Walter Soderling
Man Tipping the Band (uncredited)
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A group of African-American waiters on a railway believe they have made a deal to secure a railroad dining car that they set up on Wilshire Blvd. in Los Angeles as a diner. To bring in customers, they sing, their voices providing most of the musical accompaniment as well. At the diner, in front of a crowd of swells, the police deliver the bad news.
Release Date
1938-09-10
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A Miniature Musical
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