Swing Hostess

1944 film by Sam Newfield

September 8, 1944 (1944-09-08)

Running time

76 minutesCountryUnited StatesLanguageEnglish

Swing Hostess is a 1944 American musical comedy film directed by Sam Newfield for Producers Releasing Corporation and starring Martha Tilton, Iris Adrian, Charles Collins, Betty Brodel, Cliff Nazarro and Harry Holman. The film's sets were designed by the art director Paul Palmentola.

Plot

A down-on-her-luck would-be singer keeps encountering roadblocks on her way to stardom. Judy Alvin has a fine voice but is no match for the politics of a musical producer pushing his girlfriend, the amazingly untalented Phoebe who has obtained employment by using a record of Judy's voice rather than hers.

Living at a theatrical boarding house with a variety of eccentric entertainers, Judy's best friend Marge is determined to find Judy a job to pay her bills that has something, anything, to do with music. A chance encounter with a Rock-Ola 3701 Master telephone juke box gets Judy employment at the company where the duties involve taking telephone calls from patrons of a bar selecting music to hear over loud speakers.^[1]^[2]^[3]

Cast

Martha Tilton as Judy Alvin
Iris Adrian as Marge O'Day
Charles Collins as Benny Jackson
Cliff Nazarro as Bobo
Harry Holman as Fralick
Emmett Lynn as Blodgett
Betty Brodel as Phoebe
Claire Rochelle as Fralick's Secretary
Paul Porcasi as Spumoni
Terry Frost as Hank
Philip Van Zandt as Merlini, the Magician
Earle Bruce as Joe Sweeney
Bob Gooding as 1st Butch, Speciality Act
Walter Pietila as 2nd Butch, Speciality Act
Gene Windson as 3rd Butch, Speciality Act
Dave White as Chick, Chick and Chuck Dance Team
John Evans as Chuck, Chick and Chuck Dance Team

Soundtrack

Martha Tilton - "Let's Capture That Moment" (Written by Jay Livingston, Ray Evans and Lewis Bellin)
Martha Tilton - "Say It With Love" (Written by Jay Livingston, Ray Evans and Lewis Bellin)
Betty Brodel - "Say It With Love"
Martha Tilton - "I'll Eat My Hat" (Written by Jay Livingston, Ray Evans and Lewis Bellin) Also performed as an instrumental at the Tropics Club
Martha Tilton, Iris Adrian, Earle Bruce, and Cliff Nazarro - "Highway Polka" (Written by Jay Livingston, Ray Evans and Lewis Bellin)
Martha Tilton - "Got an Invitation" (Written by Jay Livingston, Ray Evans and Lewis Bellin)
Martha Tilton - "Music to My Ears" (Written by Jay Livingston, Ray Evans and Lewis Bellin) Also sung twice by Betty Brodel

Notes

^ "Almind - Coin-Op Telephone Music".
^ Leo, Peter The Last of the Live Juke Boxes Pittsburgh Post-Gazette - Sep 26, 1978
^ WPB Okays Cable for Installation of Phone Juke Circuit Billboard May 22, 1943

External links

Swing Hostess at IMDb
Swing Hostess is available for free viewing and download at the Internet Archive

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Films directed by Sam Newfield

1930s

The Important Witness (1933)
Big Time or Bust (1933)
Reform Girl (1933)
Under Secret Orders (1933)
Undercover Men (1934)
Beggar's Holiday (1934)
Marrying Widows (1934)
Northern Frontier (1935)
Code of the Mounted (1935)
Branded a Coward (1935)
Trails of the Wild (1935)
Bulldog Courage (1935)
Racing Luck (1935)
Roarin' Guns (1936)
Border Caballero (1936)
The Lion's Den (1936)
Federal Agent (1936)
Lightnin' Bill Carson (1936)
Ghost Patrol (1936)
Burning Gold (1936)
Aces and Eights (1936)
Go-Get-'Em, Haines (1936)
The Traitor (1936)
Roarin' Lead (1936)
Stormy Trails (1936)
The Gambling Terror (1937)
Lightnin' Crandall (1937)
Trail of Vengeance (1937)
Melody of the Plains (1937)
Bar-Z Bad Men (1937)
Guns in the Dark (1937)
Gun Lords of Stirrup Basin (1937)
A Lawman Is Born (1937)
Doomed at Sundown (1937)
Boothill Brigade (1937)
Ridin' the Lone Trail (1937)
The Fighting Deputy (1937)
Arizona Gunfighter (1937)
Moonlight on the Range (1937)
The Fighting Deputy (1937)
The Colorado Kid (1937)
Harlem on the Prairie (1937)
Paroled – To Die (1938)
The Rangers' Round-Up (1938)
Thunder in the Desert (1938)
Code of the Rangers (1938)
The Feud Maker (1938)
Phantom Ranger (1938)
Knight of the Plains (1938)
Songs and Bullets (1938)
Gunsmoke Trail (1938)
Desert Patrol (1938)
Durango Valley Raiders (1938)
Frontier Scout (1938)
Lightning Carson Rides Again (1938)
Six-Gun Trail (1938)
Six-Gun Rhythm (1938)
Crashing Through Danger (1938)
The Terror of Tiny Town (1938)
Trigger Pals (1939)
Code of the Cactus (1939)
Texas Wildcats (1939)
Outlaws' Paradise (1939)
Straight Shooter (1939)
The Fighting Renegade (1939)
Hitler – Beast of Berlin (1939)
Trigger Fingers (1939)
Flaming Lead (1939)
The Invisible Killer (1939)
Fighting Mad (1939)
Death Rides the Range (1939)

1940s

Texas Renegades (1940)
The Sagebrush Family Trails West (1940)
Marked Men (1940)
I Take This Oath (1940)
Gun Code (1940)
Hold That Woman! (1940)
Frontier Crusader (1940)
Arizona Gang Busters (1940)
Secrets of a Model (1940)
Billy the Kid in Texas (1940)
Riders of Black Mountain (1940)
Billy the Kid Outlawed (1940)
Billy the Kid's Gun Justice (1940)
Outlaws of the Rio Grande (1941)
The Lone Rider Rides On (1941)
The Lone Rider Crosses the Rio (1941)
The Lone Rider in Ghost Town (1941)
The Lone Rider in Frontier Fury (1941)
The Lone Rider Ambushed (1941)
The Lone Rider Fights Back (1941)
Billy the Kid's Fighting Pals (1941)
Billy the Kid Wanted (1941)
Billy the Kid in Santa Fe (1941)
The Texas Marshal (1941)
Billy the Kid's Range War (1941)
Billy the Kid's Round-Up (1941)
The Lone Rider and the Bandit (1942)
Raiders of the West (1942)
The Lone Rider in Cheyenne (1942)
Billy the Kid's Smoking Guns (1942)
The Lone Rider in Texas Justice (1942)
Jungle Siren (1942)
Law and Order (1942)
Sheriff of Sage Valley (1942)
Prairie Pals (1942)
Border Roundup (1942)
Outlaws of Boulder Pass (1942)
Overland Stagecoach (1942)
Billy the Kid Trapped (1942)
Rolling Down the Great Divide (1942)
The Mad Monster (1942)
Along the Sundown Trail (1942)
The Mysterious Rider (1942)
Queen of Broadway (1942)
Outlaws of Boulder Pass (1942)
The Kid Rides Again (1943)
Dead Men Walk (1943)
Wild Horse Rustlers (1943)
Fugitive of the Plains (1943)
Death Rides the Plains (1943)
Western Cyclone (1943)
The Black Raven (1943)
Wolves of the Range (1943)
Cattle Stampede (1943)
Law of the Saddle (1943)
Raiders of Red Gap (1943)
Danger! Women at Work (1943)
Blazing Frontier (1943)
Tiger Fangs (1943)
Devil Riders (1943)
Harvest Melody (1943)
Nabonga (1944)
Frontier Outlaws (1944)
Thundering Gun Slingers (1944)
The Monster Maker (1944)
Valley of Vengeance (1944)
The Contender (1944)
The Drifter (1944)
Fuzzy Settles Down (1944)
I Accuse My Parents (1944)
Swing Hostess (1944)
Wild Horse Phantom (1944)
Oath of Vengeance (1944)
His Brother's Ghost (1945)
The Kid Sister (1945)
The Lady Confesses (1945)
Gangster's Den (1945)
Stagecoach Outlaws (1945)
Apology for Murder (1945)
White Pongo (1945)
Border Badmen (1945)
Fighting Bill Carson (1945)
Prairie Rustlers (1945)
Rustlers' Hideout (1945)
Shadows of Death (1945)
Lightning Raiders (1946)
Outlaws of the Plains (1946)
The Flying Serpent (1946)
Murder Is My Business (1946)
Gentlemen with Guns (1946)
Terrors on Horseback (1946)
Ghost of Hidden Valley (1946)
Blonde for a Day (1946)
Larceny in Her Heart (1946)
Prairie Badmen (1946)
Queen of Burlesque (1946)
Overland Riders (1946)
Gas House Kids (1946)
Lady Chaser (1946)
Three on a Ticket (1947)
Adventure Island (1947)
Jungle Flight (1947)
Money Madness (1948)
Lady at Midnight (1948)
The Strange Mrs. Crane (1948)
The Counterfeiters (1948)
Miraculous Journey (1948)
She Shoulda Said No! (1949)
State Department: File 649 (1949)

1950s

Motor Patrol (1950)
Hi-Jacked (1950)
Radar Secret Service (1950)
Western Pacific Agent (1950)
Three Desperate Men (1951)
Mask of the Dragon (1951)
Skipalong Rosenbloom (1951)
Lost Continent (1951)
Leave It to the Marines (1951)
Sky High (1951)
Fingerprints Don't Lie (1951)
Outlaw Women (1952)
Lady in the Fog (1952)
The Gambler and the Lady (1952)
The Wild Dakotas (1956)
Frontier Gambler (1956)
The Three Outlaws (1956)
Last of the Desperados (1956)
Wolf Dog (1958)
Flaming Frontier (1958)

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