Swing Fever / Playmates

For one generation, he needs no introduction. For the next, he's the greatest Pop star they've never heard of. Regardless of where you fall, let's all make time to get reacquainted with the master of mirth and music, Kay Kyser. Bandleader Kyser rose to the top thanks to his talented band (including the legendary Ish Kabibble) and his trademark "Ol' Professor" persona, through which Kay quizzed and enthralled audiences on stage, studio, and screen. Swing Fever finds Kay using music and hypnosis to turn a chump into a champ. Featuring Lena Horne, the Merrill Abbott Dancers, & Ava Gardner. Playmates sees Kyser and John Barrymore playing themselves in a reality-twisting showbiz parody. Washed up thespian Barrymore agrees to turn bumpkin Kyser into a Shakespearean actor in exchange for a radio contract. The whole affair culminates in a swing version of Romeo and Juliet. The always wonderful Lupe Velez adds spice and song.

Director: David Butler
Director: Tim Whelan
Actor: Kay Kyser
Actor: John Barrymore
Actor: Marilyn Maxwell
Actor: William Gargan
Actor: Lupe Velez
Actor: Ginny Simms
Actor: Nat Pendleton
Actor: May Robson
Actor: Lena Horne
Actor: Curt Bois
Actor: Patsy Kelly
Actor: Morris Ankrum
Actor: Peter Lind Hayes
Actor: Kay Kyser's Band
Actor: Andrew Tombes
Actor: Maxie Rosenbloom
Actor: Harry Babbitt
Actor: Ish Kabibble
Actor: Clyde Fillmore
Actor: Pamela Blake
Actor: George Cleveland
Actor: Lou Nova
Actor: Jack Roper
Actor: Alice Fleming
Actor: Joe Bernard
Actor: The Merriel Abbott Dancers
Actor: Kay Kyser and His Orchestra
Actor: Ray Cooke
Actor: Hobart Cavanaugh
Actor: Jacques Vanaire
Actor: Sully Mason
Actor: Sally Cairns
Actor: Fred Trowbridge
Actor: Julie Conway
Actor: Trudy Irwin
Actor: Dorothy Babb
Actor: Tommy Dorsey
Actor: Leon Belasco
Actor: Harry James
Actor: Grace Lenard
Actor: Sally Payne
Actor: Virginia Rees
Actor: Ernest Newton
Actor: Jack Arnold
Actor: Don Gallaher
Actor: William Halligan
Actor: Jack Carr
Actor: Jane Phelps
Actor: Lennie Smith
Actor: Bill Cartledge
Actor: George McKay
Actor: Ormon Downes
Actor: Don Whittaker
Actor: Bill Chaney
Actor: Dave Willock
Actor: Donald Curtis
Actor: William Emile
Actor: Earle Dewey
Actor: Freddie Steele
Actor: Marshall Ruth
Actor: Wally Walker
Actor: Henry Golden
Actor: Art Foster
Actor: Rube Schaffer
Actor: Jack West
Actor: The Guardsmen
Actor: Mike Mazurki
Actor: Sammy Stein
Actor: Henri DeSoto
Actor: William Bishop
Actor: Wally Cassell
Actor: Mary Elliott
Actor: Russell Gleason
Actor: Mantan Moreland
Actor: Celia Travers
Actor: Mary McLeod
Actor: Anne O'Neal
Actor: Chester Clute
Actor: Jack Lambert
Actor: Dan Tobey
Actor: George Levine
Actor: Abe Roth
Actor: Murray Alper
Actor: George Chandler
Actor: Ernie Alexander
Actor: Harry Fleischmann
Actor: Edward Shattuck
Actor: Duke Johnson
Actor: Frank Hagney
Actor: Henry Jordan
Actor: Virginia Engels
Actor: George Magrill
Actor: Tom Hanlon
Actor: Bobby Barber
Actor: Charles Sullivan
Actor: Katharine Booth
Actor: Kathleen Williams
Actor: Ava Gardner
Actor: Lorin Raker