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Directed by | Mitchell Leisen |
Screenplay by | Virginia Van Upp Oscar Hammerstein II |
Based on | Burlesque 1927 play by Arthur Hopkins and George Manker Watters |
Produced by | Arthur Hornblow, Jr. |
Starring | Carole Lombard Fred MacMurray |
Cinematography | Ted Tetzlaff |
Edited by | Eda Warren |
Music by | Phil Boutelje Victor Young |
Production company | Paramount Pictures |
Distributed by | Paramount Pictures |
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Running time | 92 minutes 82 minutes (DVD) |
Country | United States |
Language | English/Spanish |
Budget | $739,600 |
Swing High, Swing Low is a 1937 American romantic comedy drama film directed by Mitchell Leisen and starring Carole Lombard and Fred MacMurray.[1][2]
It is the second of three film adaptations of the popular 1927 Broadway play Burlesque by George Manker Watters and Arthur Hopkins, after The Dance of Life (1929) and before When My Baby Smiles at Me (1948).
Do you recall Swing High, Swing Low, Easy Living, or Remember the Night? Probably not. They were made by Mitchell Leisen, who worked through the 30s, 40s and 50s and was never considered a major director. But looking at his films now, you can see at least a minor master.