| Mystery in Swing | |
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| Directed by | Arthur Dreifuss |
| Screenplay by | Arthur Hoerl |
| Produced by | Rudolph Brent[citation needed], Arthur Dreifuss |
| Starring | Monte Hawley Marguerite Whitten Tommie Moore Edward Thompson Buck Woods Jess Lee Brooks Josephine Edwards (actor) Sybil Lewis (actor) Robert Webb (actor) Alfred Grant Thomas Southern Halley Harding |
| Edited by | Robert Crandall |
Production company | Aetna Film Corp. |
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| Country | United States |
| Language | English |
Mystery in Swing is an American murder mystery film released in 1940.[1] It was directed by Arthur Dreifuss, based on a script by Arthur Hoerl.[2][3][4] (The University of California at Berkeley erroneously states it was directed by Arthur Hoerl.)[5]
Mystery in Swing features music by The Four Toppers and Cee Pee Johnson and his Orchestra and was noted as being the first time a Black orchestra recorded an entire score for a film.[6] It is currently held in the collections of the National Museum of African American History and Culture.[7]
- ^ "Mystery In Swing, poster, US poster art, 1940". Getty Images.
- ^ "Mystery in Swing (1940) - Overview - TCM.com". Turner Classic Movies.
- ^ Dreifuss, Arthur, director. Mystery in Swing. International Road Shows, Inc., 1940.
- ^ "MYSTERY IN SWING". Library of Congress.
- ^ "Mystery in Swing (1940) | UC Berkeley Library". www.lib.berkeley.edu.
- ^ Cite error: The named reference
:0was invoked but never defined (see the help page). - ^ "Mystery in Swing". National Museum of African American History and Culture.