Week Thirty-Nine
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| "Swing Your Lady" 1938 |
MOVIE NAME: SWING YOUR LADY
STUDIO: WARNER BROTHERS PICTURES
PRODUCER: JACK L. WARNER and HAL B. WALLIS
DIRECTOR: RAY ENRIGHT
DATE: 1938
TYPE: COMEDY, with Songs
CAST:
HUMPHREY BOGART as Ed, FRANK McHUGH as Popeye, LOUISE FAZENDA as Sadie, NAT PENDLETON as Joe Skopapolous , PENNY SINGLETON as Cookie, ALLEN JENKINS as Shiner, THE WEAVER BROTHERS and ELVIRY; LEON WEAVER, as Waldo, FRANK WEAVER as Ollie Davis, ELVIRY WEAVER as Mrs. Davis , HUGH O'CONNELL as Smith , SUE MOORE as Mabel , SAMMY WHITE as "Specialty Dancer" , RONALD REAGAN as Jack Miller, SONNY BUPP, as Len TOMMY BUPP, as Rufe, DANIEL BOONE SAVAGE as Noah
SOURCE: A F I, Catalog of Feature Films 1931-1940
STORY: Wrestler Joe Skopapolous, together with his manager, Ed, and his trainers, Popeye and Shiner, arrive in a small town in the Ozarks hoping to promote a boxing match. Things look hopeless because there is no local candidate for Joe's opponent until Ed meets the blacksmith, a woman named Sadie. Believing it would be a good gimmick for Joe to wrestle with Sadie, Ed offers her $100 to compete. She readily agrees because she needs the money to buy a suite of bedroom furniture. Unfortunately for Ed's plans, Joe meets Sadie on a training run and falls madly in love with the large woman. When Joe learns that Sadie is his opponent, he refuses to fight her even though she begs him. Things look bleak until Ed learns that Sadie has been courted by Noah, a huge mountain man. Ed sets up a match between the two rivals, and for promotion tells everyone that Sadie will marry the winner. Sadie favors Joe, which does not suit Ed. He shows her a picture of a woman and her children and leads her to believe that they belong to Joe. Furious, announces that she is going back to Noah, and Ed has to convince Joe to lose the fight. Joe reluctantly agrees, but midway though the contest, Ed learns that Madison Square Garden wants to present the winner, so he signals to Joe, who rapidly overcomes his opponent. Joe marries Sadie and gives up the ring for the Blacksmith shop.
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