| This page lists Movies that contain swing dance scenes and swing
dance related movies here to add to your collection plus several
animations. Check Dance/Dancers archives pages for a more
complete list of movies. Some links are added which might
not have the movie available because it is being sold as used
thru Amazon so they may have sold them allready, but they
do get more. ... also try here for more Swing Movies |
Movie Title |
Studio |
Dancers |
Date |
| 1941 |
|
Jitterbug Contest |
1979 |
| $ A Day At The Races |
M.G.M. |
Whitey's Lindy Hoppers | Leon James | SB| BR| GG| DM| NM| BR |
1937 |
| A Lady Takes a chance |
|
John Wayne with Gabby
Hayes |
1943 |
| Abou
Ben Boogie |
|
Animation |
1944 |
| After
Seban |
Paramount |
sg
/jb |
1929 |
| Always
A Bridesmaid |
Universal |
Dean Collins | Jewel McGowen |
1943 |
| Arthur
Murrays Short |
?? |
amd/ |
19?? |
| $ At The Jazz Band Ball |
Yazoo Video! |
Shorty George and more. |
1932 |
| $ Babes In Arms |
M.G.M. |
md /lw |
1939 |
| $
Babes On Broadway |
M.G.M. |
md/ |
19?? |
| Bachelor
Mother |
RKO |
Swing
Scene, Ginger Rogers |
1939 |
| Belles
On Their Toes |
20TH |
???
Shag Dancers |
1953 |
| $
Benny Goodman Story |
Universal |
pe | dl | Lou Southern | Lenny Smith | Nicholas Brothers |
1955 |
| $
Bessie Smith & Friends |
?? |
Nicholas Brothers |
29-45 |
| $
Beware |
Timeless |
Louis
Jordan Video |
1946 |
| Black
Bottom |
|
what
it says |
1927 |
| Boarding
House Blues |
|
Halrem
Film |
|
| Boogie-Doodle |
|
Animated |
|
| Boogie
Woogie |
|
Jitterbug
Scenes |
1945 |
| Boogie
Woogie |
|
Animated |
1960 |
| Boogie
Woogie Blues |
|
Not
Seen |
1948 |
| Boogie
Woogie Bugle Boy of Company 'B' |
|
Animated
Musical |
1941 |
| Boogie
Woogie Dream |
|
No
Swing, But good |
1944 |
| $Buck
Privates |
Universal |
Dean Collins | Jewel McGowen | Gil Hernandez | g |
1941 |
| $ Bundle Of Joy |
R.K.O. |
gb/nb/sl/fs/aw / |
1956 |
| $ Cabin In The Sky |
M.G.M. |
as/lj |
1943 |
| Call Of The Jitterbug |
Green |
Congeroo | Mama Lou Parks | Whitey's Lindy Hoppers |
1988 |
| Calypso
Heat Wave ? |
Columbia |
Lou Southern and Frieda Wyckoff |
1957 |
| Cannery Row |
|
Funny Scene with Nolte and Winger |
1982 |
| $ Canterville Ghost |
?? |
Dean Collins ? / with Margaret O'Brien |
1944 |
| $ Carnival Rock |
How Co. ? |
Gil Brady | Frieda Wyckoff |
1957 |
| Charleston |
|
Catherine Hessling charleston's in Outer Space with a monkey |
1927 |
| Charleston Queen |
|
Animated |
1926 |
| $ Chicago and all That Jazz |
N.B.C. |
lj/am |
1961 |
| Chicken Run |
|
Animated Chicken Lindy Scene |
2000 |
| Chool Song |
??? |
Dean Collins |
194? |
| College Humor |
Paramount |
gc |
19?? |
| Collegiate |
|
- |
1926 |
| Collegiate |
|
Gallagher, Sharpe, Usher, Prinz, Marjorie Reynolds |
1936 |
| Cootie Williams Orchestra |
?? |
lj/dj/rw/ch |
1943 |
| $ Copacabana |
Republican |
1 / 2 |
1947 |
| Cottontail |
?? |
Frankie Manning and Norma Miller |
1941 |
| Cow
Cow Boogie |
|
Animation |
1943 |
| Crazy
House |
Universal |
pb
/ & the de marcos |
1943 |
| Crime
Wave |
Encore
TV |
?? |
1985 |
| Cuban
Rhythm |
M.G.M. |
???
(a Pete Smith short) ??? |
1941 |
| Daddy-O |
Columbia |
SG |
1958 |
| Dance
Hall |
20th
C. Fox |
Dean Collins |
1941 |
| $
Dance Girl Dance |
R.K.O. |
vf
/ Not sure about this one |
1940 |
| $
Dancing Program #5 |
P.B.S. |
has
swing clips-"Shorty George" |
199? |
| Death
In Doses |
?? |
Lou Southern and Frieda Wyckoff |
19?? |
| $
Desk Set |
- |
Frieda Wyckoff |
JL |
19?? |
| Don't
Knock The Rock |
Columbia |
Gil and Nicky Brady | Frieda Wyckoff w /Lou Southern |
1956 |
| $
Down Argentine Way |
20th
Cnt Fox |
Betty
Grable | Nicholas Brothers |
1940 |
| $
Ellington Shorts |
Paramount |
?? |
29-41 |
| $
Duke Is Tops |
1938 |
Lena
Horne, Criner, Hawley |
1938 |
| $
Fighting Seabees |
Republican |
John
Wayne with ??? |
1944 |
| $
Follow The Boys |
Universal |
ba
/Lenny Smith | Lou Southern | 5, brief scene |
1944 |
| Ford
50th Anniversary |
- |
Ollies
Newsreel # 2 & Wally Cox Dance Demos. |
1953 |
| $
Four Jills in a Jeep |
20th |
gt
| Frieda Wyckoff |
1944 |
| From
the Minuet to the Big Apple |
Paramount |
- |
1937 |
| Gangs
All Here, the |
20th
Century |
dg
/ (aka in the night) |
1941 |
| Gangs
all Here, The |
20th |
dg
/ cs / jo (aka girl he left behind) |
1942-3 |
| George
White Scandals |
R.K.O. |
- |
1934 |
| George
White Scandals |
R.K.O. |
- |
1935 |
| George
White Scandals |
R.K.O. |
Dean Collins | ??? |
1945 |
| Get
Hep to Love |
Universal |
jjj
/ |
1942 |
| $
Ghost Chasers |
Universal |
Dean Collins-choreo
/ ba / Lou Southern /bs /gh /it /ja / mt |
1944 |
| $
Girl Can't Help It, The |
20TH |
Gil and Nicky Brady | Lou Southern |
1956 |
| $
Glenn Miller Story |
M.C.A. |
lg
/ anyone know the dancers? |
1954 |
| Groovie
Movie |
Pete
Smith |
sw
/ a / Lou Southern | Lennie Smith | Jean Veloz | m |
194? |
| Harlem
Harmonies v2 |
?? |
Same
as cottontail |
1941 |
| Hellzapoppin' |
Universal |
Dean Collins | Whitey's Lindy Hoppers| /mt/nm/fm/wr/am/eb/br/wd/fj/mr |
1941 |
| Here
Come The Waves |
Paramount |
??? |
1944 |
| Hi
Buddy |
?? |
dh
/mk /jjj |
1943 |
|
Hi-De-Ho
(no swing!) |
Storyville |
Cab Calloway (Plot: Radio) |
1934 |
| Hi-De-Ho
(no swing!) |
Timeless |
Cab Calloway Short - no swing! (Plot: Infidelity) |
1937 |
| Hi-De-Ho
(no swing!) |
All
American |
Chor: Addison Carew. Tap: Miller Bros. & Lois (Plot:
Cotton Club) |
1947 |
| Hold
That Co-ed |
Fox |
?? |
1938 |
| Holiday
Inn |
|
Brief
Scene |
1941 |
| Hollywood
Canteen |
W.B. |
ja
| Gil Hernandez | ??? (very brief) |
1944 |
| Home
In Indiana |
?? |
cs
/ ?? |
1944 |
| $
Horn Blows At Midnight |
W.B. |
Dean Collins
/ ja / jp / ??? |
1945 |
| Hot
Chocolates |
Soundies |
Whitey's Lindy Hoppers | wd/am/fm/nm/fj/wr/aj/br |
1941 |
| I'm Just a Jitterbug |
|
Animated |
1939 |
| In
A Jazz Way |
Dehn |
Whitey's Lindy Hoppers |
/?? |
19?? |
| In
The Swing |
T.V. |
Dean Collins /mc/ lb/ bh/ sf /mn /l /kl |
1981? |
| Irene |
RKO |
Haven't
Seen This One |
1940 |
| Jam
Session |
?? |
Margaret
Campbell Jitterbug Scene |
1944 |
| Jammin'
The Blues |
United |
Frankie Manning /as/mb/lj/am |
1944 |
| Java
Jive |
|
(Havent
Seen This One)
Al Donahue |
1943 |
| $ Jazz Band Ball |
?? |
Cab
Calloway |
1956 |
| Jitterbugs |
20th |
Laurel
& Hardy-Swing dancers ???? |
1943 |
| Jitterbug
Follies |
|
Animated
Jitterbug Contest |
1939 |
| Jitter
Bughouse |
|
[Haven't
Seen This One, anyone seen it?] |
1948 |
| Jittering
Jitterbugs |
Harlem
|
Whitey's Lindy Hoppers
/ Big Apple Scene / Lindy |
1940 |
| Jitterbug
Jive |
|
Popeye
Jitterbug dance contest |
1950 |
| Jitterbug
Knights |
|
Animated |
1939 |
| $
Jitterbug Party |
Paramount |
Cab Calloway Short (Minnie the Moocher) |
1935 |
| Jive
Junction |
PRC |
ba
/ja/jp |
1943 |
| Juke
Box Rhythm |
Columbia |
Gil and Nicky Brady
| Lou Southern | Frieda Wyckoff | w |
1959 |
| $
Juke Joint |
Slack |
jj
/ |
1947 |
| Jumpin'
Jive |
|
Larry
Ceballos |
1941 |
| Junior
Jive Bombers |
|
Leroy
Prinz (Haven't Seen This One) |
1944 |
| Junior
Prom |
Monogram |
Dean Collins
| Jewel McGowen |
1946 |
| Keep
Punchin' |
|
- |
|
| $
Kid Dynamite |
Monogram |
Dean Collins | Jewel McGowen |
1943 |
| $
Killer Diller |
All
American |
Frankie Manning | rw | aj | wr |
1948 |
| Let's
Make Music |
RKO |
- |
1940 |
| Limit
Up! |
?? |
Jim
Fisk / Nancy Beth/ |
1988? |
| Little
Mothers |
?? |
lw
/ ?? |
19?? |
| Livin'
It Up |
Paramount |
lw
/ Dean Collins / jc | Lou Southern |
195? |
| Mke
Mine Music |
|
animated
Lindy Scene |
1946 |
| $
Malcolm X |
?? |
sa/ld/nm/
Ryan Francois |
1992 |
| Manhattan
Merry Go Round |
Republic |
Whitey's Lindy Hoppers |
??? |
1937 |
| Minnie
The Moocher |
?? |
Doc. on Calloway |
19?? |
| $ Minnie The Moocher |
?? |
Cab Calloway Short |
1942 |
| $ Miracle at Morgans Crk |
Paramount |
??? |
1944 |
| Moonlight In Havana |
?? |
dh / mk / jjj |
1942 |
| Movietone Jitterbug Reel |
Movietone |
?? |
194? |
| Mr.
and Mr. Smith |
|
Lindy
Hop Scene with Mongomery and Lombard |
1941 |
| Mr.
Bug Goes to Town |
|
Animated
Hoppity |
1941 |
| Mr.
Rock and Roll |
Paramount |
??
Not Sure about Dancing ? |
1957 |
| Music
& Comedy Masters |
?? |
see
Jittering Jitterbugs |
19?? |
| Mystery
In Swing |
Aetna,
Int'l |
??? |
1940 |
| $
Mystic Pizza |
?? |
8
/ ?? |
1988 |
| $
Moon Over Harlem |
Stack |
???/
the swing crew |
1939 |
| Nat'l
Geographic Explorer |
T.V. |
"jitterbug"
has clips |
1989 |
| $
Naughty But Nice |
W.B. |
md/
mdg/ |
1939 |
| Ocean
Hop, The |
|
Animated
(anyone seen this?) |
1927 |
| Once
Upon A time |
?? |
gt
/ ?? |
1944 |
| $
Orchestra Wives |
20th. |
Nicholas Brothers
/ no swing dance! |
1942 |
| Paradise
in Harlem |
|
- |
|
| Playmates |
R.K.O. |
Dean Collins
| Jewel McGowen ?? |
1941 |
| Powers
Girl, The |
United |
Dean Collins | Jewel McGowen / ba /it |
1942 |
| Prisoner
Of Swing |
VitaPhone |
lj
/hl /fm /am |
1938 |
| $
Private Buckaroo |
Universal |
jjj/ |
1942 |
| Public
Jitterbug #1 |
Viataphone |
Short, Hal LeRoy and Betty Huton Swing to Tom Emerson's Hillbilly Sextette
|
1939 |
| Radio City Revels |
R.K.O. |
tb /dj /ed /gg / Frankie Manning / lm /hw/ Ann Miller |
1937 |
| Read'n Ritin' and Rhythm |
R.K.O. |
??? |
1939 |
| $ Ride E'm Cowboy |
Columbia |
Dean Collins | Jewel McGowen |
1942 |
| Rock Around The Clock |
Columbia |
Lenny Smith | Lou Southern | Frieda Wyckoff | eb | ld |
1956 |
| Roxie Hart |
|
- |
|
| Running Wild |
Universal |
Gil and Nicky Brady |
1955 |
| Sally Swing |
Republic |
Beety Boop throws a Swing Dance |
1938 |
| Scrub Me Mama with a Boogie Beat |
Animated |
Racial Slurs and Sterotypical racist scenes |
1941 |
| $ Shag ,The Movie |
Palace PrOd. |
???, Thigpens, Kenny Ortega |
1988 |
| Shake, Rattle and Rock |
United |
??? |
1956 |
| Since You Went Away |
?? |
temple, airline hanger scene |
1944 |
| Sing A Jingle |
?? |
Dean Collins |
1943 |
| Sophmore Swing |
|
- |
1939 |
| $ Springtime in the Rockies |
20th. |
Dean Collins | Jewel McGowen / Betty Grable |
1942 |
|
Stage Door Canteen |
United |
it/ ??? , various swing dancers in a scene |
1943 |
| Stalag 17 |
n/a |
choreo. by ernest lazlo |
1953 |
| $ Stand Up and Cheer |
20th. |
md / mm / lw / |
1938 |
| Start Cheering |
Columbia |
md /mm / lw / ? |
1938 |
| Stomping At The Savoy |
T.V. |
?? |
199 |
| $ Stormy Weather |
20th. |
Nicholas Brothers |
1943 |
| Strike Up The Band |
M.G.M. |
lw /lc, louise decamp/ Rooney, Garland |
1940 |
| Sugar Hill Masquerade |
Soundies |
Whitey's Lindy Hoppers | |
1942 |
| Summer Stock |
|
Gene Kelly and Judy Garland ECS |
1950 |
| Sun Valley Serenade |
|
Goodman, Nicholas Brothers, No Swing |
1941 |
| Sunday Sinners |
|
- |
|
| Swing |
|
Harlem, Tap, Female dancers |
1938 |
| Swing Fever |
MGM |
Jean Veloz and her brother |
1944 |
| Swing Hotel |
|
Not Seen!!!, John & Edna Torrance
|
1939 |
| Swing Street |
(Maybe called Copacabana) |
TV: Barry Manilow Special (Big Fun) |
1988? |
| Swing, Swing, Swing |
|
Swing and Collegiate Shag scenes |
1937 |
| $
Swingers |
?? |
???? (very little dance) |
1996 |
| $ Summer Stock |
M.G.M. |
dh
/ |
1950 |
| Swing Cat's Jamboree |
|
features Louis Prima and Dancers |
1938 |
| Swing Fever |
M.G.M. |
Lenny Smith, Donald Gallagher, Johnny Duncan, Jay Eaton, |
1943 |
| $ Swing Kids |
Buena Vista |
too many to list, chor: Ryan Francois, Otis Sallid
|
1992 |
| Swinging The Blues |
??? |
???? swing clips |
19?? |
| Talk of the Town |
Columbia |
Dean Collins |
1942 |
| Teenagers at the Junior Prom |
Monogram |
See Junior Prom |
1946 |
| Texas Tommy |
|
Western, Haven't Seen It. |
1928 |
| That Certain Feeling |
Paramount |
said to have Gil and Nikki Brady |
1956 |
| The Spirit Moves |
Dehn |
Documentary. -- N.Y.P.L. |
1950 |
| They All Kissed The Bride |
Columbia |
Dean Collins |
1942 |
| Thrill Of A Lifetime |
M.G.M. |
??? (Big Apple Scene) |
1937 |
| Till the End of Time |
RKO |
Lenny Smith, LA dancers, Chor by Dean Collins |
1946 |
| Triple Boogie |
|
- |
1948 |
| True To The Army |
Universal |
jjj / |
1942 |
| Twice Blessed |
MGM |
Hal Takier |
1945 |
| Untamed Youth |
Warner Bros |
Frieda Wyckoff | jl | SGL | NB | GB |
1950s |
| Varisty Show |
|
Tap: Buck and Bubbles, Betty & Tommy Wonder |
1937 |
| Young Ideas |
MGM |
Dean Collins ??? |
1943 |
| Wizard Of Oz. Cut Scene |
?? |
(cut Jitterbug Tree Scene! - Not in Movie) |
1939 |
| $ Zoot Suit |
MCA |
Olmos (El-Pachuco), Salsa, Latin Swing |
1981 |
| 1941 |
MCA |
Belushi, Aykroyd, Beatty -Cute Scene! |
1979 |
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