| Movie
Title |
Studio |
Dancers |
Date |
| 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. |
| 1941 |
|
Jitterbug
Contest |
1979 |
| $
A
Day At The Races |
M.G.M. |
WLH/LJ
/SB /BR /GG /DM /nm /br |
1937 |
| A
Lady Takes a chance |
|
jw/gabby
hayes |
1943 |
| Abou
Ben Boogie |
|
Animation |
1944 |
| After
Seban |
Paramount |
sg
/jb |
1929 |
| Always
A Bridesmaid |
Universal |
dc
/jm |
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 /ls /sl /ncb |
1955 |
| $
Bessie Smith & Friends |
?? |
ncb
/ |
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 |
dc
/ jm /gh / 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
/ Parks / WLH |
1988 |
| Calypso
Heat Wave ? |
Columbia |
sl
/ fw |
1957 |
| Cannery
Row |
|
Funny
Scene with Nolte and Winger |
1982 |
| $
Canterville Ghost |
?? |
dc
/ with Margaret O'Brien |
1944 |
| $
Carnival Rock |
How
Co. ? |
gb
/ fw |
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 |
??? |
dc
/ c |
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 |
?? |
fm
/ nm |
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 |
dc/ |
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 |
?? |
sl
/ fw |
19?? |
| $
Desk Set |
- |
FW,
JL |
19?? |
| Don't
Knock The Rock |
Columbia |
gb
/ nb /fw /sl |
1956 |
| $
Down Argentine Way |
20th
Cnt Fox |
Betty
Grable, Nicolas Bros. |
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
/ls /sl / 5, brief scene |
1944 |
| Ford
50th Anniversary |
- |
Ollies
Newsreel # 2 & Wally Cox Dance Demos. |
1953 |
| $
Four Jills in a Jeep |
20th |
gt
/fw |
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. |
n/a |
1934 |
| George
White Scandals |
R.K.O. |
n/a |
1935 |
| George
White Scandals |
R.K.O. |
dc
/ ??? |
1945 |
| Get
Hep to Love |
Universal |
jjj
/ |
1942 |
| $
Ghost Chasers |
Universal |
dc-choreo
/ ba / sl /bs /gh /it /ja / mt |
1944 |
| $
Girl Can't Help It, The |
20TH |
sl
/gb / nb |
1956 |
| $
Glenn Miller Story |
M.C.A. |
lg
/ anyone know the dancers? |
1954 |
| Groovie
Movie |
Pete
Smith |
sw
/jp /a /sl / m |
194? |
| Harlem
Harmonies v2 |
?? |
Same
as cottontail |
1941 |
| Hellzapoppin' |
Universal |
dc/wlh/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 |
Calloway
(Plot: Radio) |
1934 |
| Hi-De-Ho
(no swing!) |
Timeless |
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
/gh / ??? (very brief) |
1944 |
| Home
In Indiana |
?? |
cs
/ ?? |
1944 |
| $
Horn Blows At Midnight |
W.B. |
dc
/ ja / jp / ??? |
1945 |
| Hot
Chocolates |
Soundies |
WLH
/wd/am/fm/nm/fj/wr/aj/br |
1941 |
| I'm
Just a Jitterbug |
|
Animated |
1939 |
| In
A Jazz Way |
Dehn |
wlh
/?? |
19?? |
| In
The Swing |
T.V. |
dc
/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 |
fm/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
|
wlh
/ 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 |
gb
/sl /fw /nb / |
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 |
dc
/jm |
1946 |
| Keep
Punchin' |
|
|
|
| $
Kid Dynamite |
Monogram |
dc
/ jm |
1943 |
| $
Killer Diller |
All
American |
fm
/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
/ dc / jc / ls / |
195? |
| Mke
Mine Music |
|
animated
Lindy Scene |
1946 |
| $
Malcolm X |
?? |
sa/ld/nm/
Ryan Francois |
1992 |
| Manhattan
Merry Go Round |
Republic |
wlh/
??? |
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
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. |
ncb
/ no swing dance! |
1942 |
| Paradise
in Harlem |
|
|
|
| Playmates |
R.K.O. |
dc
/ jm / ?? |
1941 |
| Powers
Girl, The |
United |
dc
/ jm / 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 / fm / lm /hw/ ann miller |
1937 |
| Read'n
Ritin' and Rhythm |
R.K.O. |
??? |
1939 |
| $
Ride E'm Cowboy |
Columbia |
dc
/jm |
1942 |
| Rock
Around The Clock |
Columbia |
ls
/sl / fw /eb /ld |
1956 |
| Roxie
Hart |
|
|
|
| Running
Wild |
Universal |
gb/nb/
|
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
Prd |
???,
Thigpens, Kenny Ortega |
1988 |
| Shake,
Rattle and Rock |
United |
??? |
1956 |
| Since
You Went Away |
?? |
temple,
airline hanger scene |
1944 |
| Sing
A Jingle |
?? |
dc
/ |
1943 |
| Sophmore
Swing |
|
|
1939 |
| $
Springtime in the Rockies |
20th. |
dc
/ jm / 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. |
ncb/
|
1943 |
| Strike
Up The Band |
M.G.M. |
lw
/lc, louise decamp/ Rooney, Garland |
1940 |
| Sugar
Hill Masquerade |
Soundies |
wlh
/ |
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 |
dc/ |
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 |
dc |
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 |
fw,
jl, SGL, NB, GB |
1950s |
| Varisty
Show |
|
Tap:
Buck and Bubbles, Betty & Tommy Wonder |
1937 |
| Young
Ideas |
MGM |
dc
??? |
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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