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    This page lists information on DVD and VHS movies / Films that contain swing dance scenes plus some 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 only being sold as used so they may have sold them already, but they do get more. .... enjoy!

Movie Title

Studio

Dancers

Date

1941

Universal Pictures Jitterbug Contest. John Belushi, Kay 1979

A Day At The Races

M.G.M.

Whitey's, Leon James, sb, br, gg, dm, nm,

1937

A Lady Takes a Chance

Republic

John Wayne and Jean Stevens Jitterbug

1943

A Little Jive is Good For You

???

-

1941

Abou Ben Boogie

Walter Lantz Corp.

Animation

1944

After Seban

Paramount Pictures

sg, jb

1929

Air Mail Special

Soundies Corp.

Lindy dance to Count Basie Orch

1941

'Alligators' plus 'Cats' plus 'Jive' Equals More Swing

Paramount Pictures

Shag, Truckin and Lindy Hop

1938

Always A Bridesmaid

Universal Pictures

Dean Collins, Jewel McGowen, Jivin' Jacks and Jills

1943

American Pop

Tristar

Cartoon of actual vintage Lindy Hoppers

1981

Among the Living

Paramount Pictures

Patti Lacey, Ray Hirsch, Roy Lester, Jane Allen

1941

Arthur Murrays 'How To Dance The Shag

General Service

Aarthur Murray Shag Dancers

1937

Ask Uncle Sol

20th. Century Fox

Short: Shorty George and Big Bea and his troupe

1937

At The Jazz Band Ball

Yazoo Video!

Shorty George, James Barton, Bojangles and more.

1932

Attack of the 50ft. Woman

20th. Century Fox

Jitterbug

1958

Australian Jitterbugs Jitter

Paramount Pictures

-

1944

Babes In Arms

M.G.M.

Maxie Dorf, Larry "Lolly" Wise

1939

Babes On Broadway

M.G.M.

Maxie Dorf

1941

Bachelor Mother

R.K.O.

Lawrence Lolly Wise and Marge Wilson, Swing Scene, Ginger Rogers

1939

Be Bop

Paramount News

French swing

1949

Belles On Their Toes

20th. Century Fox

??? Shag Dancers

1953

Benny Goodman Story

Universal Pictures

pe, dl, ls, sl, ncb

1955

Bessie Smith & Friends

BCI Eclipse

Nicholas Brothers, Lena Horne, Bessie Smith

1929-1945

Beware

Timeless

Louis Jordan Video, no swing dancing, Dimples Daniels Lizzie dancing

1946

Big Apple

Paramount News Headliner

Charleston, Shag, Shine, Suzy-Q, Truckin, Peckin', Lindy, Jitterbug

1937

Birmingham Black Bottom

Koch Vision

Non Dance (c.1927)

1998

Black Bottom

???

black bottom

1927

Black Board Jungle

Warner Home Video

Introduced Rock and Roll music to Audiences

1955

Bli-Blip

???

Marie Bryant & Paul White

1942

Blondie Meets the Boss

Alpha-Omega

Ray Hirsch & Patti Lacey

1939

Boarding House Blues

All American

"Crip" Heard, Berry Bros, Stump and Stumpy

1948

Boogie-Doodle

Norman McLaren

Animated

1948

Boogiemania

Soundies Dist

Helen Bangs & Albert Reese James

1946

Boogie Woogie

Paramount Musical Parade

Jitterbug Scenes

1945

Boogie Woogie

???

Animated Jitterbug

1960

Boogie Woogie Blues

???

Hadda Brooks. sorry, Not yet seen

1948

Boogie Woogie Bugle Boy of Company 'B'

Walter Lantz

Animated Musical

1941

Boogie Woogie Dream

Soundies

No dance, But good Swing Music

1944

Bop Girl n/a Calypso, ECS, Lou Southern, Gil Brady 1957

Boy! What a Girl 

Gotham Dist.

The Int'l Jitterbugs, Harlemaniacs, Jitterbug

1946

Broadway Highlights of 1930

[try here]

Many 1930's Nightclubs in NY

1930

Broadway Serenade

??? 

Roy Lester, Helen Seamon

1939

Buck Privates

Universal Pictures

Dean Collins, Jewel McGowen, Gil Hernandez, Connie Wydel, Gene 'Shadow' Cole

1941

Bugs Bunny Gets the Boid

Merrie Melodies

 Animated

1942

Bumble Boogie

RKO / Disney

Short Animation (aka: Melody Time)

1948

Bundle Of Joy

R.K.O.

Gil and Nicki Brady, lenny Smith, Joe lanza, bess flowers, fs, aw

1956

Burlesque in Harlem

???

Bevy of dances and dancers

1939

Cabin In The Sky

M.G.M.

as, lj

1943

Call Of The Jitterbug 

Green

Congeroo, Parks, WLH, Lindy Hop

1988

Calling Dr. Gillespie

 ???

Short Swing Scene

1942

Calypso Heat Wave

Columbia Pictures

Lenny Smith, Frieda Angela Wyckoff

1957

Cannery Row

Turner

Funny Scene with Nolte and Winger

1982

Canterville Ghost

Warner Brothers

?Dean Collins ?, with Margaret O'Brien

1944

Carl Deacon Moore and His Orchestra

Vitaphone Short

Big Apple

1938

Carnival Rock

How Co. ?

Gil Brady, Freda Angela Wyckoff

1957

Charleston ...
[Avante Garde - try here]

???

Catherine Hessling charleston's from Outer Space with a monkey

1927

Charleston, the

Renoir Silent

a Jean Renoir Silent film

1928

Charleston Queen

???

Animated

1926

Chicago and all That Jazz

N.B.C.

Leon James, Al Minns

1961

Chicken Run [DVD]

Universal Pictures

Animated Chicken Lindy Scene

2000

Chool Song, the

???

Dean Collins, Jewel McGowen (as Collette) Swing, Minuet, Truckin'

194?

College Humor

Paramount Pictures

Freddie Christopherson

1933

College Swing

Universal Pictures

Betty Grable and Jackie Coogan do the Jitterbug

1937

Collegiate

???

n/a

1926

Collegiate

???

Gallagher, Sharpe, Usher, Prinz, Marjorie Reynolds

1936

Cootie Williams Orchestra

???

lj, dj, rw, ch

1943

Copacabana

Republican

1, 2, Jitterbug at end of film

1947

Cottontail (aka Harlem Harmonies)

Harlem

Frankie Manning, Norma Miller, Lindy Hoppers, Three Chefs, Bojangles

1941

Cow Cow Boogie [try here]

???

Animation

1943

Crazy House 

Universal Pictures

Pepsi Bethel, Tiny Bunch, & the De Marcos

1943

Crime Wave

Encore TV

??

1985

Cuban Rhythm

M.G.M.

Mickey Alvarez, Madeline Pollard
(a Pete Smith short - Rumba)

1941

Daddy-O

Columbia Pictures

Sandra Giles, (Gil and Nikki Brady)

1958

Dance Hall

20th. Century Fox

Dean Collins, Jewel McGowen, Ceaser Romero, Carole Landis, Connie Wydel

1941

Dance, Girl, Dance

R.K.O.

Vivian Faye, Lucille Ball, Not sure about this one

1940

Dancing Program #5

P.B.S.

has swing clips-"Shorty George", Lindy Hop

199?

Death in Small Doses

???

Freida Wyckoff, Lou Southern

1957

Desk Set

20th. Century Fox

Freida Wyckoff, Joe Lanza, Lou Southern

1957

Dispossessed Blues

short film

songs by: Lynn Albritton & the Four Knobs

 

Don't Knock the Rock

Columbia Pictures

Gil and Nicki Brady, Freida Wyckoff, Lou Southern, [ Poster]

1956

Down Argentine Way

20th. Century Fox

Betty Grable, Nicholas bros. Charlotte Greenwood

1940

Duke Is Tops

Ryko

Lena Horne, Criner, Hawley, Willie Covan, Rubberneck Holmes

1938

$ Ellington Shorts

Paramount Pictures

??

29-41

Everybody Sing

MGM

Whitey's Lindy Hoppers, Judy Garland

1938

Fighting Seabees

Republican

John Wayne with Adele Mara, Jitterbug

1944

Follow The Boys

Universal Pictures

Bob Ashley, Lenny Smith, Lou Southern, Carmen Amaya, George Raft, Vera Zorina

1944

Ford 50th Anniversary

???

Ollies Newsreel # 2 & Wally Cox Dance Demos.

1953

Four Jills in a Jeep

20th. Century Fox

gt, Freida Wyckoff, Roy Damron

1944

Fox Movietone News #19/100: Jitterbug

20th. Century Fox

-

8/26/1937

Fox Movietone: USO Dancers

20th. Century Fox

 -

3/17/1942

From the Minuet to the Big Apple

Paramount Pictures

n/a

1937

Gangs All Here, the
(aka: In the night)

20th. Century Fox

Diedre Gale, John Mills, Charles Saggau, Johnny & Jenny Duncan

1941

Gangs all Here, The
(aka: Girl he left behind)

20th. Century Fox

Diedre Gale & Charles Saggau, John Mills, Miriam LaVelle, Tony DeMarco & Virgina Wilson, Carmen Miranda,

1943

George White Scandals

R.K.O.

n/a

1934

George White Scandals

20th. Century Fox

Bojangles, Eleanor Powell

1935

George White Scandals

R.K.O.

Dean Collins, ???

1945

Georgie Porgie

???

-

1946

Get Hep to Love

Universal Pictures

Jivin' Jacks and Jills, Donald O Connor, Peggy Ryan

1942

Get Yourself a College Girl

--

-

1964

Ghost Chasers

Warner Brothers

Dean Collins choreo, Bob Ashley, Lou Southern, Betty Stoy, Gil Hernandez, Irene Thomas, John & Venna Archer, Mike Tremini

1951

Girl Can't Help It, The

20th. Century Fox

lou Southern, Gil and Nicki Brady

1956

Give Out, Sisters

Universal Pictures

Jivin' Jacks and Jills

1942

Glen Gray & The Casa Loma Orchestra

???

-

1942

Glenn Miller Story

M.C.A.

Lisa Gaye, Anita Deaton, Archie Savage Dancers

1954

Groovie Movie [try here]

Pete Smith

sw, jp, a, lou southern, m [Poster]

1944

Hamburg Gets The Jitters

Paramount Pictures

 

1952

Harlem Bound

Vitaphone Short

Musical short: 20 mins (Mentone Comedy #4, Universal)

1935

Harlem Harmonies v.2

Hotline

Same as cottontail, Lindy Hop, Bojangles, Whitey's Lindy Hoppers, Three Chefs

1941

Harlem Hoofers Fry Their Corns

Paramount Pictures

Lindy dancers

1938

Harlem Swings

???

dance, music, 1930s to 1950s, Jitterbug Johnnies

1950

Harvest Moon Ball

Paramount News

1939, 1941, 1949, 1950, 1951

Varies

Harvest Moon Madness

???

-

1951

Having a Wonderful Life

 ???

Walter Cosden, Shag

19??

Heats on Again, the

???

Three Heat Waves, Jitterbug

1943

Hellzapoppin'

Universal Pictures

Dean Collins, Whitey's Lindy Hoppers, mt, nm, Frankie Manning, wr, am, eb, br, wd, fj, mr, Lindy Hop

1941

Here Come The Waves

Paramount Pictures

???, Betty Hutton, also Blackface routine

1944

Hi Buddy

Universal Pictures

Dick Humphries, Marilyn Kaye, Helene Stanley, Jivin' Jacks and Jills, Step Brothers

1943

Hi-De-Ho (no swing Dance!)

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

Calloway Chor: Addison Carew. Tap: Miller Bros. & Lois, Shorty George Snowden (Plot: Cotton Club)

1947

Hold That Co-ed

20th. Century Fox

??

1938

Holiday Inn

Universal Pictures

Various dances, Brief Jitterbug Scene, Fred Astaire

1941

Hollywood Canteen

Warner Brothers

(very brief) Johnny Archer, Gil Hernandez, Jack Coffey, also Rosario and Antonio - do a Spanish dance

1944

Home In Indiana

???

Charles Saggau, ??

1944

Horn Blows At Midnight

Warner Brothers

Dean Collins, john archer, Jean Phelps-Veloz,

1945

Hot Chocolates (aka: Cottontail)

Soundies

Whitey's Lindy Hoppers, wd, am, fm, nm, fj, wr, aj, br, Lindy Hop

1941

Hot Rod Gang

American International

Long swing scene, Kay Wheeler

1958

Houseboat

Paramount Studios

Gil and Nicki Brady, Joe Lanza

1958

How To Do The Big Apple Paramount Studios Big Apple dance and others. 193?

I Am The Law

COLUMBIA

Edward G. Robinson and others do the Swing, Suzy Q. Big Apple, Shag, Shimmy

1938

I Dood It

M.G.M.

Kid Jitterbug Dancers, Buck and Bubbles, Eleanor Powell

1943

I Married Joan, V.14: Jitterbug

TV

n/a

1952-1955

I'll Remember April

Universal Pictures

Jack Archer, Venna Archer, Irene Thomas

1945

I'm Just a Jitterbug

Universal Pictures

Walter Lantz Animated Mother Goose

1939

In A Jazz Way

Maura Dehn

Whitey's Lindy Hoppers, Lindy Hop

1987

In The Swing

T.V.

30 min. short film. Dean Collins, mc, lb, bh, sf, mn, l, kl

1981?

Irene

RKO

Anna Neagle, Ray Miland, Dandridge Sisters

1940

It Takes Hot Dogs to Win the Lindy Hop

Pathe News

Various - at Harlem Dance Hall

1931

It’s in the Stars

???

-

1938

It's Swing Ho - Come to the Fair

Paramount Pictures

Jitterbug

1939

Jam Session

Columbia Pictures

Ann Miller, Margaret Campbell Jitterbug Scene

1944

Jammin' The Blues

United

Archie Savaga, Marie Bryant, Lindy Hop,

1944

Janie

???

Teen Movie

1944

Java Jive

???

Al Donahue (2 minute short film)

1943

Jazz Band Ball

???

Calloway , Lindy Hop

1956

Jazzy Joe

???

Dean Collins & Jewel McGowan, Gil Fernandez & Patti Lacey

1941

Jitter Bughouse

???

18 minute short film?

1948

Jitterbugs 

20th. Century Fox

Laurel & Hardy, Jivin' Jacks and Jills, Zoot Suits

1943

Jitterbug Follies

M.G.M.

Animated Jitterbug Contest

1939

Jitterbug Jamboree

Hearst-Pathe

Short Film, Harvest Moon Ball Shag Dancers

1940

Jitterbug Jive

???

Popeye Jitterbug dance contest

1950

Jitterbug Knights

???

Animated

1939

Jitterbug Party

Paramount Pictures

Calloway Short, Shim-Sham (Minnie the Moocher)

1935

Jitterbugs Jive at Swingeroo

Paramount Pictures

-

1938

Jittering Jitterbugs

Harlem

Whitey's Lindy Hoppers, Big Apple Scene, Lindy Hop (11 mins)

1938

Jive Junction

PRC

Bob Ashley & Jean (Phelps) Veloz, Lenny & Kay Smith, Don Gallaher & Irene Thomas, Johnny Archer (Lindy and Charleston)

1943

Jivin' in Bebop

???

various dancers and Bop Music

1946

Juke Box Joe's

???

Jack Arkin & Irene Thomas, Lenny Smith & Kay Smith, Jerry Warren

1940s

Juke Box Rhythm

Columbia Pictures

Lenny Smith, Gil and Nicki Brady, Frieda Wyckoff

1959

Juke Joint

Slack Amusement

Jitterbug Johnnies, Lindy Hop

1947

Jumpin' Jive

???

Larry Ceballos

1941

Junction 88

???

Some dancing, An early all-Black musical

1947

Junior Jive Bombers

20 minute Short Film

Leroy Prinz (Haven't Seen This One)

1944

Junior Prom

Monogram

Dean Collins, Jewel mcGowen, Hal Takier, Lenny Smith and more (also see teenagers)

1946

Keep Punchin'

Sack Amusement

-Lindy Hop, Big Apple, Whitey's Lindy Hoppers

1939

Kid Dynamite

Monogram

Dean Collins, Jewel McGowen, Leo Gorcey, Kay Marvis

1943

Killer Diller

All American

fm, rw, aj, wr, Lindy Hop, CONGEROO'S

1948

Last Of The Blonde Bombshells

TV

-

2000

Let's Go Collegiate

Monogram

-

1941

Let's Make Music

R.K.O.

Freda Angela Wyckoff, ?Jack Carey?, Dean Collins & Jewel McGowan & Bertha Lee, Pat Eggar Havenhill, Tommy Silvius, Lawrence "Lolly" Wise

1940

Let Me Off Uptown

Official Films, Inc

Lindy Hop Couple

1942

Limit Up!

Virgin Visi

Jim Fisk, Nancy Beth, West Coast Swing

1989

Little Mothers, 40

???

Lawrence Lolly Wise, ??

1940

Living It Up

Paramount Pictures

Lawrence Lolly Wise, Jerry Lewis, Sheree North, Tommy Silvius,