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What's Cookin'?

It's A Swingeroo... Rootin', zootin' swing-stars... 'teen-stars... hot licks and hep-cats!

1942 · 69 min · Comedy
7.0 Niche
Comedy Music

J. P. Courtney wants to update the music on the radio program he sponsors, but his wife, Agatha Courtney, is the final authority and addicted to the classics and won't allow him to replace Professor Bistell and his symphonic orchestra. Conspiring with his daughter Sue and her friends, Marvo the Great, the Andrews Sisters, Anne Payne and bandleader Woody Herman, they devise a sabotage plot that gets rid of Professor Bistell, and a new sound is soon heard on the program.

Country of origin
🇺🇸 United States
Year
1942

Trivia & behind the scenes

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Origins

The film is based on the story 'Wake Up and Dream' written by Edgar Allan Woolf, and the production itself was originally known under that same title, 'Wake Up and Dream'.

Music

The soundtrack features Woody Herman and His Orchestra performing several numbers, including 'Woodchopper's Ball' and a special arrangement of 'Golden Wedding' arranged by Herman himself.

Reception

The New York Times praised the film as having 'plenty cookin' in this brisk, breezy Andrews Sisters vehicle,' though it criticized the supporting cast as 'topheavy'.

Reception

The website Answers.com gave the film a rating of just one star.

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