Swing Out the Blues (1943) DVD-R

Starring Bob Stanton, Lynn Merrick, The Vagabonds, Janis Carter, Tim
Ryan, Joyce Compton
Directed by Malcolm St. Clair

Print: black/white
Runtime: 73 min.
Genre: musical
Print Quality: B

Singer Bob Haymes (not Dick Haymes, as has sometimes been reported)
heads the cast of Columbia's Swing Out the Blues. The film is partly a
parody of The Goodwill Court, a popular radio problem hosted by
advice-dispenser "Mr. Anthony". The host of a "What's your problem?"
radio hour tries to smooth the romantic path of singer Rich Cleveland
(Haymes) and his socialite wife Penelope (Lynn Merrick). The fly in the
ointment is Dena Marshall (Janis Carter), who has set her sights on the
handsome Rich. Much of the film's humor is dispensed by the Vagabonds,
a zany singing group that comes across as a combination of the Yacht
Club Boys and the Ritz Brothers. If the fellow playing "Larry Stringfellow"
sounds familiar, he should: Arthur Q. Bryan was also the voice of Elmer
Fudd in the Warner Bros. cartoons.