Swingtime in the Movies
Dec 24 1938
•0h 20m
•Comedy, Music
In this musical short, a waitress at the Warner Bros. commissary gets her big break.
Cast
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Fritz Feld
Mr. Nitvitch
Kathryn Kane
Joan Mason
John Carroll
Rick Arden
Charley Foy
Sammy
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