What's Cookin'? (1942)
It's A Swingeroo... Rootin', zootin' swing-stars... 'teen-stars... hot licks and hep-cats!
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.
- Date of release
- 1942-02-20
- TMDB
- 7.0 / 10 (3)
- Runtime
- 1h 9m
- Genres
- Comedy, Music
- Director
- Edward F. Cline
Casting
- Patty Andrews — Patty Andrews
- Maxene Andrews — Maxene Andrews
- Laverne Andrews — Laverne Andrews
- Jane Frazee — Anne Payne
- Robert Paige — Bob J. Riley
- Gloria Jean — Sue Courtney
- Leo Carrillo — Marvo the Great
- Charles Butterworth — J. P. Courtney
- Billie Burke — Agatha Courtney
- Grace McDonald — Angela
- Donald O'Connor — Tommy
- Susan Levine — Tag-a-Long (as Tag-a-Long)
Interesting facts
What's Cookin'? is a 1942 American musical film directed by Edward F. Cline and starring The Andrews Sisters, Jane Frazee, Robert Paige and Gloria Jean. The film is based on the story Wake Up and Dream written by Edgar Allan Woolf.
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