Mystery in Swing
Mystery in Swing is an American murder mystery film released in 1940. It was directed by Arthur Dreifuss, based on a script by Arthur Hoerl. (The University of California at Berkeley erroneously states it was directed by Arthur Hoerl.)
| Mystery in Swing | |
|---|---|
| Directed by | Arthur Dreifuss |
| Screenplay by | Arthur Hoerl |
| Produced by | Rudolph Brent, Arthur Dreifuss |
| Starring | Monte Hawley Marguerite Whitten Tommie Moore Edward Thompson Buck Woods Jess Lee Brooks Josephine Edwards (actor) Sybil Lewis (actor) Robert Webb (actor) Alfred Grant Thomas Southern Halley Harding |
| Edited by | Robert Crandall |
Production company | Aetna Film Corp. |
Release date | 1940 |
| Country | United States |
| Language | English |
Mystery in Swing features music by The Four Toppers and Cee Pee Johnson and his Orchestra and was noted as being the first time a Black orchestra recorded an entire score for a film. It is currently held in the collections of the National Museum of African American History and Culture.
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