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Swing High, Swing Low (1937)

Swing High, Swing Low poster
Directed by
Mitchell Leisen
Genre
drama film, musical film, romantic comedy, romance film
Country
United States
Runtime
1h 35m
Rated
NR
Rating
5.2 of 10 from 12 voters
Elsewhere
IMDb

How it feels

A singer marries a musician who becomes a success in New York while she stays behind in Panama. They struggle with distance and fame as their relationship is tested.

lightheartedromanticdramaticupbeatsentimentalmusicalbittersweet

What happens

Swing High, Swing Low is a 1937 American romantic comedy drama film directed by Mitchell Leisen and starring Carole Lombard and Fred MacMurray. It is the second of three film adaptations of the popular 1927 Broadway play Burlesque by George Manker Watters and Arthur Hopkins, after The Dance of Life (1929), and before When My Baby Smiles at Me (1948). (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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