What's Cookin'

"It's A Swingeroo... Rootin', zootin' swing-stars... 'teen-stars... hot licks and hep-cats!"

Feb 20 1942 Approved 1h 9m
Comedy, Music

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.

Plot

J. P. Courtney (Charles Butterworth) wants to update the music on the radio program he sponsors, but his wife Agatha Courtney (Billie Burke), the final authority, is addicted to the classics and won't allow him to replace Professor Bistell (Franklin Pangborn) and his symphonic orchestra. Conspiring with his daughter Sue (Gloria Jean) and her friends, Marvo the Great (Leo Carrillo), the Andrews Sisters, Anne Payne (Jane Frazee, and bandleader Woody Herman (Woody Herman), they devise a sabotage plot that gets rid of Professor Bistell, and a new sound is soon heard on the program.

Written by

Edgar Allan Woolf, Jerome Cady, Stanley Roberts

Directed by

Edward F. Cline

Cast

The Andrews Sisters, Patty Andrews, Maxene Andrews

Crew

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Production Countries

United States of America

Production Companies

Universal Pictures

Languages

English

Awards

N/A

Scores
# of Votes
95
Average Rating
6.9 out of 10
Metascore
NA
Popularity
NA