Swing High, Swing Low

Mitchell Leisen (director)
Virginia Van Upp, Oscar Hammerstein II (screenwriters)
George Manker Watters, Arthur Hopkins (playwrights)
Carole Lombard, Fred MacMurray, Charles Butterworth (starring)

Hollywood: Paramount Pictures, 1937. Vintage photograph for the 1937 film, showing stars Lombard, McMurray, and Butterworth relaxing with director Leisen behind the scenes. With an archive stamp of Argentine writer and film critic Israel Chas de Cruz, and manuscript ink annotations identifying the subjects on the verso.

The second of three adaptations of the Broadway play "Burlesque," following "The Dance of Life" (1928) and preceding "When My Baby Smiles at Me" (1948). The second teaming of Lombard and MacMurray with Mitchell Leisen, after the classic screwball comedy "Hands Across the Table" (1935), and the third of four on screen pairings between Lombard and McMurray.

10.25 x 8 inches. Near Fine with some light wear to the corners.


[Book #137890]