- Directed by
- Micheaux, Oscar, American, 1884 - 1951
- Written by
- Micheaux, Oscar, American, 1884 - 1951
- Produced by
- Micheaux, Oscar, American, 1884 - 1951
- Subject of
- Green, Cora, American, born 1895
- Seymour, Larry, American, 1917 - 1989
- Diaz, Hazel, American, 1908 - 1997
- Lovejoy, Alec, American, 1893 - 1946
- Randolph, Amanda, American, 1896 - 1967
- Smith, Trixie, American, 1900 - 1943
- Newsome, Carman, 1912 - 1974
- Reed, Nat
- Gardiner, Sammy
- Van Engle, Dorothy, American, 1910 - 2004
- Armena, Doli, American, 1902 - 1975
- Jackson, Columbus
- Taylor, George
- Date
- 1938
- Medium
- acetate film
- Dimensions
- Duration: 65 Minutes
- Length (Film Reel 1): 1100 Feet
- Length (Film Reel 2): 1400 Feet
- Description
- A 16mm release print of the feature film Swing!. It consists of two reels of positive, black-and-white, 16mm acetate film with variable-area optical sound.
- In the opening scene, the protagonist, Mandy Jenkins (Cora Green), is awakened by an alarm clock which reads 6 o’clock. Mandy snoozes the alarm and exclaims, “Oh, Lordy, why do they invent alarm clocks anyway,” before going back to sleep. She’s awakened a second time and as she dresses herself, her husband, Cornell (Larry Seymour), enters the bedroom. The rest of the film follows a love triangle between Mandy, who is a cook for a wealthy white family, her husband Cornell and his mistress Eloise (Hazel Diaz). The final scene shows Lena Powell (Dorothy Van Engle) threatening Cornell with physical harm if he breaks Mandy’s heart.
- Place depicted
- Birmingham, Jefferson County, Alabama, United States, North and Central America
- Harlem, New York City, New York County, New York, United States, North and Central America
- Place filmed
- New York City, New York County, New York, United States, North and Central America
- Classification
- Time-based Media - Moving Images
- Type
- sound films
- black-and-white films (visual works)
- release prints (motion pictures)
- feature films
- 16mm (photographic film size)
- Topic
- Actors
- American South
- Film
- Musicians
- Nightlife
- Race films
- Credit Line
- Collection of the Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture, Gift of Randall and Sam Nieman
- Object number
- 2015.167.20.1ab
- Restrictions & Rights
- Unknown - Restrictions Possible
- Rights assessment and proper usage is the responsibility of the user.




