Spreadin' the Jam

5.3
  • Genre: MusicComedy
  • Run time: 10 min
  • Premiere: 1945. October 27.

A young woman who is unable to pay her rent gets some unexpected help when the other tenants throw a last-minute rent party in her apartment. In the process, they all charm the landlady out of a year's rent. The entire story is told in song (swing music) and dance (Jitterbug, Lindy Hop etc.).

Discover

Ben Lessy

Rent Party Organizer

Helen Boyce

Landlady (as Helen Boise)

Les Brown

Bandleader (uncredited)

Art

Richard Duce

Art Direction

Camera

Jackson Rose

Director of Photography

Directing

Editing

Production

Sam Baerwitz

Producer

Sound

Irving Friedman

Music Director

Writing

Sid Kuller

Original Story

Sid Kuller

Screenplay

Art

Richard Duce

Art Direction

Camera

Jackson Rose

Director of Photography

Directing

Editing

Production

Sam Baerwitz

Producer

Sound

Irving Friedman

Music Director

Writing

Sid Kuller

Original Story

Sid Kuller

Screenplay