Swingtime in the Movies

{{short description|1938 film}}

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{{Infobox film

| name = Swingtime in the Movies

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| director = Crane Wilbur

| producer =

| writer = Crane Wilbur

| starring = Fritz Feld

| cinematography = Wilfred M. Cline

| editing = Everett Dodd

| distributor = Warner Bros.

| released = {{Film date|1938|12|24}}

| runtime = 20 minutes

| country = United States

| language = English

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Swingtime in the Movies is a 1938 American short comedy–musical film directed and written by Crane Wilbur.{{cite web|url= https://www.tcm.com/tcmdb/title/400445/swingtime-in-the-movies#credits|title=Swingtime in the Movies|work=Turner Classic Movies|publisher=Turner Broadcasting System (Time Warner)|location=Atlanta|accessdate=December 29, 2023}} In 1939, it was nominated for an Academy Award for Best Live Action Short Film, Two-Reel at the 11th Academy Awards.{{Cite web|url=http://www.oscars.org/oscars/ceremonies/1939 |title=The 11th Academy Awards (1939) Nominees and Winners |accessdate=August 10, 2011|work=oscars.org| archiveurl= https://web.archive.org/web/20110706093716/http://www.oscars.org/awards/academyawards/legacy/ceremony/11th-winners.html| archivedate=July 6, 2011 }}{{cite web |url=https://movies.nytimes.com/movie/300662/Swingtime-in-the-Movies/details |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121103101850/http://movies.nytimes.com/movie/300662/Swingtime-in-the-Movies/details |url-status=dead |archive-date=November 3, 2012 |department=Movies & TV Dept. |work=The New York Times |date=2012 |title=New York Times: Swingtime in the Movies |access-date=November 28, 2010}} Swingtime in the Movies is included on the DVD of the 1940 Raoul Walsh film They Drive By Night.{{cite web|title=They Drive By Night DVD Review|url=https://www.dvdtalk.com/reviews/8260/they-drive-by-night/?___rd=4|work=DVD Talk|publisher=DVD Talk (Author Ian Jane)|accessdate=November 4, 2003}}