What's Cookin'? 82 years old

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

What's Cookin'?

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.

Credits

What's Cookin'? Cast

Name Character
Leo Carrillo He was 60, 80 years old when he died as Marvo the Great
Franklin Pangborn He was 53, 69 years old when he died as Professor Bistell
Donald O'Connor He was 16, 78 years old when he died as Tommy
Charles Lane He was 37, 102 years old when he died as K.D. Reynolds
Charles Coleman He was 56, 65 years old when he died as Butler
Leonard Carey He was 54, 90 years old when he died as Butler
Eddie Acuff He was 38, 53 years old when he died as Doorman (uncredited)
Jane Frazee She was 23, 67 years old when she died as Anne Payne
Herbert Evans He was 59, 69 years old when he died as Butler
Charles Butterworth He was 45, 49 years old when he died as J. P. Courtney
Peggy Ryan She was 17, 80 years old when she died as Peggy
Esther Dale She was 56, 75 years old when she died as Mrs. Murphy (uncredited)
Billie Burke She was 57, 85 years old when she died as Agatha Courtney
Gloria Jean She was 15, 92 years old when she died as Sue Courtney
Ray Walker He was 37, 76 years old when he died as Happy (uncredited)
Woody Herman He was 28, 74 years old when he died as Woody Herman - Orchestra Leader
Robert Paige He was 30, 76 years old when he died as Bob J. Riley
Edward Gargan He was 39, 61 years old when he died as Undetermined Secondary Role (uncredited) (unconfirmed)
Grace McDonald She was 24, 81 years old when she died as Angela

What's Cookin'? Crew

Name Department
Edgar Allan Woolf as Story. He was 60 (62) years old when He died Writing
Jerome Cady as Screenplay. He was 38 (44) years old when He died Writing
Stanley Roberts as Screenplay. He was 25 (65) years old when He died Writing
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What's Cookin'? (82 years)

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

  • Release day: Friday, February 20, 1942
  • Runtime: 69 minutes