Swing!

Ted Gregory is trying to be the first black producer to mount a show on Broadway, but he has trouble with his star singer.

Cast

Cora Green

as Amanda 'Mandy' Jenkins

Larry Seymour

as Cornell Jenkins

Hazel Diaz

as Eloise Jackson / Cora Smith

Alec Lovejoy

as Lem Jackson / Big Jones

Trixie Smith

as Lucy

Carman Newsome

as Ted Gregory

Nat Reed

as Ted, Gregory's Assistant

Sammy Gardiner

as Sammy, Gregory's Assistant

Dorothy Van Engle

as Lena Powell

Doli Armena

as Miss Watkins, a Trumpet Player

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