Swing high
| Movie | |
|---|---|
| Original title | Swing high |
| Country of production | United States |
| original language | English |
| Publishing year | 1932 |
| length | 10 mins |
| Rod | |
| Director | Jack Cummings |
| production | Pete Smith |
| occupation | |
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Swing High is a 1932 American documentary .
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The Codonas are an artist family in the fourth generation. The trapeze artists Alfredo, Vera and Fänger Lalo are trained by their father Edward. Alfredo's specialty is a blindfolded double somersault, as well as the triple somersault, which he was the only artist to master on the trapeze until the film was released.
Awards
In 1932 the film was nominated for an Oscar in the category Best Short Film - Novelty .
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The world premiere took place on November 12, 1932. Producer Pete Smith also acted as narrator. Short films won the Oscars for the first time in 1932. There were three categories: cartoon , comedy (comedy) and novelty . Swing High won the election first. Mack Sennett found that his short film Wrestling Swordfish only lost by three votes. According to the Academy's statutes, a three vote difference was considered a tie. There was a runoff election in which Mack Sennett's film won.
Web links
- Swing High in the Internet Movie Database (English)