Release Date

21 Aug, 1936

Runtime

01:30: (HH:MM)

Synopsis

A Mad, Merry, Musical Delight!

The "Caliban-Ariel" romance of fiftysomething John Barrymore and teenager Elaine Barrie is spoofed in this delightful 20th Century Fox musical. Adolphe Menjou plays the Barrymore counterpart, a loose-living movie star with a penchant for wine, women, and more wine. Alice Faye plays a nightclub singer hungry for publicity. Her agent (Gregory Ratoff) arranges a "romance" between Faye and Menjou. Eventually Faye winds up with Michael Whalen, allowing Menjou to continue his blissful, bibulous bachelorhood. Sing, Baby, Sing represented the feature-film debut of the Ritz Brothers, who are in top form in their specialty numbers--and who are awarded a final curtain call after the "The End" title, just so the audience won't forget them (The same device was used to introduce British actor George Sanders in Fox's Lancer Spy [37]).

Original Title

Sing, Baby, Sing

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Actors

Alice Faye

Adolphe Menjou

Gregory Ratoff

Patsy Kelly

Ted Healy

Michael Whalen

Al Ritz

Jimmy Ritz

Harry Ritz

Montagu Love

Dixie Dunbar

Douglas Fowley

Paul Stanton

Tony Martin

Monica Bannister

Bonnie Bannon

Lynn Bari

John Bleifer

Stanley Blystone

George Chandler

Diane Cook

Crew

Sidney Lanfield

Milton Sperling

Harry Tugend

Darryl F. Zanuck

Royer

Mark-Lee Kirk

Thomas Little

Jack Yellen

Barbara McLean

J. Peverell Marley

Richard A. Whiting

Walter Bullock