Sing, Baby, Sing

Sing, Baby, Sing

90 mins | Music | Aug. 21, 1936

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]).

Sing, Baby, Sing

90 mins | Music | Aug. 21, 1936

Sing, Baby, Sing
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]).
IMDb rating 5.7
Producers 20th Century Fox
Original title Sing, Baby, Sing
Directors Sidney Lanfield
Writers Jack Yellen, Milton Sperling, Harry Tugend

Cast

Alice Faye

as Joan Warren

Adolphe Menjou

as Bruce Farraday

Gregory Ratoff

as Nicholas K. Alexander

Patsy Kelly

as Fitz

Ted Healy

as Al Craven

Michael Whalen

as Ted Blake

Al Ritz

as Himself

Jimmy Ritz

as Himself

Harry Ritz

as Himself

Montagu Love

as Robert Wilson

Dixie Dunbar

as Telephone Operator

Paul Stanton

as Brewster

Tony Martin

as Tony Renaldo

Monica Bannister

as Member of Girls Band

Bonnie Bannon

as Member of Girls Band

Lynn Bari

as Hotel Telephone Operator

John Bleifer

as Fred, the Waiter

Stanley Blystone

as Kelly

George Chandler

as Hospital Interne

Diane Cook

as Member of Girls Band

Pauline Craig

as Member of Girls Band

Lester Dorr

as Kansas City News Vendor

Virginia Field

as Farraday's Nurse

Bess Flowers

as Nurse in Hospital

June Gale

as Member of Girls Band

Arthur Hoyt

as Mr. Vissinger

Selmer Jackson

as City Editor

DeWitt Jennings

as Mr. Lee, the Landlord

Jerry Larkin

as Undetermined Role

Sam McDaniel

as Train Porter

Paul McVey

as Doctor

Lucille Miller

as Member of Girls Band

Carroll Nye

as Radio Announcer

William H. O'Brien

as Nightclub Waiter

Lillian Porter

as Member of Girls Band

Tom Ricketts

as Old Man in Hospital

Donna Mae Roberts

as Member of Girls Band

Don Rowan

as Undetermined Role

Ernie Stanton

as Mac's Friend

Charles Tannen

as Reporter / Radio Station Messenger

Julius Tannen

as Kansas City Radio Station Manager

Dale Van Sickel

as Nightclub Patron

Poppy Wilde

as Member of Girls Band

June Wilkins

as Member of Girls Band

Eric Wilton

as Hotel Waiter

Helen Wood

as Member of Girls Band

Wanda Perry

as Member of Girl's Band (uncredited)