Wake Up and Live

Wake Up and Live

91 mins | Music | Aug. 23, 1937

Satire on radio, built around the supposed feud between bandleader Ben Bernie and journalist Walter Winchell.

Wake Up and Live

91 mins | Music | Aug. 23, 1937

Wake Up and Live
Satire on radio, built around the supposed feud between bandleader Ben Bernie and journalist Walter Winchell.
IMDb rating 6.7
Producers 20th Century Fox
Original title Wake Up and Live
Directors A.F. Erickson, Sidney Lanfield
Writers Dorothea Brande, Jack Yellen, Curtis Kenyon, Harry Tugend

Cast

Walter Winchell

as Walter Winchell

Ben Bernie

as Ben Bernie and His Orchestra

Alice Faye

as Alice Huntley

Patsy Kelly

as Patsy Kane

Ned Sparks

as Steve Cluskey

Jack Haley

as Edward 'Eddie" Kane

Walter Catlett

as Gus Avery

Grace Bradley

as Jean Roberts

Joan Davis

as Comic Spanish Dancer

Leah Ray

as Cafe Singer

Miles Mander

as James Stratton

Douglas Fowley

as Herman

Etienne Girardot

as Waldo Peebles

Barnett Parker

as Foster

Paul Hurst

as McCabe

Warren Hymer

as Poker-Playing Thug

William Demarest

as Radio Center Tour Guide

Harry Tyler

as Flat Tire Motorist

Charles Williams

as Charlie Alberts, Agent

Eddie 'Rochester' Anderson

as Elevator Operator

George Chandler

as Janitor

Wanda Perry

as Chorus Girl (uncredited)