Sing, Baby, Sing (1936)
A Mad, Merry, Musical Delight!
90 min
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]).
- Release date
- August 21, 1936
- Country of origin
- United States
Cast
- Alice Faye as Joan Warren
- Adolphe Menjou as Bruce Farraday
- Gregory Ratoff as Nicholas K. Alexander
- Ted Healy as Al Craven
- Patsy Kelly as Fitz
- Michael Whalen as Ted Blake
- Al Ritz as Al Ritz
- Jimmy Ritz as Jimmy Ritz
- Harry Ritz as Harry Ritz
- Montagu Love as Robert Wilson
Crew
- Sidney Lanfield · Director
- Harry Tugend · Writer
- Jack Yellen · Writer
- Milton Sperling · Writer
- J. Peverell Marley · Cinematographer
- Barbara McLean · Editor