Sing, Baby, Sing
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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]).
Status: Released
Released Date: 1936-08-21
Runtime: 90 mins
Director: Sidney Lanfield
Writer: Milton Sperling, Harry Tugend, Jack Yellen
Spoken language: English
Genres: Music
Original title: Sing, Baby, Sing
Production Companies: 20th Century Fox
Production Countries: United States of America
Cast
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
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