Sing, Baby, Sing
5.667
90 minutes
8/21/1936
Overview
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]).
Cast List
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
Douglas Fowley
as Mac
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
Cully Richards
as Joe
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)