Sing, Baby, Sing (1936)

ALL 08/21/1936 (en) Music 90 Min
  • Release
    08/21/1936
  • Production
    20th Century Fox
  • Rotten tomato
    57%
  • Original title
    Sing, Baby, Sing
  • Original language
    en
  • Production Cost
  • 0.00
    -

A Mad, Merry, Musical Delight!

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]).

  1. Sidney Lanfield

    Director

  2. Story

  3. Darryl F. Zanuck

    Producer



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  1. Alice Faye

    Joan Warren

  2. Adolphe Menjou

    Bruce Farraday

  3. Gregory Ratoff

    Nicholas K. Alexander

  4. Patsy Kelly

    Fitz

  5. Ted Healy

    Al Craven

  6. Michael Whalen

    Ted Blake

  7. Al Ritz

    Himself

  8. Jimmy Ritz

    Himself

  9. Harry Ritz

    Himself

  10. Montagu Love

    Robert Wilson

  11. Dixie Dunbar

    Telephone Operator

  12. Douglas Fowley

    Mac

  13. Paul Stanton

    Brewster

  14. Tony Martin

    Tony Renaldo

  15. Monica Bannister

    Member of Girls Band

  16. Bonnie Bannon

    Member of Girls Band

  17. Lynn Bari

    Hotel Telephone Operator

  18. John Bleifer

    Fred, the Waiter

  19. Stanley Blystone

    Kelly

  20. George Chandler

    Hospital Interne

  21. Diane Cook

    Member of Girls Band

  22. Pauline Craig

    Member of Girls Band

  23. Lester Dorr

    Kansas City News Vendor

  24. Virginia Field

    Farraday's Nurse

  25. Bess Flowers

    Nurse in Hospital

  26. June Gale

    Member of Girls Band

  27. Arthur Hoyt

    Mr. Vissinger

  28. Selmer Jackson

    City Editor

  29. DeWitt Jennings

    Mr. Lee, the Landlord

  30. Jerry Larkin

    Undetermined Role

  31. Sam McDaniel

    Train Porter

  32. Paul McVey

    Doctor

  33. Lucille Miller

    Member of Girls Band

  34. Carroll Nye

    Radio Announcer

  35. William H. O'Brien

    Nightclub Waiter

  36. Lillian Porter

    Member of Girls Band

  37. Cully Richards

    Joe

  38. Tom Ricketts

    Old Man in Hospital

  39. Donna Mae Roberts

    Member of Girls Band

  40. Don Rowan

    Undetermined Role

  41. Ernie Stanton

    Mac's Friend

  42. Charles Tannen

    Reporter / Radio Station Messenger

  43. Julius Tannen

    Kansas City Radio Station Manager

  44. Dale Van Sickel

    Nightclub Patron

  45. Poppy Wilde

    Member of Girls Band

  46. June Wilkins

    Member of Girls Band

  47. Eric Wilton

    Hotel Waiter

  48. Helen Wood

    Member of Girls Band

  49. Wanda Perry

    Member of Girl's Band (uncredited)

Full Cast & Crew

Casts : 49 , Crews : 10

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Sing, Baby, Sing (1936) 90 Min

ALL 08/21/1936 (en)
Music
  • Release 08/21/1936
  • Production
    20th Century Fox
  • Original title Sing, Baby, Sing
  • en
  • Revenue0.00

A Mad, Merry, Musical Delight!

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]).

  1. Sidney Lanfield

    Director

  2. Story

  3. Barbara McLean

    Editor

  4. Darryl F. Zanuck

    Producer