The Singing Kid (1936)
Neurotic Broadway star Al Jackson faces professional ruin when he loses his voice. While recuperating in the country, he falls in love with farm girl Ruth Haines, the pretty aunt of precocious little Sybil Haines.
Director:
William Keighley
Writers:
Warren Duff, Pat C. Flick.
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Al Jolson as Al Jackson |
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Sybil Jason as Sybil Haines |
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Beverly Roberts as Ruth Haines |
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Edward Everett Horton as Davenport Rogers |
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Lyle Talbot as Bob Carey |
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Allen Jenkins as Joe Eddy |
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Claire Dodd as Dana Lawrence |
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Jack Durant as Babe |
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Frank Mitchell as Dope |
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Wini Shaw as Blackface Singer |
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Joe King as Dr. May |
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William B. Davidson as Barney Hammond |
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Charles Adler as The Yacht Club Boys Member |
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Billy Mann as The Yacht Club Boys Member |
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George Kelly as The Yacht Club Boys Member |
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James V. Kern as The Yacht Club Boys Member |
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Cab Calloway as Cab Calloway |
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Eddie Barefield as Cab Calloway's Saxaphonist |
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Al Morgan as Cab Calloway's Banjoist |
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Irving Bacon as Maine Driver (uncredited) |
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George Beranger as Designer (uncredited) |
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Mildred Boyd as Singer (uncredited) |
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Glen Cavender as Stagehand (uncredited) |
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DeForest Covan as Dancer (uncredited) |
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Joseph Crehan as Agent Fulton (uncredited) |
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Don Downen as Call Boy (uncredited) |
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Louise Franklin as Singer (uncredited) |
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Roger Gray as Panhandler (uncredited) |
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Jonathan Hale as Dr. Brown (uncredited) |
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Otis Harlan as Bank Clerk (uncredited) |
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Avanelle Harris as Dancer (uncredited) |
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Sam Hayes as News Announcer (uncredited) |
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Eunice Healey as Dancer (uncredited) |
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George Hickman as Newsboy (uncredited) |
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Luther Hoobyar as Vendor (uncredited) |
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Carol Hughes as Mary Lou (uncredited) |
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Selmer Jackson as J.A. Hanson (uncredited) |
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Edward Keane as Agent Potter (uncredited) |
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Larry Kent as Stage Manager (uncredited) |
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Milton Kibbee as Train Ticket Clerk (uncredited) |
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Mike Lally as Assistant Stage Manager (uncredited) |
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Rosalie Lincoln as Dancer (uncredited) |
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Alma Lloyd as Receptionist (uncredited) |
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Bessie Lyle as Mammy (uncredited) |
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Jerry Mandy as Stagehand (uncredited) |
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Jayne Manners as Dancer (uncredited) |
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Tom Manning as Stage Doorman (uncredited) |
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Frank Mayo as Audience Member (uncredited) |
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Hattie McDaniel as Maid (uncredited) |
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Tom McGuire as Policeman (uncredited) |
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Dennis O'Keefe as Bud (uncredited) |
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Charles Sherlock as Taxi Driver (uncredited) |
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Emmett Vogan as Theater Ticket Clerk (uncredited) |
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Huey White as Taxi Driver (uncredited) |
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Leo White as Man Wearing Top Hat (uncredited) |
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Tom Wilson as Stagehand (uncredited) |
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Joe Barton as Proprietor (uncredited) |
| Costume & Make-Up | Orry-Kelly | Costume Design |
| Directing | William Keighley | Director |
| Sound | Harold Arlen | Songs |
| Writing | Warren Duff | Screenplay |
| Writing | Pat C. Flick | Screenplay |
| Writing | Robert Lord | Story |
| Sound | Harold Arlen | Music |
| Writing | E.Y. Harburg | Lyricist |
| Writing | Harold Arlen | Lyricist |
| Camera | George Barnes | Director of Photography |
| Art | Carl Jules Weyl | Art Direction |
| Editing | Thomas Richards | Editor |
| Sound | Leo F. Forbstein | Conductor |
| Sound | Ray Heindorf | Music Arranger |
