Sing, Baby, Sing (1936)
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]).
Director: Sidney Lanfield
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Alice Faye as Joan Warren |
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Adolphe Menjou as Bruce Farraday |
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Gregory Ratoff as Nicholas K. Alexander |
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Patsy Kelly as Fitz |
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Ted Healy as Al Craven |
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Michael Whalen as Ted Blake |
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Al Ritz as Himself |
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Jimmy Ritz as Himself |
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Harry Ritz as Himself |
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Montagu Love as Robert Wilson |
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Dixie Dunbar as Telephone Operator |
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Douglas Fowley as Mac |
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Paul Stanton as Brewster |
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Tony Martin as Tony Renaldo |
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Monica Bannister as Member of Girls Band |
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Bonnie Bannon as Member of Girls Band |
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Lynn Bari as Hotel Telephone Operator |
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John Bleifer as Fred, the Waiter |
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Stanley Blystone as Kelly |
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George Chandler as Hospital Interne |
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Diane Cook as Member of Girls Band |
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Pauline Craig as Member of Girls Band |
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Lester Dorr as Kansas City News Vendor |
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Virginia Field as Farraday's Nurse |
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Bess Flowers as Nurse in Hospital |
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June Gale as Member of Girls Band |
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Arthur Hoyt as Mr. Vissinger |
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Selmer Jackson as City Editor |
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DeWitt Jennings as Mr. Lee, the Landlord |
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Jerry Larkin as Undetermined Role |
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Sam McDaniel as Train Porter |
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Paul McVey as Doctor |
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Lucille Miller as Member of Girls Band |
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Carroll Nye as Radio Announcer |
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William H. O'Brien as Nightclub Waiter |
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Lillian Porter as Member of Girls Band |
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Cully Richards as Joe |
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Tom Ricketts as Old Man in Hospital |
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Donna Mae Roberts as Member of Girls Band |
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Don Rowan as Undetermined Role |
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Ernie Stanton as Mac's Friend (uncredited) |
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Charles Tannen as Reporter / Radio Station Messenger |
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Julius Tannen as Kansas City Radio Station Manager |
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Dale Van Sickel as Nightclub Patron |
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Poppy Wilde as Member of Girls Band |
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June Wilkins as Member of Girls Band |
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Eric Wilton as Hotel Waiter |
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Helen Wood as Member of Girls Band |
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Wanda Perry as Member of Girl's Band (uncredited) |
| Directing | Sidney Lanfield | Director |
| Writing | Milton Sperling | Writer |
| Writing | Harry Tugend | Writer |
| Writing | Jack Yellen | Writer |
| Production | Darryl F. Zanuck | Producer |
| Editing | Barbara McLean | Editor |
| Art | Mark-Lee Kirk | Art Direction |
| Art | Thomas Little | Set Decoration |
| Costume & Make-Up | Royer | Costume Design |
| Camera | J. Peverell Marley | Director of Photography |
| Sound | Richard A. Whiting | Songs |
| Writing | Walter Bullock | Lyricist |
