Sing, Baby, Sing
1936/08/21 • Released • English
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]).
Director : Sidney Lanfield
Casts
Alice Faye
Joan Warren
Adolphe Menjou
Bruce Farraday
Gregory Ratoff
Nicholas K. Alexander
Patsy Kelly
Fitz
Ted Healy
Al Craven
Michael Whalen
Ted Blake
Al Ritz
Himself
Jimmy Ritz
Himself
Harry Ritz
Himself
Montagu Love
Robert Wilson
Dixie Dunbar
Telephone Operator
Douglas Fowley
Mac
Paul Stanton
Brewster
Tony Martin
Tony Renaldo
Monica Bannister
Member of Girls Band
Bonnie Bannon
Member of Girls Band
Lynn Bari
Hotel Telephone Operator
John Bleifer
Fred, the Waiter
Stanley Blystone
Kelly
George Chandler
Hospital Interne
Lester Dorr
Kansas City News Vendor
Virginia Field
Farraday's Nurse
Bess Flowers
Nurse in Hospital
June Gale
Member of Girls Band
Arthur Hoyt
Mr. Vissinger
Selmer Jackson
City Editor
DeWitt Jennings
Mr. Lee, the Landlord
Jerry Larkin
Undetermined Role
Sam McDaniel
Train Porter
Paul McVey
Doctor
Carroll Nye
Radio Announcer
William H. O'Brien
Nightclub Waiter
Lillian Porter
Member of Girls Band
Tom Ricketts
Old Man in Hospital
Don Rowan
Undetermined Role
Ernie Stanton
Mac's Friend
Charles Tannen
Reporter / Radio Station Messenger
Julius Tannen
Kansas City Radio Station Manager
Dale Van Sickel
Nightclub Patron
Poppy Wilde
Member of Girls Band
June Wilkins
Member of Girls Band
Helen Wood
Member of Girls Band
Wanda Perry
Member of Girl's Band (uncredited)
Recommended
The Old Mill Pond
March 6, 1936
Thelma
September 15, 2017
Ali Wong: Baby Cobra
May 6, 2016
Divorce French Style
December 7, 2016
Elena Undone
June 25, 2010
LEGO DC Comics Super Heroes: Justice League - Cosmic Clash
February 16, 2016
Batman vs. Robin
April 3, 2015
Hampstead
June 23, 2017
Carrie
November 4, 2002
Samba
October 15, 2014
Victor Crowley
September 12, 2017
American Pie Presents: Beta House
December 26, 2007
The Light Between Oceans
September 2, 2016
Slam
November 20, 2016
Doctor Who: The Runaway Bride
December 25, 2006
My Perfect Romance
February 14, 2018
Men Vs Women
October 27, 2010
Baba Yaga: Terror of the Dark Forest
February 27, 2020
The Restaurant
September 9, 1966
Going in Style
April 6, 2017