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]).
- Released
- 1936-08-21
- Genres
- Music
- Runtime
- 90 min
- Status
- Released
- Directed / written by
- Sidney Lanfield
- TMDB rating
- 6.0/10 from 8 votes
Cast
- 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