Sing, Baby, Sing
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]).
Year: 1936
Genre: Music
Studio: 20th Century Fox
Director: Sidney Lanfield
Cast: Alice Faye, Adolphe Menjou, Gregory Ratoff, Patsy Kelly, Ted Healy, Michael Whalen
Crew: Sidney Lanfield (Director), Milton Sperling (Writer), Harry Tugend (Writer), Jack Yellen (Writer), Darryl F. Zanuck (Producer), Barbara McLean (Editor)
Runtime: 90 minutes
Release: Aug 21, 1936
IMDb: 6.00/10 by 8 users
Popularity: 1
Country: United States of America
Language: English
Budget: 0
Revenue: 0
Keyword : nightclub, nightclub singer
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