Movie
Sing, Baby, Sing
“A Mad, Merry, Musical Delight!”
5.7/10
1936
1h 30m
en
Music
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
Writers
Milton Sperling, Harry Tugend
Movie Information
Release Date
August 21, 1936
Runtime
1h 30m
Status
Released
Original Language
en
Vote Count
7
Production
