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21/08/1936 Music 1h 30m
60
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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]).

  1. Sidney Lanfield

    Director

  2. Milton Sperling

    Writer

  3. Harry Tugend

    Writer

  4. Jack Yellen

    Writer

Top billed cast

  1. Alice Faye

    Joan Warren

  2. Adolphe Menjou

    Bruce Farraday

  3. Gregory Ratoff

    Nicholas K. Alexander

  4. Patsy Kelly

    Fitz

  5. Ted Healy

    Al Craven

  6. Michael Whalen

    Ted Blake

  7. Al Ritz

    Himself

  8. Jimmy Ritz

    Himself

  9. Harry Ritz

    Himself

  10. View more

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Reviews

A review by CinemaSerf
Written by CinemaSerf on 2026-01-10
There’s a scene in this where the successful Thespian “Farraday” (Adolphe Menjou) serenades an hot water bottle full of medical rum that shows this actor’s ability to amiably turn his hand to most things, but otherwise this is a thin story of his boozy womaniser and his misunderstood relationship with aspiring crooner “Joan” (Alice Faye). She is constantly being involved in the ropey shenanigans of her agent “Nicky” (Gregory Ratoff) who means well, but still latterly becomes something of an occupational hazard for both her, and “Farraday”, too. When I say thin, I mean that ...read the rest
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Status
Released

Original Language
English

Budget
$0.00

Revenue
$0.00

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