Sing, Baby, Sing 87 years old

A Mad, Merry, Musical Delight!

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]).

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Sing, Baby, Sing Cast

Name Character
Bess Flowers She was 37, 85 years old when she died as Nurse in Hospital
Virginia Field She was 18, 74 years old when she died as Farraday's Nurse
Douglas Fowley He was 25, 86 years old when he died as Mac
Paul McVey He was 38, now 126 years old as Doctor
Alice Faye She was 21, 83 years old when she died as Joan Warren
Selmer Jackson He was 48, 82 years old when he died as City Editor
Ernie Stanton He was 45, 53 years old when he died as Mac's Friend
Harry Ritz as Himself
Lynn Bari She was 22, 75 years old when she died as Hotel Telephone Operator
Charles Tannen He was 20, 65 years old when he died as Reporter / Radio Station Messenger
Adolphe Menjou He was 46, 73 years old when he died as Bruce Farraday
Stanley Blystone He was 42, 61 years old when he died as Kelly
Arthur Hoyt He was 62, 78 years old when he died as Mr. Vissinger
June Wilkins She was 28, 63 years old when she died as Member of Girls Band
George Chandler He was 38, 86 years old when he died as Hospital Interne
Dale Van Sickel He was 28, 69 years old when he died as Nightclub Patron
Patsy Kelly She was 26, 71 years old when she died as Fitz
Ted Healy He was 39, 41 years old when he died as Al Craven
Eric Wilton He was 53, 74 years old when he died as Hotel Waiter
DeWitt Jennings He was 65, 65 years old when he died as Mr. Lee, the Landlord
June Gale She was 25, 85 years old when she died as Member of Girls Band
Carroll Nye He was 34, 72 years old when he died as Radio Announcer
Montagu Love He was 59, 66 years old when he died as Robert Wilson
Lester Dorr He was 43, 87 years old when he died as Kansas City News Vendor
Sam McDaniel He was 50, 76 years old when he died as Train Porter
Helen Wood She was 19, 70 years old when she died as Member of Girls Band
Don Rowan He was 31, 61 years old when he died as Undetermined Role
Julius Tannen He was 56, 84 years old when he died as Kansas City Radio Station Manager
John Bleifer He was 35, 90 years old when he died as Fred, the Waiter
Cully Richards He was 27, 69 years old when he died as Joe
Michael Whalen He was 34, 71 years old when he died as Ted Blake
Dixie Dunbar She was 17, 72 years old when she died as Telephone Operator
Gregory Ratoff He was 39, 63 years old when he died as Nicholas K. Alexander
Jimmy Ritz as Himself
Monica Bannister as Member of Girls Band
Tom Ricketts He was 83, 86 years old when he died as Old Man in Hospital
Paul Stanton He was 30, now 56 years old as Brewster
Tony Martin (American singer) He was 22, 98 years old when he died as Tony Renaldo

Sing, Baby, Sing Crew

Name Department
Harry Tugend as Writer. He was 39 (92) years old when He died Writing
Mark-Lee Kirk as Art Direction. He was 41 (74) years old when He died Art
Thomas Little as Set Decoration. He was 49 (98) years old when He died Art
Barbara McLean as Editor. She was 32 (92) years old when She died Editing
J. Peverell Marley as Director of Photography. He was 35 (62) years old when He died Camera
Sidney Lanfield as Director. He was 38 (74) years old when He died Directing
Milton Sperling as Writer. He was 24 (76) years old when He died Writing
Jack Yellen as Writer. He was 44 (98) years old when He died Writing
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Sing, Baby, Sing (87 years)

A Mad, Merry, Musical Delight!

  • Release day: Friday, August 21, 1936
  • Runtime: 90 minutes