A Mad, Merry, Musical Delight!
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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Alice Faye
Joan Warren
Adolphe Menjou
Bruce Farraday
Gregory Ratoff
Nicholas K. Alexander
Patsy Kelly
Fitz
Ted Healy
Al Craven
Michael Whalen
Ted Blake
Al Ritz
Himself
Jimmy Ritz
Himself
Harry Ritz
Himself
Montagu Love
Robert Wilson
Dixie Dunbar
Telephone Operator
Douglas Fowley
Mac
Paul Stanton
Brewster
Tony Martin
Tony Renaldo
Monica Bannister
Member of Girls Band
