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Director:
Writers:
Robert Lord (story)
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Release Date:
11 April 1936 (USA) more
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Cast

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Al Jolson ... Al Jackson
Sybil Jason ... Sybil Haines

Beverly Roberts ... Ruth Haines

Edward Everett Horton ... Davenport Rogers

Lyle Talbot ... Robert 'Bob' Carey
Allen Jenkins ... Joe Eddy
Claire Dodd ... Dana Lawrence
Jack Durant ... Babe
Frank Mitchell ... Dope
Wini Shaw ... Blackface Singer (as Winifred Shaw)
Joe King ... Doctor May (as Joseph King)
William B. Davidson ... Barney Hammond (as Wm. Davidson)
Cab Calloway ... Himself - Band Leader
rest of cast listed alphabetically:
Bill Elliott ... Announcer (scenes deleted) (as Gordon Elliott)
Florence Lake ... Young Woman (scenes deleted)
Cliff Saum ... Electrician (scenes deleted)
Harry Seymour ... Proprietor (scenes deleted)
Grady Sutton ... Young Man (scenes deleted)
Mary Treen ... Secretary (scenes deleted)
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Additional Details

Runtime:
85 min
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Aspect Ratio:
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Certification:
USA:Approved (PCA #1781)

Fun Stuff

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Referenced in I Love to Singa (1936) more
Soundtrack:
I Want to Sing a Mammy Song more

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A good musical if not a good movie., 1 December 1999
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Author: Michael T. Belrose (mike@belrose.net) from St. Louis, MO

"The Singing Kid" is a good musical, if not a good movie. Al Jolson stretches his acting range by playing the fictional famous singer "Al Jackson". Al has a heart of gold, but not much sense, and winds up physically and financially drained. He takes a sabbatical to the country to recover his voice, where he meets and falls in love with an aspiring writer.

The ending is a bit rushed, but nonetheless satisfying. The forgettable plot is quickly forgiven by the incomparable musical talents of Al Jolson and Cab Galloway. Al has a voice that makes you want to get up and sing-a, and Cab is simply the coolest cat ever to climb up on stage.

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