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Director:
William Keighley
Writers:
Robert Lord (story)
Warren Duff (writer) ...
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Release Date:
11 April 1936 (USA) more
Genre:
Drama | Musical | Romance more
Tagline:
HIS BEST !
User Comments:
Busby Berkeley was involved more

Cast

  (Complete credited cast)

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
Country:
USA
Language:
English
Aspect Ratio:
1.37 : 1 more
Sound Mix:
Mono
Certification:
USA:Approved (PCA #1781)

Fun Stuff

Movie Connections:
Referenced in I Love to Singa (1936) more
Soundtrack:
Save Me, Sister more

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3 out of 3 people found the following comment useful:-
Busby Berkeley was involved, 31 May 2006
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Author: mukava991 from United States

Busby Berkeley actually directed at least one section of this film even though he wasn't credited. I have seen a photograph of Berkeley directing Al Jolson and Sybil Jason as they sing "You're the Cure for What Ails Me" on a lakeside dock, as well as home movies shot by composer Harold Arlen showing Berkeley clowning around at that location with Jolson, lyricist EY Harburg and others. According to Harold Arlen biographer Ed Jablonski, Berkeley choreographed the "I Love to Sing-a" reprise in which Jolson and ensemble begin in a radio station, continue through the outer offices, down an elevator, through a lobby and out into a busy street conversing in rhyme all the way. This number seems to me a foreshadowing of the "Munchkinland" sequence in THE WIZARD OF OZ three years later, wherein Judy Garland strolls through the village to the music and lyrics of the same songwriting team (Harold Arlen and E.Y. Harburg) with choreography by SINGING KID's credited choreographer, Bobby Connolly; maybe Connolly was inspired by Berkeley's work here. It is to Jolson's credit that he even agreed to perform in the "I Love to Sing-a" reprise because it's all about how dated and irrelevant his "Mammy" singing was. So at least he had a sense of humor.

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