Sitting on the Moon (1936)

Director:

Ralph Staub

Writers:

Raymond L. Schrock (screenplay), Rex Taylor (adaptation),

Stars:

Roger Pryor, Grace Bradley, William Newell

Cast

Complete credited cast:
Roger Pryor	...	Danny West
Grace Bradley	...	Polly Blair
William Newell	...	Mike
Pert Kelton	...	Mattie
Henry Kolker	...	Worthington
Henry Wadsworth	...	Charlie Lane
Joyce Compton	...	Blossom
Pierre Watkin	...	Tucker
William Janney	...	Young Husband
June Martel	...	Young Wife
The Theodores	...	Speciality Act
Jimmy Ray	...	Feature Dancer
Harvey Clark	...	Hotel Manager
George Cooper	...	Taxi Driver

Storyline

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Plot Keywords:

piano player | bandleader | singer | taxi driver | nightclub | 

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Genres:

Comedy | Drama | Music | Romance

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Certificate:

Approved

Details

Country:

USA

Language:

English

Release Date:

11 September 1936 (USA)

Company Credits

Production Co:

Republic Pictures (I)

Technical Specs

Runtime:

66 min 53 min (edited)

Sound Mix:

Mono

Color:

Black and White

Aspect Ratio:

1.37 : 1

Did You Know?

Trivia

The aircraft Danny flies to New York in appears to be a Vultee V-1A.

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Soundtracks

"Who Am I?"
Written by Sidney D. Mitchell and Sam H. Stept
Sung by Grace Bradley, with Roger Pryor on piano

User Reviews

A Mascot musical moon over Republic

This unfortunately is a dull musical set on the Republic Lot and made in 1936, that studio's second year of operation. It was produced by Nat Levine who from 1927-35 owned his own studio called Mascot Pictures. He was a very successful producer of serials and had been merged against his will with Monogram Pictures to form Republic Pictures. Everyone owed despotic Herbert J Yates money and he owned the film processing factory they all used: Consolidated film laboratories...so he foreclosed on the most successful small studios and got their expertise, libraries and crews. In this merger, Yates made Levine head of production at Republic. This film is one of their earliest collaborations. But it is boring. Impressively lavish and I suspect made on a fairly good budget for a B+ movie, it has two good songs, a lot of ugly people. some swing music attempts...but it is all old fashioned and ...well, boring. Levine left Republic when Yates offered him $1,000,000 for his share in the business. Within a year Levine blew it all at the racetrack and was broke. I wish Scorscese could make this story in the same way he covered Hughes in The AVIATOR. Levine was only 38 when he was washed up. He managed a cinema after that and died in the 80s. Incredible. Yates paid himself a million dollars each year for 25 years for running Republic. $20,000 a week in the 30s and 40s! Anyway, SITTING ON THE MOON is interesting only for some background Republic Studio locations and a lot of great art deco furniture. That's it. There's a great joke in that title, but I won't go there. ahem...