Wake Up and Live (1937)Satire on radio, built around the supposed feud between bandleader Ben Bernie and journalist Walter Winchell. Director:Sidney Lanfield |
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Title: Wake Up and Live (1937)
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Walter Winchell | ... |
Walter Winchell
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Ben Bernie | ... |
Himself - Ben Bernie
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Alice Huntley
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Patsy Kane
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Ned Sparks | ... |
Steve Cluskey
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Eddie Kane
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Walter Catlett | ... |
Gus Avery
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Grace Bradley | ... |
Jean Roberts
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Spanish Dancer
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Leah Ray | ... |
Cafe Singer
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Miles Mander | ... |
James Stratton
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Herman
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Etienne Girardot | ... |
Waldo Peebles
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Barnett Parker | ... |
Foster
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Paul Hurst | ... |
McCabe
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Satire on radio, built around the supposed feud between bandleader Ben Bernie and journalist Walter Winchell.
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Country:
USALanguage:
EnglishRelease Date:
23 August 1937 (USA) See more »Also Known As:
Il fantasma cantante See more »Filming Locations:
20th Century Fox Studios - 10201 Pico Blvd., Century City, Los Angeles, California, USACompany Credits
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1.37 : 1
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Music by Harry Revel
Lyrics by Mack Gordon
Sung by Grace Bradley and the Brewster Twins
also performed by Ben Bernies Orchestra and danced by the Condos Brothers
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"I'm Bubbling Over"Music by Harry Revel
Lyrics by Mack Gordon
Sung by Grace Bradley and the Brewster Twins
also performed by Ben Bernies Orchestra and danced by the Condos Brothers
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Another classic motion picture that has never been available on video and another shame for eager classic movie fans. This 90 minute musical has everything you could ever hope for from a film. Great songs, dancing, comedy, drama, suspense and Alice Faye! The "feud' between Ben Bernie and Walter Winchell (as real as the "feud" of Jack Benny and Fred Allen) inspired this film which takes place during the great days of live radio.
Bernie and Winchell are the main attractions here but Jack Haley, Alice Faye, Patsy Kelly and Ned Sparks are the real stars of this picture. With the fine backing of Fox, this film was one in the long series of musicals featuring Faye and a stellar supporting cast. It is in this film that she introduces the standard classic song, "There's A Lull In My Life".
Jack Haley is featured as a singer who suffers from mike fright. Actually, Haley's wonderful singing voice is dubbed in this film by Buddy Clark! For trivia fans, Haley refers to this role in his next picture, "Rebecca Of Sunnybrook Farm", when he lets a young girl who is afraid of microphones know that he was once afraid of them too.
The film is a timepiece of an era long gone. If you ever get the chance to see this great film with all of its wonderful songs, "It's Swell Of You","Wake Up And Live" and, "Never In A Million Years", you won't be mislead.