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Overview

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Director:
Writers:
Irving Berlin (story)
Kathryn Scola (screenplay) ...
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Release Date:
16 August 1938 (USA) more
Genre:
Tagline:
An American Cavalcade!
Plot:
This send-up of ragtime song and dance begins in 1915 San Francisco when society boy Roger Grant decides to pursue popular rather than serious music. more | add synopsis
Awards:
Won Oscar. Another 5 nominations more
User Comments:
The music is everything. more (15 total)

Cast

  (Cast overview, first billed only)

Tyrone Power ... Roger Grant ak Alexander
Alice Faye ... Stella Kirby

Don Ameche ... Charlie Dwyer
Ethel Merman ... Jerry Allen
Jack Haley ... Davey Lane
Jean Hersholt ... Professor Heinrich
Helen Westley ... Aunt Sophie
John Carradine ... Speakeasy Doorman / Taxi Driver
Paul Hurst ... Bill Mulligan
Wally Vernon ... Wally Vernon
Ruth Terry ... Ruby
Douglas Fowley ... Snapper
Chick Chandler ... Louie
Eddie Collins ... Corporal Collins
Joseph Crehan ... Stage Manager
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Additional Details

Also Known As:
Irving Berlin's Alexander's Ragtime Band (USA) (promotional title)
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Runtime:
106 min | Argentina:109 min
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Aspect Ratio:
1.37 : 1 more
Sound Mix:
Mono (RCA High Fidelity Recording)
Certification:
Argentina:Atp | USA:Approved (PCA #4098) | USA:TV-G (TV rating) | Canada:G (video rating) | Finland:K-16

Fun Stuff

Trivia:
Three deleted musical numbers survive in pristine condition: "Some Sunny Day" sung by Don Ameche, "In My Harem" sung by Jack Haley, with Wally Vernon and Chick Chandler and "Marching Along With Time" sung by Ethel Merman; all three numbers are included as special features in the DVD release. more
Goofs:
Continuity: When Wally Vernon comes forward to do his specialty number, he passes Alexander twice, glancing at him both times. more
Quotes:
Stella Kirby: You haven't left me with a word to say.
Charlie Dwyer: That's good. People talk too much anyway.
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Movie Connections:
Referenced in "The Muppet Show: (#5.5)" (1980) more
Soundtrack:
Marching Along with Time more

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5 out of 6 people found the following comment useful.
The music is everything., 12 July 2002
Author: Robert Short (roberts@interactive.rogers.com) from Ontario, Canada

The plot is really nothing more than boy meets girl, boy loses girl, boy gets girl, but it's enough of a framework to present an almost non-stop catalogue of great Irving Berlin songs. The music itself is all that is needed to make this a grand entertainment; the litany of classic Berlin standards includes the title song, "Now It Can Be Told", "Everybody's Doing It Now", "Easter Parade" and many others, performed by Twentieth-Century Fox's stock musical players Tyrone Power, Alice Faye and Don Ameche, as well as Jack Haley (who does a great comic rendition of "Oh How I Hate To Get Up In The Morning") and a young, vibrant Ethel Merman, singing, amongst others, "Blue Skies" and "My Walking Stick". All in all, a wonderful "escape" film.

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