"Crooner" is a movie format that many movies about celebrities would follow. It was a rise and fall movie that is popular in Hollywood and unfortunately, most of them tend to be true stories.
The crooner of topic was Ted 'Teddy' Taylor (David Manners). He wasn't a particularly good singer, but when he used a bullhorn one night to amplify his voice the women in the club went crazy. He and his struggling band got a four week contract from that performance from the nightclub owner, Nick Meyer (J. Carrol Naish).
Four weeks later Ted's girlfriend Judy (Ann Dvorak) brought a publicity manager to the club to hear Teddy. Peter Sturgis (Ken Murray), the publicity man, hated Teddy's singing, but he saw the girls in a state of hypnosis. He decided to manage Teddy and the rest is history. Ted blew up as did his ego, and pride cometh before the fall.
"Crooner" was OK. There wasn't much depth to it or anything to sink your teeth into. It was rather basic and thin, but I guess Hollywood was just warming up for the plethora of movies like it to come.
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The crooner of topic was Ted 'Teddy' Taylor (David Manners). He wasn't a particularly good singer, but when he used a bullhorn one night to amplify his voice the women in the club went crazy. He and his struggling band got a four week contract from that performance from the nightclub owner, Nick Meyer (J. Carrol Naish).
Four weeks later Ted's girlfriend Judy (Ann Dvorak) brought a publicity manager to the club to hear Teddy. Peter Sturgis (Ken Murray), the publicity man, hated Teddy's singing, but he saw the girls in a state of hypnosis. He decided to manage Teddy and the rest is history. Ted blew up as did his ego, and pride cometh before the fall.
"Crooner" was OK. There wasn't much depth to it or anything to sink your teeth into. It was rather basic and thin, but I guess Hollywood was just warming up for the plethora of movies like it to come.
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