Everybody Sing (1938)

Judy Bellaire, played by Judy Garland, is the center of trouble at her exclusive private and very conservative school. She is expelled when she starts singing in a Jazzy style in her music ... See full summary »

Director:

Edwin L. Marin

Writers:

Florence Ryerson (original story by), Edgar Allan Woolf (original story by)

Stars:

Allan Jones, Judy Garland, Fanny Brice

Cast

Complete credited cast:
Allan Jones	...	Ricky Saboni
Judy Garland	...	Judy Bellaire
Fanny Brice	...	Olga Chekaloff
Reginald Owen	...	Hillary Bellaire
Billie Burke	...	Diana Bellaire
Reginald Gardiner	...	Jerrold Hope
Lynne Carver	...	Sylvia Bellaire
Helen Troy	...	Hillary's Secretary
Monty Woolley	...	John Fleming
Adia Kuznetzoff	...	Boris
Henry Armetta	...	Signor Vittorino
Michelette Burani	...	Madame Le Brouchette
Mary Forbes	...	Miss Colvin

Storyline

Judy Bellaire, played by Judy Garland, is the center of trouble at her exclusive private and very conservative school. She is expelled when she starts singing in a Jazzy style in her music class. Mayhem ensues as she returns home to her actress mother, playwright father, dysfunctional Russian maid (Fanny Brice) and tries out as a black face singer in a musical.

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Plot Keywords:

singer | school | playwright | maid | actress | 

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Genres:

Comedy | Musical | Romance

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Certificate:

Passed

Details

Country:

USA

Language:

English

Release Date:

4 February 1938 (USA)

Also Known As:

Diabinho de Saias

Filming Locations:

Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer Studios - 10202 W. Washington Blvd., Culver City, California, USA

Company Credits

Production Co:

Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer (MGM)

Technical Specs

Runtime:

91 min

Sound Mix:

Mono (Western Electric Sound System)

Color:

Black and White

Aspect Ratio:

1.37 : 1

Did You Know?

Trivia

This film's initial television broadcast in Los Angeles took place Thursday 26 December 1957 on KTTV (Channel 11), followed by Philadelphia 19 May 1958 on WFIL (Channel 6), by San Francisco 13 June 1960 on KGO (Channel 7), and, finally, by New York City 27 July 1961 on WCBS (Channel 2).

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Goofs

Ricky spends a great deal of time wooing Sylvia, but he is clearly wearing a wedding ring already.

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Quotes

Hillary Bellaire: Olga!
Olga Chekaloff: All right, all right, I know, my cap's on crooked.
Hillary Bellaire: Good heavens, what next?
Olga Chekaloff: Meatballs!

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Connections

Edited into Becoming Attractions: The Trailers of Judy Garland (1996)

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Soundtracks

London Bridge is Falling Down
(uncredited)
Traditional children's song
Played in the score at the start of the Baby Snooks sequence

User Reviews

Weak little musical doesn't give anyone a fair chance to shine...

This is strictly JUDY GARLAND before she became the Judy we all know. Ditto for the ill used FANNY BRICE, whose "Baby Snooks" routine on radio was socko with millions during the '40s but looks bad here.

The story, a dumb one even for MGM family musicals, is about a bunch of eccentrics in a family that are intent on putting on a show (where have we heard that one before?), and bursting into song numbers at the drop of a hat. Unfortunately, none of the numbers are anything worth remembering (or hearing, for that matter). The whole thing falls as flat as a pancake by the time it's even into the middle section.

BILLIE BURKE does her usual fluttery act as a dizzy mother and MGM was still, at this point, trying to groom ALLAN JONES for stardom, but he's even more wooden than Nelson Eddy ever was. He too is saddled with some hard to like songs to give his tenor pipes a workout.

As one who enjoyed the best MGM musicals which came along in the '40s, from a studio whose musical talent was the uncontested best, this is simply a foolish yawner with no interest except serving as an early glimpse of JUDY GARLAND, who is unable to overcome this weak kind of rubbish. Same goes for the entire cast.

Summing up: Strictly below average as entertainment.