A musical short in which a group of musician stable hands race a horse in the Hollywood Handicap at Santa Anita Park racetrack with many celebrities of the day in attendance.
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The Original Sing Band | ... | Singing Stablehands |
| Charles Ruggles | ... | Charlie Ruggles (as Charlie Ruggles) | |
| Mickey Rooney | ... | Mickey Rooney | |
| Stuart Erwin | ... | Stuart Erwin | |
| June Collyer | ... | June Collyer | |
| Charles Butterworth | ... | Charlie Butterworth (as Charlie Butterworth) | |
| Al Jolson | ... | Al Jolson | |
| Ruby Keeler | ... | Ruby Keeler | |
| Edgar Bergen | ... | Edgar Bergen | |
| Dorothy Lamour | ... | Dorothy Lamour | |
| Bing Crosby | ... | Bing Crosby | |
| Robert Montgomery | ... | Robert Montgomery | |
| Edmund Lowe | ... | Edmund Lowe | |
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Billy 'Red' Jones | ... | Red Jones (as Red Jones) |
| Warner Baxter | ... | Warner Baxter | |
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A group of stable hands is given a race horse when its owner retires from the business. (The group is played by the "Original Sing Band," which uses their mouths to sound like musical instruments.) They raise money to run the horse in the Hollywood Derby at Santa Anita race track. Many Hollywood personalities attend the event. Written by David Glagovsky <dglagovsky@prodigy.net>
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Country:
USALanguage:
EnglishRelease Date:
28 May 1938 (USA) See more »Filming Locations:
Santa Anita Park & Racetrack - 285 West Huntington Drive, Arcadia, California, USACompany Credits
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(uncredited)
Written by Leon René and Otis René
Performed by The Original Sing Band
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The voice heard in this film's horse race scenes is that of Joe Hernandez - Santa Anita's famous original race caller from the track's opening Dec 25 1934 until 1972. He also called the races at other tracks during their seasons. See more »Quotes
Henry, The Original Sing Band: Wait a minute, fellas. I got another powerful idea. I saw a horse win a race in the movies, 'cause somebody done sing him a song! Now, when Susie Q come down the home stretch, we all is gonna sing "Ride, Red, Ride."See more »
Crazy Credits
Other than The Original Sing Band, the racetrack announcer identifies individually all the credited cast members who were listed collectively as "a Galaxy of Stars" in the opening credits. . See more »Soundtracks
Pickin' a Rib(uncredited)
Written by Leon René and Otis René
Performed by The Original Sing Band
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Buster Keaton directed this short subject which offers a glimpse of Hollywood's elite at Santa Anita racetrack in 1938. The plot has a group of black stable-boys who also form a sing band on the spot because they've hocked their instruments. Hocked it so they can buy a horse and race him in the prestigious Hollywood Handicap.
There are a host of movie luminaries in the clubhouse and the biggest laugh I got was Warner Baxter being described as a 'horseman'. According to Frank Capra's memoirs, he describes Baxter as being deathly afraid of horses which is why he remade Broadway Bill as Riding High with Bing Crosby in the lead. Noted racing fan and race horse owner Bing is also in the crowd and he's got an entry in the handicap. Oliver Hardy who was also in Riding High was looking a bit shrewder than the goof who got taken by William Demarest and Raymond Walburn in that film.
A 'sing band' and their were a few back in the day is one where the members of the group could do imitations of musical instruments. Speaking of Bing Crosby he featured one in Double Or Nothing and the Mills Brothers were also known for doing that as well as providing some of the best close harmony around.
A most enjoyable short subject from MGM.