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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1.37 : 1
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(1937) (uncredited)
Written by Cole Porter
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: Col., We's glad you all decided to keep Susie Q 'cause us boys are proudly attached to her.See more »
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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
Rosalie(1937) (uncredited)
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Directing shorts like this one was a sad way for Buster Keaton to make a living or even to keep busy. At least he was working, some might say. Still, `Hollywood Handicap' will not be remembered for having been helmed by the comic genius. It's safe to say it will never be remembered at all and so it should be.
The very thin plot is a good enough excuse to display the vocal talents of The Original Sing Band, but it's unfortunate they don't get to perform better songs than this atrocious 'Barbecue Ribs' number. The `powerful idea' running gags wear thin really fast, even for a short.
The so-called galaxy of stars is but a few glimpses of famous faces at the races accompanied by an uninspired narration filled with bad puns that fall more flat today than they probably did then. More of the great instrument-like vocals by The Original Sing Band and less stars would have been better, but Hollywood wouldn't have done it in the first place without throwing in its star attractions now would it.