East Side of Heaven

1939
Approved
1h 28m

IMDb RATING

6.6/10

305

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Joan Blondell, Bing Crosby, Mischa Auer, and Baby Sandy in East Side of Heaven (1939)

Comedy Family Music

A man finds himself the father, by proxy, of a ten-month-old baby and becomes involved in the turbulent lives of the child's family.A man finds himself the father, by proxy, of a ten-month-old baby and becomes involved in the turbulent lives of the child's family.A man finds himself the father, by proxy, of a ten-month-old baby and becomes involved in the turbulent lives of the child's family.

Director
- David Butler
Writers
- Herbert Polesie
- William M. Conselman
Stars

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IMDb RATING

6.6/10

305

YOUR RATING

Director
- David Butler
Writers
- Herbert Polesie
- William M. Conselman
Stars

See production info at IMDbPro

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Bing Crosby and Robert Kent in East Side of Heaven (1939)

Joan Blondell and Mischa Auer in East Side of Heaven (1939)

Joan Blondell, Bing Crosby, and Mischa Auer in East Side of Heaven (1939)

Joan Blondell and Bing Crosby in East Side of Heaven (1939)

Mischa Auer and Baby Sandy in East Side of Heaven (1939)

Irene Hervey in East Side of Heaven (1939)

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Trivia
The producers originally wanted Ann Sothern for the Blondell role, but she was on tour singing with husband Roger Pryor's band.

Quotes
Nicky: [Entering the nightclub] Ah, sad music! - like Russian. Now, I can be depressed while I eat.

Soundtracks
East Side of Heaven
Written by James V. Monaco and Johnny Burke
Sung by Bing Crosby

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Review

Featured review

7/10

Fun.

"East Side of Heaven" isn't a particularly deep or fancy film, but it is fun and is a nice little family film. It's so nice, it's almost worth giving this one an 8.

Bing Crosby plays a struggling singer. He can't find a good job, so he first takes one as a singing telegram man and then as, oddly, a singing taxi driver. During the course of his job, he meets a desperate young lady and her obnoxious and very rich father-in-law (C. Aubry Smith). The old man is determined to take the child away--even though the mother is very competent. So, in desperation, she hides the cute kid with a friend--Bing and his roommate (Mischa Auer). The plot doesn't get a whole lot deeper than that, but it helped that Joan Blondell was on hand to play Bing's fiancée and that the baby was so freakin' adorable. All in all, fluff--but incredibly enjoyable, well written and well made fluff.

By the way, this film is included on the same disc as Bing's "If I Had My Way"--a film that is even better! A wonderful DVD and one worth having in your collection.

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