Sing Baby Sing (1936)

The CalibanAriel romance of fiftysomething John Barrymore and teenager Elaine Barrie is spoofed in this delightful 20th Century Fox musical Adolphe Menjou plays the Barrymore counterpart a looseliving movie star with a penchant for wine women and more wine Alice Faye plays a nightclub singer hungry for publicity Her agent Gregory Ratoff arranges a romance between Faye and Menjou Eventually Faye winds up with Michael Whalen allowing Menjou to continue his blissful bibulous bachelorhood Sing Baby Sing represented the featurefilm debut of the Ritz Brothers who are in top form in their specialty numbersand who are awarded a final curtain call after the The End title just so the audience wont forget them The same device was used to introduce British actor George Sanders in Foxs Lancer Spy 37