Cagney is at his best as a Manhattan bandleader in this musical melodrama about Hollywood studio life. Taking a trip to L.A. with his wife, the studio system is soon spun wildly on its head after a series of unfortunate mishaps. Academy Award Nominations: Best Score., Battling Hoofer is the reissue title of the 1936 James Cagney vehicle Something to Sing About. Cagney plays Terry Rooney, a New York bandleader who heads to Hollywood when he is offered a movie contract. The down-to-Earth Rooney resists the “star treatment,” an attitude misinterpreted by movie executive Bennett O. Regan (Gene Lockhart) as arrogance. When Terry’s first film is a hit, Regan orders everyone involved to keep its success a secret from Terry, lest he develop a swelled head! (We don’t believe it either.) The best sequence has Rooney chewing out his Asian houseboy, Ito (Philip Ahn), whereupon he drops his “So solly” pidgin English and begins talking like a Harvard professor! Terry gets to romance newcomer Evelyn Daw, as well as veteran vamp Mona Barrie; he also gets to participate in several lively dance numbers. Something to Sing About was the second of Jimmy Cagney’s films for Poverty Row studio Grand National: the production values and snappy script work that he might have enjoyed at Warner Bros. are noticeably lacking, but Cagney is always fun to watch., An orchestra leader becomes a movie star, but his humble attitude is mistaken as arrogance by the head of the studio who keeps it a secret when the musician’s first film becomes a huge success.
Q&A :
Q: Who are the main cast members in “Something to Sing About ” ?
A: The main cast includes James Cagney,Evelyn Daw,William Frawley,Mona Barrie,Gene Lockhart,James Newill,Harry Barris,Candy Candido,Cully Richards,William B. Davidson,Richard Tucker,Marek Windheim,Dwight Frye,Johnny Arthur,Philip Ahn,Kathleen Lockhart,Kenneth Harlan,Herbert Rawlinson,Ernest Wood,Chick Collins,Duke Green,Harland Dixon,Jack Boyle,John ‘Skins’ Miller,Pat Moran,Joe Bennett,Buck Mack,Ed Allen,Bill Carey,Elinore Welz,Eleanor Prentiss,Pinkie and Pal,Frank Mills,Larry Steers,Eddie Kane,Edward Hearn,Dottie Messmer,Virginia Lee Irwin,Dolly Waldorf,Bob McKenzie,Alphonse Martell,Bo Peep Karlin,Paul McLarind,Gene Milford,John Stumar,Paul Murphy,Robert E. Lee,Harland Dixon,C. Bakaleinikoff,Austin Parker.
Q: When Did the “Something to Sing About” Released?
A: The Movie “Something to Sing About” originally aired on 1937-09-30 and released in the year of 1937.
Q: What Languages are available to watch “Something to Sing About” ?
A: Is also available in eng language.
Q: Where to watch “Something to Sing About” ?
A: “Something to Sing About” is Avaiable on Netflix. as its Netflix Originals.
