Bing Crosby has a great reason for always being late for the big broadcast. He's constantly being chased by women who want to steal his gloves and leave him with a face covered in lipstick. Let go by the sponsor for costing him advertising dollars, Crosby contemplate suicide and ends up commiserating with the troubled Stuart Erwin in a speakeasy. In the process, he when's the heart of Erwin's girlfriend (Leila Hyam) and is surprised when Erwin ends up buying the radio station! When this little drama is not going on, the audience gets to learn more about Gracie Allen Family tree as station manager George Burns gets frustrated with each recollection, whether it be her brothers who are in jail or another brother's involvement in a counterfeiting ring and a convenient way he changes American currency.
indeed, Crosby does get three mentions in the opening, first seen singing, then listed over the title and finally at the end of the credits with the full cast. Other than a few guest appearances and some forgotten movie musicals and leading roles in some Mack Sennett shorts, this was Crosby's big screen debut. He's playing a fictional version of himself, giving audiences a false view of what he was really like. But indeed, he is charming and it's easy to see why in the early thirties, it was the most popular crooner out there.
Guest appearances by Kate Smith, the Boswell sisters, Cab Callaway and the Mills Brothers gives the modern audience a look into the culture of depression-era America, not at all idle and depressed when the radio was on. the Boswell sisters, a forgotten girl group that predated The Andrews Sisters, play singing receptionists as well as themselves. Just came at a time of a lull In movie musical's popularity, and helped lead to a resurgence the following year when Bing's movie career really took off. films like this are stated simply because they are time capsules back into a different era and show that previous generations could have just as much fun as younger generations to come. What time is The Great American Songbook, where would American Music be today?
indeed, Crosby does get three mentions in the opening, first seen singing, then listed over the title and finally at the end of the credits with the full cast. Other than a few guest appearances and some forgotten movie musicals and leading roles in some Mack Sennett shorts, this was Crosby's big screen debut. He's playing a fictional version of himself, giving audiences a false view of what he was really like. But indeed, he is charming and it's easy to see why in the early thirties, it was the most popular crooner out there.
Guest appearances by Kate Smith, the Boswell sisters, Cab Callaway and the Mills Brothers gives the modern audience a look into the culture of depression-era America, not at all idle and depressed when the radio was on. the Boswell sisters, a forgotten girl group that predated The Andrews Sisters, play singing receptionists as well as themselves. Just came at a time of a lull In movie musical's popularity, and helped lead to a resurgence the following year when Bing's movie career really took off. films like this are stated simply because they are time capsules back into a different era and show that previous generations could have just as much fun as younger generations to come. What time is The Great American Songbook, where would American Music be today?