Sing Sinner Sing
1933 film by Howard Christie
- 1933 (1933)
Running time
66 minutes (American DVD)
Sing Sinner Sing is a 1933 American pre-Code romantic drama film directed by Howard Christie.
Plot
Leila Hyams plays a singer who is accused of her husband's murder.
Cast
- Paul Lukas as Phil Carida
- Leila Hyams as Lela Larson
- Don Dillaway as Ted Rendon
- Ruth Donnelly as Maggie Flannigan
- George E. Stone as Spats
- Joyce Compton as Gwen
- Jill Dennett as Sadie
- Arthur Hoyt as Uncle Homer
- Paul McGrail as Louis
- Gladys Blake as Cecily Gordon
- Arthur Housman as Jerry
- Edgar Norton as Roberts the Butler
- John St. Polis as James Parks
- Stella Adams as Aunt Emily van Puyten
- Pat O'Malley as Henchman Conley
- Walter Brennan as Henchman Riordan
Various artists, such as Lionel Hampton and Marshal Royal, can be seen playing in bands in the film.[1]
Production notes
At the time the movie was released, it was recognized as being loosely based on the 1932 Libby Holman-Zachary Smith Reynolds case.[2][3] According to Jeanne Scheper, other films inspired by "this episode of Holman's life include [...] Reckless (dir. Victor Fleming, 1935), with Jean Harlow; and Written on the Wind (dir. Douglas Sirk, 1956), with Lauren Bacall and Rock Hudson."[4]
References
- ^ Yanow, Scott (2004). Jazz on Film: The Complete Story of the Musicians & Music Onscreen. San Francisco: Backbeat Books. p. 196. ISBN 0-87930-783-8.
- ^ "Sing, Sinner, Sing: Moans, Groans, And Murder on a Gambling Ship," Newsweek (1933).
- ^ Determeyer, Eddy (2008). Rhythm Is Our Business: Jimmie Lunceford and the Harlem Express. University of Michigan Press. p. 65. ISBN 9780472033591.
- ^ Jeanne Scheper, Moving Performances: Divas, Iconicity, and Remembering the Modern Stage (New Brunswick NJ: Rutgers University Press, 2016), 119 and 173; ISBN 9780813585451
External links
- Sing, Sinner, Sing at IMDb
- Sing, Sinner, Sing is available for free viewing and download at the Internet Archive
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