EVERYBODY SING

Everybody Sing
MGM, 1938, B/W, 91 minutes, ***
Released February, 1938

One of those "screwball comedies" from the thirties made specifically as an early vehicle for "Little Judy Garland." But this one is loaded with great comedy actors. Fannie Brice is zany enough, but Billie Burke and the two Reggies are a riot! And if that isn't enough, there's Henry Armetta and Adia Kuznetzoff. Even Judy gets to deliver some comic lines. It's a tribute to Judy's acting ability that, even at the tender age of 15, she didn't get lost among this great cast. Musical highlights include Judy's "Swing Mr. Mendelssohn" and "Melody Farm."

Produced by: Harry Rapf
Directed by: Edwin L. Marin
Original Story and Screen Play by: Florence Ryerson and Edgar Allan Woolf
Additional Dialogue by: James Gruen
Musical Program: "The One I Love," "Down on Melody Farm," "Swing Mr. Mendelssohn," "Show Must Go On" Lyrics by Gus Kahn, Music by Kaper and Jurmann
Musical Interpolations and Vocal Arrangements by: Roger Edens
"Quainty, Dainty Me" (staged by Seymour Felix), "Snooks" ("Why? Because!") Music and lyrics by Kalmar and Ruby
Musical Direction: Dr. William Axt
Associate Conductor: Georgie Stoll
Orchestrations by: George Bassman
Musical Numbers Staged by: Dave Gould
Art Director: Cedric Gibbons
Associates: Harry McAfee, Edwin B. Willis
Recording Director: Douglas Shearer
Photographed by: Joseph Ruttenberg
Film Editor: William S. Gray
Released February, 1938

Cast: Allan Jones [Ricky Saboni], Judy Garland [Judy Bellaire], Fanny Brice [Olga Chekaloff], Reginald Owen [Hillary Bellaire], Billie Burke [Diana Bellaire], Reginald Gardiner [Jerrold Hope], Lynne Carver [Sylvia Bellaire], Helen Troy [Hillary's Secretary], Monty Woolley [John Fleming], Adia Kuznetzoff [Boris], Henry Armetta [Signor Vittorino], Michellette Burani [Madame Le Brouchette], Mary Forbes [Miss Colvin], Additional Cast: Elise Cavanna [Music Teacher], Edgar Dearing [Policeman at Desk], George Guhl, Ethan Laidlaw [Policemen], Andrew Tombes [Gary Society Man], Alphonse Martell [Headwaiter at Cafe Nappo], James Donlan [Stage Doorman], St. Brendan's Boys Choir Directed by Robert Mitchell [vocals], Mildred Rogers [singing voice of Lynne Carver]

Musical Program: [0:00] Overture (played by Orchestra behind titles); [0:02] Swing Mr. Mendelssohn (sung by Judy Garland and the St. Brendan's Boys Choir dubbing for music students); [0:11] The One I Love (sung by Allan Jones and Mildred Rogers dubbing for Lynn Carver); [0:23] Early Morning Sequence (sung by Allan Jones); [0:31] Cosi Cosa (sung by Allan Jones and Chorus at Cafe Nappo - a reprise of his popular number from A Night at the Opera); [0:32] (Down On) Melody Farm / I'm Gonna Pack My Bag (sung by Judy Garland at Cafe Nappo); [0:36] Bus Sequence (sung by Allan Jones, Judy Garland, Reginald Gardiner and Mildred Rogers dubbing for Lynne Carver); [0:48] Audition sequence (performed by unidentifed actors); [0:49] Sweet Chariot (sung and danced by Judy Garland); [0:55] The One I Love (reprised by Allan Jones); [1:04] Quainty Dainty Me (sung and danced by Fanny Brice); [1:15] The Show Must Go On (sung by Allan Jones and Chorus); [1:19] Why? Because! (Baby Snooks skit performed by Fanny Brice and Judy Garland); [1:23] Ever Since the World Began / Shall I Sing a Melody? (sung by Judy Garland and Girls Chorus); [1:28] Finale: "The Show Must Go On" / "Auld Lang Syne" / "The One I Love" (sung by Alan Jones and Chorus); "Quainty Dainty Me" (reprised by Fanny Brice and Chorus); "Down On Melody Farm" (reprised by Judy Garland, Company and Chorus)