Sing You Sinners (film)

Sing You Sinners
Theatrical release poster
Directed byWesley Ruggles
Screenplay byClaude Binyon
Story byClaude Binyon
Based onTitle
by Author
Produced byWesley Ruggles
Starring
CinematographyKarl Struss
Edited byAlma Macrorie
Music byBoris Morros
Production
company
Distributed byParamount Pictures
Release date
  • September 2, 1938 (1938-09-02) (USA)
Running time
88 minutes
CountryUnited States
LanguageEnglish

Sing You Sinners is a 1938 American musical comedy film directed by Wesley Ruggles and starring Bing Crosby, Fred MacMurray, Ellen Drew, and Donald O'Connor.[1] Written by Claude Binyon, the film is about three singing brothers who go to California to find their fortune. Initially the film was to be titled "The Unholy Beebes" and then "Harmony for Three" before finishing with "Sing You Sinners".[2] Filming took place in April/May 1938 in Hollywood. Race track scenes were filmed at the Pomona Fairgrounds and at Santa Anita using two dozen of Crosby's horses.[3] Sing You Sinners was premiered on August 5, 1938 at the Del Mar racetrack with the New York premiere taking place on August 16.

The film introduced the two Crosby hit songs "Small Fry" and "I've Got a Pocketful of Dreams". Crosby recorded the former title as a duet with Johnny Mercer for Decca Records. However, it does not include the song Sing You Sinners.[4]

  1. ^ "Sing You Sinners". Internet Movie Database. Retrieved September 2, 2012.
  2. ^ Giddins, Gary (2001). A Pocketful of Dreams. New York: Little, Brown and Company. p. 495. ISBN 0-316-88188-0.
  3. ^ Giddins, Gary (2001). A Pocketful of Dreams. New York: Little, Brown and Company. p. 498. ISBN 0-316-88188-0.
  4. ^ Green, Stanley (1999) Hollywood Musicals Year by Year (2nd ed.), pub. Hal Leonard Corporation ISBN 0-634-00765-3 page 84

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