Sing, Sinner, Sing (1933)
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Sing, Sinner, Sing is one of several 1930s films based on the notorious, well-publicized romance between nightclub singer Libby Holman and tobacco heir Smith Reynolds (the most recent a clef incarnation of this scandalous affair was 1956's Written on the Wind). The Holman counterpart, torch singer Lela Larson, is played by Leila Hyams, while the Reynolds character, wastrelly millionaire Ted Rendon, is essayed by Donald Dillaway. Told mostly in flashback, the story concerns the events leading up to the murder of Rendon, for which his wife Lela is standing trial. The fact that Paul Lukas, cast as gambling-ship owner Phil Cardia, is given top billing tends to give away a vital plot point. At the time of its release, Sing, Sinner, Sing was thought to be in poor taste for capitalizing on the tawdry Holman-Reynolds affair; seen today, it looks about as tasteless as Bambi. ~ Hal Erickson, All Movie Guide
Complete Cast:
- Leila Hyams - Lela Larson
- George E. Stone - Spats
- Jill Dennett - Sadie
- Walter McGrail - Louis
- Arthur Houseman - Jerry
- Stella Adams
- Edgar Norton
- Pat O'Malley
- Ruth Donnelly - Margaret Flannigan
- Joyce Compton - Gwen
- Arthur Hoyt - Uncle Homer
- Gladys Blake - Cecily Gordon
- Walter Brennan
- Paul Lukas - Phil Carida
- John St. Polis
- Donald Dillaway - Ted Rendon
- Director(s):
- Howard Christie
- Writer(s):
- Edward T. Lowe
- Producer(s):
- Philip Goldstone
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