Tony Martin Movies
Working his way through college as a saxophonist/singer, Tony Martin spent his first professional years as a band vocalist. The handsome, wavy-haired singer began appearing in films in 1936 and remained very popular for quite some time. Unfortunately, many latter-day movie fans judge Martin only by his insipid leading-man stint in the Marx Bros.' The Big Store, in which he had the... (read more) dubious honor of introducing that pseudo-classic piece of claptrap "The Tenement Symphony." He served with valor in World War II, then returned to a successful radio, TV and concert career. During the late 1930s, Tony Martin was married to his frequent co-star Alice Faye; his last wife was Cyd Charisse, who appeared with Martin in his nightclub act of the 1960s and 1970s. Martin died of natural causes at age 98 in July 2012. ~ Hal Erickson, Rovi
Winners Take All
PG 1987
After Billy Robinson (Robert Krantz) finds success as a professional motorcycle racer, he returns to his hometown where he faces adulation and jealousy as a result of his...
Ruby's Dream
R 1982
This German film tells a purely about Ruby Dennis (Joe Pesci , a Jewish bowling alley/nightclub manager in New Jersey. Despite his tacky surroundings, Ruby convinces...
Let's Be Happy
1957
Let's Be Happy is an updated remake of Jeannie (1941), one of the most likable British comedies of the 1940s. The premise is basically the same: A working girl inherits a...
Quincannon, Frontier Scout
1956
Singer Tony Martin plays the non-musical title role in United Artists' Quinannon, Frontier Scout. Sent on a top-secret mission by the government, Quincannon tries to find...
Hit the Deck
1955
Hit the Deck is the second film version of the same-named 1927 hit Broadway musical. Though updated for the 1950s, the basic plot remains the same. Sailors Tony Martin, Vic...
Deep in My Heart
1954
Deep in My Heart is the MGM-ified biography of composer Sigmund Romberg, here played by José Ferrer. Evidently the scripters didn't feel that the life of Romberg...
Here Come the Girls
1953
Originally intended as a 3D film, this standard-issue Bob Hope musical comedy was released "flat." The 50-year-old Hope plays over-aged chorus boy Stanley Snodgrass, whose...
Easy to Love
1953
The Cole Porter title tune is but one of the musical highlights in the (literally) splashy Esther Williams musical Easy to Love. Reshuffling plot devices utilized in...
Clash by Night
NR 1952
The opening credits appearing over a turbulent ocean serve as a foreshadowing of things to come in this standard-issue love triangle that shifts into high drama thanks to taut...
Two Tickets to Broadway
1951
Personally supervised by Howard R. Hughes, the RKO Technicolor musical Two Tickets to Broadway stars Janet Leigh as a small-town girl who hopes to make it big in the Big...
Casbah
1948
Casbah is a musical remake of the 1938 film Algiers, which was itself a remake of the French film Pepe Le Moko. Tony Martin stars in the old Jean Gabin/Charles...
Till the Clouds Roll By
1946
MGM's Till the Clouds Roll By is the musicalized, and highly fictionalized, life story of beloved composer Jerome Kern, who gave his blessing to the production shortly...
The Big Store
1941
In the last of the Marx Brothers' MGM films, The Big Store, Groucho Marx plays two-bit detective Wolf J. Flywheel, hired by department-store owner Martha Phelps...
Ziegfeld Girl
1941
All that MGM's Ziegfeld Girl lacks is Technicolor; otherwise, the film has talent and "sock" entertainment value in abundance. The story focuses on three showbiz hopefuls-Judy...
Music in My Heart
NR 1940
Boasting Tony Martin and Rita Hayworth and bandleader Andre Kostelanitz as its leading players, it's surprising that Music in My Heart isn't better than it is. Martin plays...
Winner Take All
1939
In this lively boxing comedy, Steve Bishop is a cowboy who works a waiter in an Italian restaurant. He agrees to participate in a prizefight for charity. He has a lucky punch and...
Thanks for Everything
1938
Thanks for Everything is an unjustly forgotten lampoon of media promotional stunts. Jack Haley wins a contest sponsored by an ad agency, which is looking for the perfect...
Kentucky Moonshine
1938
Those zany Ritz Brothers are at it again--good news or bad, depending on one's feelings toward the team. This time they're a trio of Manhattan entertainers who can't get...
Sally, Irene and Mary
1938
Three manicurists hope to become entertainers through the auspices of their wisecracking agent (Fred Allen). Sally (Alice Faye) is the smart one, Irene (Joan Davis) the...
Up the River
1938
Two imprisoned con men become ace football players on the prison team in this comedy. They get into real trouble when the duo decides to bust out to keep the mother of a fellow...