''Sing, Neighbor, Sing'' is a 1944 American

musical film Musical film is a film genre in which songs by the Character (arts), characters are interwoven into the narrative, sometimes accompanied by dancing. The songs usually advance the plot or develop the film's characters, but in some cases, they serv ...

directed by Frank McDonald and written by Dorrell McGowan and Stuart E. McGowan. Starring Stanley Brown,

Ruth Terry Ruth Mae Terry (born Ruth Mae McMahon, October 21, 1920 – March 11, 2016) was an American singer and actress in film and television from the 1930s to the 1960s. She claimed her stage name came from Walter Winchell, who combined the names ...

Roy Acuff Roy Claxton Acuff (September 15, 1903 – November 23, 1992) was an American country music singer, fiddler, and promoter. Known as the "King of Country Music", Acuff is often credited with moving the genre from its early string band and "hoedown ...

Virginia Brissac Virginia Brissac (June 11, 1883 – July 26, 1979) was a popular American stage actress who headlined theatre companies from Vancouver to San Diego during the heyday of West Coast Stock in the early 1900s. An ingénue and leading lady known for ...

, Rachel Veach, Myrtle Wiseman and

Scotty Wiseman Myrtle Eleanor Cooper (December 24, 1913 – February 8, 1999) and Scott Greene Wiseman (November 8, 1909 – January 31, 1981), known professionally as Lulu Belle and Scotty, were one of the major country music acts of the 1930s and 1940s, dubb ...

, it was released on August 12, 1944, by

Republic Pictures Republic Pictures is currently an acquisition-only label owned by Paramount Pictures. Its history dates back to Republic Pictures Corporation, an American film studio that originally operated from 1935 to 1967, based in Los Angeles, California ...

Plot

Cast

*Stanley Brown as Bob Reed, Posing as Professor Jasper Cartwright *

as Virginia Blake *

as Roy Acuff *

as Cornelia Blake *Rachel Veach as Rachel * Myrtle Wiseman as Lulubelle *

as Scotty *Beverly Lloyd as Beverly *Charles Irwin as Professor Jasper Cartwright *

Olin Howland Olin Ross Howland (February 10, 1886 – September 20, 1959) was an American film and theatre actor. Life and career Howland was born in Denver, Colorado, to Joby A. Howland, one of the youngest enlisted participants in the Civil War, an ...

as Joe the Barber *

Maxine Doyle Maxine Doyle (January 1, 1915 – May 7, 1973) was an American film actress who appeared in almost 40 films between 1933 and 1946. Today's audiences may know Maxine Doyle from her appearance in the Leon Errol musical short '' Service with a Smi ...

as Maxine *Mary Kenyon as Mary *

Harry Cheshire Harry V. Cheshire (August 16, 1891 – June 16, 1968), originally from Emporia, Kansas, was an American character actor who appeared in over 100 films, mostly playing small roles. He was also a stage actor and performed on a St. Louis radio ...

as Dean Cheshire *The Milo Twins as The Singing Twins *

Carolina Cotton Carolina Cotton (October 20, 1925 – June 10, 1997) was an American singer and actress known as the "Yodeling Blonde Bombshell", the "Girl of the Golden West", and the "Queen of the Range." Early life Cotton was born Helen Hagstrom October 20, ...

as Carolina *Roy Acuff's Smoky Mountain Boys and Girls as Roy Acuff Band Members

References

External links

* 1944 films American musical films 1944 musical films Republic Pictures films Films directed by Frank McDonald American black-and-white films 1940s English-language films 1940s American films English-language musical films {{musical-film-stub