''Sing Sinner Sing'' is a 1933 American

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romantic drama film directed by Howard Christie.

Plot

Leila Hyams plays a singer who is accused of her husband's murder.

Cast

* Paul Lukas as Phil Carida * Leila Hyams as Lela Larson * Don Dillaway as Ted Rendon * Ruth Donnelly as Maggie Flannigan * George E. Stone as Spats * Joyce Compton as Gwen * Jill Dennett as Sadie *

Arthur Hoyt Arthur Hoyt (March 19, 1874 – January 4, 1953) was an American film character actor who appeared in more than 275 films in his 34-year film career, about a third of them silent films. Career Born in Georgetown, Colorado, in 1874, Hoyt ma ...

as Uncle Homer * Paul McGrail as Louis * Gladys Blake as Cecily Gordon * Arthur Housman as Jerry * Edgar Norton as Roberts the Butler * John St. Polis as James Parks * Stella Adams as Aunt Emily van Puyten * Pat O'Malley as Henchman Conley *

Walter Brennan Walter Andrew Brennan (July 25, 1894 – September 21, 1974) was an American actor and singer. He won the Academy Award for Best Supporting Actor for ''Come and Get It (1936 film), Come and Get It'' (1936), ''Kentucky (film), Kentucky'' (19 ...

as Henchman Riordan Various artists, such as

Lionel Hampton Lionel Leo Hampton (April 20, 1908 – August 31, 2002) was an American jazz vibraphonist, percussionist, and bandleader. He worked with jazz musicians from Teddy Wilson, Benny Goodman, and Buddy Rich, to Charlie Parker, Charles Mingus, an ...

and

Marshal Royal Marshal Walton Royal Jr. (December 5, 1912 – May 8, 1995) was an American jazz alto saxophonist and clarinetist best known for his work with Count Basie, with whose band he played for nearly twenty years. Early life and education Marshal Royal ...

, can be seen playing in bands in the film.

Production notes

At the time the movie was released, it was recognized as being loosely based on the 1932 Libby Holman- Zachary Smith Reynolds case. According to Jeanne Scheper, other films inspired by "this episode of Holman's life include .. ''Reckless'' (dir. Victor Fleming, 1935), with Jean Harlow; and '' Written on the Wind'' (dir. Douglas Sirk, 1956), with Lauren Bacall and Rock Hudson."Jeanne Scheper, ''Moving Performances: Divas, Iconicity, and Remembering the Modern Stage'' (New Brunswick NJ: Rutgers University Press, 2016), 119 and 173;

References

External links

* * 1933 films 1933 romantic drama films American black-and-white films American romantic drama films Majestic Pictures films 1930s American films {{1930s-romantic-drama-film-stub