The Singing Kid (1936)

7.0/10 85 min Drama Music

Overview

Neurotic Broadway star Al Jackson faces professional ruin when he loses his voice. While recuperating in the country, he falls in love with farm girl Ruth Haines, the pretty aunt of precocious little Sybil Haines.

Cast

Al Jolson

Al Jackson

Sybil Jason

Sybil Haines

Beverly Roberts

Ruth Haines

Edward Everett Horton

Davenport Rogers

Lyle Talbot

Bob Carey

Allen Jenkins

Joe Eddy

Claire Dodd

Dana Lawrence

Jack Durant

Babe

Frank Mitchell

Dope

Wini Shaw

Blackface Singer

Joe King

Dr. May

William B. Davidson

Barney Hammond

James V. Kern

The Yacht Club Boys Member

Cab Calloway

Cab Calloway

Irving Bacon

Maine Driver (uncredited)

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