The read
It runs a compact 1h 21m.
Synopsis
Larry Poole, in prison on a false charge, promises an inmate that when he gets out he will look up and help out a family. The family turns out to be a young girl, Patsy Smith, and her elderly grandfather who need lots of help. This delays Larry from following his dream and going to Venice and becoming a gondolier. Instead, he becomes a street singer and, while singing in the street, meets a pretty welfare worker, Susan Sprague. She takes a dim view of Patsy's welfare under the guardianship of Larry and her grandfather and starts proceedings to have Patsy placed in an orphanage.
Ratings
IMDb6.5/10
10 audience votes
Key crew
- Norman Z. McLeodDirector
- Jo SwerlingScreenplay
- William Grant StillOriginal Music Composer
Cast
- Bing CrosbyLarry Poole
- Madge EvansSusan Sprague
- Edith FellowsPatsy Smith
- Louis ArmstrongHenry
- Donald MeekGramp Smith
- John GallaudetJ. C. Hart
- William StackClarence B. Carmichael
- Nana BryantMiss Howard
- Tom DuganCrowbar Miller
- Nydia WestmanSlavey - Hotel Maid
- Mickey DanielsHay Wagon Driver (uncredited)
Stills
Themes
singerwelfarewelfare worker