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Wake Up and Live

5.3

Released August 23, 1937Runtime 1h 31min

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Satire on radio, built around the supposed feud between bandleader Ben Bernie and journalist Walter Winchell.

Genres

Music

Production Companies

20th Century Fox

Production Countries

United States of America

Finances

Budget: $0
Revenue: $0
Profit/Loss: $0

Cast

Walter WinchellWalter Winchell

Ben BernieBen Bernie and His Orchestra

Alice FayeAlice Huntley

Patsy KellyPatsy Kane

Ned SparksSteve Cluskey

Jack HaleyEdward 'Eddie" Kane

Walter CatlettGus Avery

Grace BradleyJean Roberts

Joan DavisComic Spanish Dancer

Leah RayCafe Singer

Miles ManderJames Stratton

Douglas FowleyHerman

Etienne GirardotWaldo Peebles

Barnett ParkerFoster

Paul HurstMcCabe

Warren HymerPoker-Playing Thug

William DemarestRadio Center Tour Guide

Harry TylerFlat Tire Motorist

Charles WilliamsCharlie Alberts, Agent

Eddie 'Rochester' AndersonElevator Operator

George ChandlerJanitor

Wanda PerryChorus Girl (uncredited)

Crew

Sidney LanfieldDirector

A.F. EricksonAssistant Director

Jack YellenWriter

Curtis KenyonStory

Harry TugendWriter

Dorothea BrandeNovel

Darryl F. ZanuckProducer

Robert L. SimpsonEditor

William S. DarlingProduction Design

Thomas LittleSet Decoration

Jack HaskellChoreographer

Mark-Lee KirkArt Direction

Gwen WakelingCostume Design

Edward CronjagerDirector of Photography

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Reviews

Legend has it that wireless gossiper Walter Winchell and band leader Ben Bernie really did have a running feud. This film somewhat puts that myth to rest, but is does so in quite a quickly paced and amusing fashion. It all centres around "Eddie Kane" (Jack Haley) whom "Alice" (Alice Faye) tricks in...