Something to Sing About
A Cagney you have never seen!
Overview
James Cagney has a rare chance to show his song-and-dance-man roots in this low-budget tale of a New York bandleader struggling with a Hollywood studio boss.
- Budget
- $900,000
- Production
- Grand National Pictures, Zion Meyers Productions, Grand National
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Cast
James Cagney
Terrence 'Terry' Rooney
Evelyn Daw
Rita Wyatt
William Frawley
Hank Mayers
Mona Barrie
Stephanie 'Steffie' Hajos
Gene Lockhart
Bennett O. 'B.O.' Regan
Philip Ahn
Ito (Terry's servant)
Marek Windheim
Mr. Farney (dialogue director)
Dwight Frye
Mr. Easton (makeup supervisor)
John 'Skins' Miller
Dancer in Drag in 'Deck Number' (as Skins Miller)
Johnny Arthur
Mr. Daviani (as John Arthur)
William B. Davidson
Mr. Richards (as William Davidson)
Richard Tucker
Mr. Blaine
Kathleen Lockhart
Miss Amy Robbins
James Newill
Jimmy - Band Member
Harry Barris
Pinky - Band Pianist
Cully Richards
Cully - Band Member
Marjorie Kane
Regan's Receptionist (uncredited)
Frank Mills
Cabbie (uncredited)
Crew
- Director
- Victor Schertzinger
- Writers
- Austin Parker
- Cinematography
- John Stumar
- Composer
- Myrl Alderman
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CinemaSerf
August 11, 2025
There aren’t many actors who can go from menacing gangster to top-hatted crooner, but James Cagney was one of them, and he does it quite amiably in this comedy. With the unwieldy name of “Thaddeus McGillicuddy”, he is a band-leader in New York who is offered a contract in Hollywood but after a bit of stunt fisticuffs goes quite spectacularly wrong, he throws in that towel and heads off on a vacation with his fiancée “Rita” (Evelyn Daw). Unbeknownst to him, though, the cameras were running all th…