Something to Sing About

Starring:James Cagney, Evelyn Daw, William Frawley, Mona Barrie, Gene Lockhart, Philip Ahn, Marek Windheim, Dwight Frye, Johnny Arthur, William B. Davidson, Richard Tucker, Kathleen Lockhart, James Newill, Harry Barris, Cully Richards, Candy Candido, Perc Launders, Paul McLarind, Harland Dixon, Johnny Boyle
Director: Victor Schertzinger
Studio: Image Entertainment
Product Type: DVD

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Love changes people in this music-fueled drama that will have you singing, smiling and searching your heart. For the first time in his life, Tommy has something to hope for, something to live for, something to sing about. After getting out of jail, Tommy is pessimistic about what the future holds. When he meets Memaw, she helps him to find comfort with faith in God. Meanwhile, he finds an outlet for his vocal talent in the church and discovers love.

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INSPIRATIONAL!.......2007-04-10

I have seen this movie so many times I know all the songs that they sing by heart!

Fantastic Movie - Musical1.......2007-03-19

If you love good 'soul-ful' music this is the movie. Great story of love, forgivness and redemption!

Something to shout about \o/.......2006-12-10

Sweet movie about an ex-con who meets God & gets a full, love-filled life that he never dreamed possible -- up to & including a lot of difficult choices & decisions he never thought he would have to make ...

But, for me, the best part about this movie is that it is a perfect illustration of the kind of whole-life "make-overs" that only God can do \o/

Excellent Christian Movie.......2006-09-15

Tommy (Darius McCrary of "Family Matters") is desperate to find a job, but no one wants to hire an ex-con. With no family & the only opportunity facing him being that of a drug runner, life doesn't look too promising. Then he meets Memaw (Irma P. Hall), a kind, elderly woman who hears Tommy's beautiful singing voice in the grocery store. What follows is a pleasant tale of how showing God's love can change even the hardest of hearts and that everyone needs a second chance. Also features Tamera Mowry (from "Sister, Sister") as Lily.

My husband & I have been looking for good Christian movies to show our youth group, & this definitely falls into that category. The script is well-written & realistic, the acting is excellent (who knew Darius McCrary could sing???), & the story never loses sight of it's goal...love changes people.

This movie will leave a smile on your face & your heart singing. If you're looking for a Christian movie without the B-acting & poor action scenes, this one fits the bill. No heavy end-times theme or confusing plot twists, this movie banks on the simple but life-changing truth of God's love.

Great movie and music!!!.......2006-07-05

You will love this movie. The acting and story are great but the music is awesome!!! Get this and watch it with your family.

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He's as crazy as ever!

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He's as crazy as ever!.......2005-04-04

Rickey Smiley is a fool! I don't think I've ever seen him have an "off" day. This DVD had me cracking up from beginning to end.

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A dated movie musical, but a sure winner for Jimmy Cagney fans who love him singing and dancing
A good movie if you could watch and hear it.
Forget Maltin's review

Something to Sing About
Starring: James Cagney , Evelyn Daw , William Frawley , Mona Barrie , and Gene Lockhart
Director: Victor Schertzinger
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ASIN: B0000E69J8
Release Date: 2003-12-16

Description

Hollywood favorites James Cagney (Yankee Doodle Dandy), William Frawley (I Love Lucy), and Gene Lockhart (Miracle on 34th Street) star in this delightful musical comedy about a New York bandleader and hoofer, Terry Rooney, whose wife joins him for a trip to Hollywood where the star system gets turned upside down in a series of hilarious complications.

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A dated movie musical, but a sure winner for Jimmy Cagney fans who love him singing and dancing.......2006-09-10

James Cagney wanted to do more than play gangsters, and he loved dancing. Warner Brothers was having none of it so Cagney successfully got out of his contract and signed to do two films with Grand National Pictures. Something to Sing About was the first. The movie's a great look at a singing, dancing Jimmy Cagney. That it's only a so-so film is almost beside the point.

The story is amusing most of the time. It gives us several musical numbers, including two full-blown productions with Cagney. It's also takes a lot of gentle pokes at the movie business. Terry Rooney (Cagney) is a Broadway nightclub song and dance man. He's happy and ambitious. He's got his band and he has his cute, adoring fiancee, Rita (Evelyn Daws). When he's offered a chance to star in a movie, he grabs it and heads west. But the studio boss realizes Terry is a potential big star, so instructs everyone not to praise him. He doesn't want Terry to get a big head. Terry, finally fed up, finishes the movie and heads back to Rita. They marry and take a long cruise on a freighter for a honeymoon. But wait. Terry's movie is a smash. The public want more of Terry Rooney. When he and Rita return, the studio boss, Bennett O. "B.O." Regan (Gene Lockhart), and the studio's press head, Hank Meyers (William Frawley), convince Terry to sign a seven-year contract. All Terry has to do is keep secret his marriage. Rita, loving Terry, agrees and becomes his secretary. He starts a second movie as a star, but there are misunderstandings, more Hollywood press shenanigans, a co-star who wants more attention, more Hollywood columnists who want scoops about phony romances. Finally, Rita has had enough and returns to New York and the band. Terry, seeing how all the Hollywood razzmatazz is separating himself from Rita, follows her...and they reunite in a production number on the stage of the nightclub before a sell-out crowd.

The best things about this movie are Cagney, his song and dance numbers and the fairly gentle but pointed pokes at Hollywood movie making. Cagney gets two big numbers and they're a lot of fun. One opens the movie with his nightclub act, singing, dancing up and down stairs and obviously enjoying himself immensely. The second is on the freighter. He joins crew members for an evening's entertainment of tap dancing, tumbling and cross-dressing.

How do you describe Cagney's dancing? It's unique. He goes at it with great energy, stiff-legged, straight backed and with his rear out. He combines tap, some ballet moves and old-fashioned hoofing. And he's fast. Gene Lockhart does a great job as "B.O.," the studio boss, pompous and petulant, a man who sees yes-men as essential to success. Evelyn Daws plays Rita. Daws was a young singer with a trained soprano; she was a discovery of the director, Victor Schertzinger. She sounds like Jeanette MacDonald's little sister and can hit high notes that'll cause nose bleeds. Daws made one movie after this and was never heard from again. After Cagney, Philip Ahn is one of the most interesting characters in the movie. He plays Ito, Cagney's gentleman's gentleman, with ludicrous pidgin-English...until we learn he speaks better than most everyone else in the movie.

Something to Sing About is a low-voltage musical with a high-voltage star. For fans of Cagney, it's probably a must. The movie is in the public domain. The DVD version I have is from Critics Choice Video. The picture and sound are clean enough, but the picture is awfully soft and a little too light. The case says, "Digitally Restored." Based on how the picture looks, I have no idea what that could mean. There are no chapter stops. The disc contains one extra, a 10-minute patriotic short filmed in 1943 with Cagney, Ann Southern and Margaret O'Brien. We get a look at a P-38 Lightning (or it might have been a P-61 Black Widow), which was a lethal fighter. On the other hand, we also have to hear O'Brien recite the Gettysburg Address.

A good movie if you could watch and hear it........2005-10-06

I bought this movie because I like old musicals, especially from the 1930's. The beginning of the movie was real good, but soon the sound broke up to where most of the sound wasn't there. I tried to fast forward and then rewind the movie on the VCR and play it. I did this several times and the sound still was broken up. If you enjoy good musicals, don't get it from Madacy Entertainment. Look for it on DVD.

Forget Maltin's review.......1999-11-24

If you appreciate James Cagney for the quality and spunk of his dancing, this film is for you!

Sure, the plot is nothing to sing about, but this film is to be watched for Cagney alone.

He has several hilarious episodes as he enters Hollywood as a small time bandleader from NY. He is measured, analyzed and critiqued by a voice coach, hair dresser and tailor, and his reactions to all the poking and prodding show him as one of the underrated but awesome comedic actors. (Anyone who doesn't recognize Cagney as a great comedic actor hasn't seen enough of his films.)

Another great scene is when he does some great Vaudevillian slapstick facial pantomimes of "the take, the double take, and the double take with the fade-away."

Now the dancing! Cagney, who always billed himself as a song and dance man, never danced enough in his movies. But this has four great scenes of him him at his best -- a combination of down-to-earth hoofing and ballet. He does one scene with Johnny Boyle and Harland Dixon, the former who danced for George M. Cohan and helped Cag choreograph dancing sequences for "Yankee Doodle Dandy." Much of Cagney's dancing style is taken from Boyle.

No one could say that Cagney is the greatest dancer, but he injected a street attitude into his dancing along with exquisite grace that made him incomparable.

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One of Billy Graham's best films yet.......2006-09-19

Along with "A vow to cherish", these two are my favorite of all the films made by Billy Graham's team. Because these two films have the gospel message being the central driving force and changing power in the main characters. You can see how grace and forgiveness are lived out in real lives. Other Billy Graham's films are great also. I would watch any Billy Graham's film over all other secular films. Secular films may be entertaining and very well made, but they all leave me feeling no peace and craving for more entertainment. On the otehr hands, all of Billy Grahams film leave me encouraged and inspired to love God and my neighbors in a real way. Go watch all of Billy Graham's films and see if you agree!

Something to Sing About.......2005-05-16

I really, really enjoyed this movie! With all the violence and destruction in the movies today, this was a refreshing change of pace. Very uplifting, a real inspirational hope filled movie!

This movie is GREAT!!!!!.......2005-05-16

It's really an inspirational movie. You can really feel the power of GOD. I can watch it over and over again. It gives me something to sing about.

Very inspirational.......2004-07-16

Darius McCrary is an excellent singer. This movie is not Oscar worthy but it is a feel good movie. I really enjoyed it. The singing is excellent. I always enjoy watching this movie.

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Something to Sing About (B&W)
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Release Date: 2006-06-27

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Despite its jabs at the Hollywood studio system, this film allows James Cagney to show his wide rangeand his dancing chops (1937/93 min.)! Also included is You, John Jones (1943/10 min.), a short film starring Cagney as an air raid warden during a what-if invasion of the United States during World War II. B&w/NR.

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Something to Sing About

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New York bandleader Terry Rooney (James Cagney) is offered a movie contract so he packs up and heads off to Hollywood. Once there, Rooney sets out to do things his own way and resists the trappings of "star treatment". Taking this as a sign of arrogance, the studio head tells the staff to keep the success of Rooney's first film from him to prevent an increase in his attitude. Meanwhile, after finishing his first film, Rooney heads off on a South Seas honeymoon and returns to find him a sensation which causes comedic results.

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GOOD ROAN QUALITY

The James Cagney Collection: The Time of Your Life/Blood on the Sun/Something to Sing About
Starring: James Cagney , William Bendix , Wayne Morris , Jeanne Cagney , and Broderick Crawford
Director: H.C. Potter , Victor Schertzinger , and Frank Lloyd
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ASIN: 6305436460
Release Date: 1999-10-26

Customer Reviews:

GOOD ROAN QUALITY.......2004-09-07

These movies are issued by a myriad of companies. I only have this set so I can't comment on the comparative quality. I can state that I am satisfied with the quality of this Roan set. That is, the images are mostly crisp and there wasn't much hiss. The price is a plus also.

I Liked "Time of Your Life" best. It has a good quirky cast and plot. The acting is also first rate. It has a certain stage play feel to it.

"Blood On The Sun" is a more than adequate suspense yarn.

"Something to Sing About" is a fun movie. Its kind of a comedy-musical-drama. Nothing too serious.

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Something To Sing About
Starring: James Cagney; Evelyn Daw; Gene Lockhart; William Frawley; Mona Barrie
Director: Victor Schertzinger
Manufacturer: Reel Enterprises
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ASIN: B000KJTCB4
Release Date: 2006-11-13

Description

Cagney stars as a two-fisted bandleader in a musical melodrama about Hollywood studio life -- the people and their problems. He refuses to be part of the star-making machinery of Hollywood after his first film is a hit. Nominated for an Academy Award for Best Musical Score.

I have something to sing about -Vladimir Vysotsky / Mne est', chto spet'... Vol. 1 - Vladimir Vysotskij (DVD PAL)

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I have something to sing about -Vladimir Vysotsky / Mne est', chto spet'... Vol. 1 - Vladimir Vysotskij (DVD PAL)

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ASIN: B000IX43WK

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V osnovu trehserijnogo dokumental'nogo fil'ma "Mne est' chto spet'..." legli unikal'nye dokumental'nye materialy - fragmenty koncertov , studijnyh zapisej, spektaklej na Taganke i televizionnyh interv'ju Vladimira Vysockogo, snjatyh sovetskimi i zarubezhnymi operatorami. V fil'me zvuchat bolee tridcati pojeticheskih proizvedenij v avtorskom ispolnenii, stihotvorenija drugih avtorov v ispolnenii Vladimira Vysockogo v teatral'nyh postanovkah. 01. Dorozhnaja istorija 02. O fatal'nyh datah i cifrah 03. Parus (1967) 04. Dialog u televizora 05. Ochi chernye. Pogonja 06. Pesnja mikrofona 07. Utrennjaja gimnastika 08. Pesenka pro pryguna v vysotu 09. Pesenka o sluhah 10. Ballada o vol'nyh strelkah 11. Pis'mo v redakciju televizionnyh peredachi 12. JA ne ljublju 13. Bol'shoj Karetnyj 14. Ohota na volkov 15. Koni priveredlivye 16. Moj Gamlet 17. "Gul zatih, ja vyshel na podmostki..." (Na stihi B. Pasternaka, 1975) 18. Ona byla v Parizhe 19. Konec "Ohoty na volkov", ili ohota s vertoletov 20. Pevec u mikrofona 21. Korabli

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