Storyline

Popular New York band leader Terry Rooney (Cagney) is offered a lucrative film contract out in Hollywood. Rooney and his soon-to-be wife pack up and head for California. Upon arriving, they meet Mr. Regan, the head of the studio, who believes that Rooney's true lack of desire for stardom is arrogance on the band leader's part. When his first film is huge success and a hit for the studio, Regan tries to hide the truth from Rooney. Feeling a need to get away from Hollywood, Rooney takes his wife on a South Seas honeymoon cruise, only to return to the real truth of his fame.—SindyMac

Plot Keywords

four word title, actor, jealousy, makeup artist, nightclub, actress, elopement, dancer, secret marriage, fistfight, hollywood, bandleader, satire, newspaper columnist, press agent, new york city, singer, secretary, director, hoax

Short Review

What fun there is in Something to Sing About is in watching [James] Cagney dancing, fighting, and even dally. ing over the telephone.

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