Everybody Sing
Edwin L. Marin
This film has no current screenings
âJudy Garland of the rhythm, writinâ, ârithmetic age is a superb vocal technicianââThe New York Times.
Of all of Garlandâs pre-Oz films, Everybody Sing gives her the most screen time: a pivotal role and six songs, including a rousing âDown on Melody Farmâ and a comic routine with Fanny Brice in her legendary guise of âBaby Snooks.â
Itâs a silly but happily effective mĂ©lange of screwball comedy and backstage shenanigans. Brice, âGood Witch Glindaâ Billie Burke, Reginald Owen, and Reginald Gardiner are manic, mindless, and over-the-top as wacky theatricals. (The original working titleâand several script references to Judy asâThe Ugly Duckling must have done wonders for her self-image.)