I've Got to Sing a Torch Song

1933

Action / Animation / Comedy / Family

5
IMDb Rating 5.4/10 10 444 444

whale radio radio broadcast celebrity caricature excercise 1930s

Plot summary

Blackout gags and music, including the title song originated in the movie musical Gold Diggers of 1933. Hollywood figures caricatured include Tallulah Bankhead, Joan Blondell, James Cagney, Bing Crosby, Guy Kibbee, Zasu Pitts, Mae West, Bert Wheeler and Bob Woolsey, Ed Wynn, George Bernard Shaw, Mussolini, Ben Bernie, The Boswell Sisters and Greta Garbo, who does the "Dat's all, folks!".

Director

Tom Palmer Photo
Tom Palmer

Top cast

Selmer Jackson Photo
Selmer Jackson as Announcer
Noreen Gammill Photo
Noreen Gammill as Greta Garbo / Zasu Pitts / Mae West
The Rhythmettes Photo
The Rhythmettes as Girl Trio
Sara Berner Photo
Sara Berner as Greta Garbo / Zasu Pitts / Mae West
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61.69 MB
986*720
English 2.0
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23.976 fps
12 hr 6 min
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114.58 MB
1478*1080
English 2.0
NR
Subtitles us  
23.976 fps
12 hr 6 min
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Movie Reviews

Reviewed by slymusic

"One, two, one, two, breathe, deeply, ...."

Reviewed by tavm 5 / 10

This Merrie Melodies cartoon, I've Got to Sing a Torch Sing, is okay as short filler

This was another of the Merrie Melodies cartoons based on the songs from Gold Diggers of 1933 that is now on that movie's DVD. In this one, we see many celebrity parodies such as Bing Crosby in the bathtub (here, he's Cros Bingsby), Greta Garbo, Mae West, Ed Wynn, etc. There's plenty of movement and some amusing gags though nothing really hilarious. Still, I was entertained enough by the way the animators were trying to fill the 6-minute running time that was standard for these theatrical filler cartoons meant to fill a block program that also included one live action short, a newsreel, some trailers, and the main feature. So on that note, I've Got to Sing a Torch Song is worth a look if you're interested enough.
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