Born to Sing (1942 film)

Born to Sing
Film poster
Directed by	Edward Ludwig
Starring	Virginia Weidler, Ray McDonald, Leo Gorcey, Douglas McPhail, Lester Matthews, Murray Saunders, Rags Ragland, Sheldon Leonard
Distributed by	Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer
Release dates	1942
Country	United States
Language	English
Budget	$465,000[1]
Box office	$543,000[1]

Born to Sing is a 1942 American feature film.

Cast

• Virginia Weidler as Patsy Eastman
• Ray McDonald as Steve
• Leo Gorcey as "Snap" Collins
• Douglas McPhail as Murray Saunders
• Rags Ragland as Grunt
• Sheldon Leonard as Pete Detroit
• Henry O'Neill as Frank Eastman
• Larry Nunn as Mike Conroy
• Margaret Dumont as Mrs. E. V. Lawson
• Beverly Hudson as Maggie Cooper
• Richard Hall as Mozart Cooper
• Darla Hood as Quiz Kid
• Joe Yule as Ed Collera
• Lester Matthews as Arthur Cartwright
• Ben Carter as Eight Ball

Plot

Frank Eastman is a down-on-his-luck show tune composer. He wrote some music while in prison which was subsequently stolen by well-to-do show promoter Arthur Cartwright. When Eastman's teenage daughter Patsy befriends some boys her age who plead with Cartwright to get Eastman the credit he is due. Cartwright calls the police, claiming extortion.

Fortunately, when the boys are arrested, they are placed in the same paddy wagon as gangster Pete Detroit. Pete's gang frees them all.

Patsy and the boys decide they can prove Eastman is the true composer if they perform a show before Cartwright's show debuts. They recruit neighborhood children and teens to perform.

Reception

The film made $298,000 in the US and Canada and $245,000 elsewhere, making MGM a loss of $138,000.^[1]

References

1. The Eddie Mannix Ledger, Los Angeles: Margaret Herrick Library, Center for Motion Picture Study.

External links

• Born to Sing at the Internet Movie Database
• Born to Sing at TCMDB