Manhattan Merry-Go-Round (film)
Manhattan Merry-Go-Round is a 1937 American comedy film directed by Charles Reisner and starring Phil Regan, Leo Carrillo and Ann Dvorak. It was produced and distributed by Republic Pictures. It was nominated for an Academy Award for Best Art Direction by John Victor Mackay.
The film is also known as Manhattan Music Box in the United Kingdom.
Plot summary
A group of gangsters take over a record company, now they strong-arm various celebrities into making records.Cast
- Phil Regan as Jerry Hart
- Leo Carrillo as Tony Gordoni
- Ann Dvorak as Ann Rogers
- Tamara Geva as Madame "Charlie" Charlizzini
- James Gleason as Danny The Duck
- Ted Lewis and His Orchestra as Themselves
- Cab Calloway and His Cotton Club Orchestra as Themselves
- Kay Thompson and Her Ensemble as Themselves
- Joe DiMaggio as himself - the Baseball Player
- Henry Armetta as Spadoni
- Luis Alberni as Martinetti, the Impresario
- Max Terhune as himself, Alibi - the Ventriloquist
- Smiley Burnette as Frog - Accordion Player
- Louis Prima and His Band as Themselves
- Gene Autry as himself - the Cowboy Star
Soundtrack
- "Manhattan Merry-Go-Round"
- Joe DiMaggio - "Have You Ever Been to Heaven"
- Ted Lewis and His Orchestra and sung by Phil Regan - "Have You Ever Been to Heaven"
- Phil Regan and chorus with Gene Autry's band - "Have You Ever Been to Heaven"
- Louis Prima and His Band and sung by Phil Regan - "I Owe You"
- Phil Regan and by Kay Thompson with Jack Jenney and His Orchestra - "I Owe You"
- Ted Lewis and His Orchestra - "When My Baby Smiles at Me"
- Ted Lewis and played by his orchestra - "I'm a Musical Magical Man"
- Jack Jenney and His Orchestra and Kay Thompson on piano and sung by Kay Thompson and Her Ensemble - "All Over Nothing at All"
- Cab Calloway and His Cotton Club Orchestra - "Minnie the Moocher"
- Cab Calloway and played by Cab Calloway and His Cotton Club Orchestra - "Mama, I Wanna Make Rhythm"
- Phil Regan - "Mama, I Wanna Make Rhythm"
- Gene Autry's band with Gene Autry and Smiley Burnette - "It's Round Up Time in Reno"