Melody in May (1936)
1936 · Short film · 20 min · dir. Ben Holmes
- Music
Synopsis
Ruth Etting is looking to get away from the glare of publicity for a few days so she heads to the countryside and takes a room in a small boardinghouse. She makes the acquaintance of the owner and her young son who works as a soda jerk in the ice cream parlor and notices that he is teased by the other kids in town so she comes up with a way to help. Ruth sings "St. Louis Blues" & "It Had to Be You".
Synopsis from TMDb
Details
- Director
- Ben Holmes
- Writer
- Stanley Rauh
- Studio
- Nu Art Films, RKO Radio Pictures
- Released
- 1936-04-30
- Running time
- 20 minutes
Cast & crew
Ben Holmes Director
Ruth Etting
Frank Coghlan Jr.
Margaret Armstrong
Kenneth Howell- Joan Sheldon
- Robert E. Meredith
Reviews on the Internet Archive
★★★★ · A charming musical short from 1936 · ERD. · 2015-05-02
Ruth Etting was excellent in this 1936 musical short from RKO-Radio films. Not only does she do two wonderful vocals, but I enjoyed the natural quality of her acting. The theme about bullying still holds today.
