Description: WRITTEN AND DIRECTED BY VICTOR SCHERTZINGER WITH JAMES CAGNEY, WILLIAM FRAWLEY, GENE LOCKHART. PART OF AN APPARENT 1937 EFFORT ON THE PART OF HOLLYWOOD TO CONTEMPLATE ITS OWN NAVEL AS, IN THE MANNER OF THAT SAME YEAR'S "HOLLYWOOD HOTEL," THE FILM TOOK A JAUNDICED LOOK AT MOVIEMAKING AND PLAYED IT FOR LAUGHS. AS SUCCESSFUL NEW YORK BANDLEADER TERRY ROONEY, CAGNEY IS LURED TO HOLLYWOOD TO STAR IN A FEATURE FILM. HE ASKS HIS PRETTY BAND VOCALIST TO MARRY HIM, CATCHES THE TRAIN WEST, MAKES THE FILM, AND GETS HOMESICK FOR HIS WIFE TO BE. SHE ARRIVES IN TOWN AS HE WRAPS THE FILM THEY GET MARRIED, AND JUMP A TRAMP STEAMER, STEAM SHIP TO THE SOUTH PACIFIC WHILE THE FILM IS EDITED AND RELEASED. IT'S A BIG HIT! AND, THE INQUIRING MIND OF B.O. WANTS TO KNOW "WHERE'S TERRY ROONEY?" SOMETHING TO SING ABOUT FEATURES SEVERAL NICE MUSICAL NUMBERS IN THAT WONDERFUL 1930s STYLE, AND CAGNEY PERFORMS SOME INCREDIBLE TURNS ON THE DANCE FLOOR. ALL IN ALL SOMETHING TO SING ABOUT IS A FUN-FILLED, LONG-UNSEEN EXAMPLE OF DEPRESSION ERA ESCAPISM, WHERE EVERYONE CAN SING, ON KEY, DANCE LIKE A GAZELLE, AND EVERYTHING TURNS OUT ALL RIGHT IN THE END. WHAT MORE CAN YOU WANT?
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