Say It with Songs
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Joe Lane, radio entertainer and songwriter, learns that the manager of the studio, Arthur Phillips, has made improper advances to his wife, Katherine. Infuriated, Lane engages him in a fight, and the encounter results in Phillips' accidental death. Joe goes to prison for a few years, and when he is released he visits his son, Little Pal, at school and is begged by him to run away together.
Genres
Music
Studio
Warner Bros. Pictures
Language
en
Status
Released
How Say It with Songs performed
Budget
$470,000
Worldwide Gross
$2.3M
Gross Profit
$1.8M
Return
4.8× budget
Opening Wknd (est.)
$357K
Source: TMDB. Domestic/international split (~45/55, genre-typical) and the opening-weekend figure (35% of the domestic run, typical for Music) are MoviesRankd estimates. Profit is gross revenue minus production budget and excludes marketing — studios typically need ~2–2.5× budget to break even.
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Cast
Joe Lane
Al Jolson
Joe Lane
Little Pal
Davey Lee
Little Pal
Katherine Lane
Marian Nixon
Katherine Lane
Dr. Robert Merrill
Holmes Herbert
Dr. Robert Merrill
Arthur Phillips
Kenneth Thomson
Arthur Phillips
Fred, Joe's Cellmate
Fred Kohler
Fred, Joe's Cellmate
Officer
Frank Campeau
Officer
Dr. Burnes, surgeon
John Bowers
Dr. Burnes, surgeon
Radio Station Employee
Ernest Hilliard
Radio Station Employee
Mr. Jones
Arthur Hoyt
Mr. Jones
Judge
Claude Payton
Judge
Schoolboy
Jay Berger
Schoolboy
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