Wake Up and Live

"It's the HOTCHA-TOPSA of HOWLARITY! ("

Aug 23 1937 Approved 1h 31m
Comedy, Music, Romance

Satire on radio, built around the supposed feud between bandleader Ben Bernie and journalist Walter Winchell.

Plot

Built around the publicity "feud" between newspaper-radio-gossip spreader Walter Winchell and band leader Ben Bernie, a radio star, Alice Huntley (Alice Faye), who does an advice-and-inspiration program, helps a mike-shy singer, Eddie Kane (Jack Haley) to success by tricking him into singing with Bernie's orchestra. Winchell uses it to expose Bernie as the trickster. But Kane becomes a great hit with the radio public, and falls in love with Alice. And Bernie and Winchell shake hands to show there's no business like show business and fabricated feuds.

Written by

Harry Tugend, Jack Yellen, Curtis Kenyon

Directed by

Sidney Lanfield

Production Countries

United States of America

Production Companies

20th Century Fox

Languages

English

Awards

2 wins total

Scores
# of Votes
177
Average Rating
6.8 out of 10
Metascore
NA
Popularity
NA