Rambling 'Round Radio Row #5

1933
9m

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Smith Ballew and Frances Langford in Rambling 'Round Radio Row #5 (1933)

The Happines Boys Billy Jones and Earnie Hare are invited to a party, but separate themselves from the rest of the guests, so they can not be urged to perform. However, they are watching the... Read allThe Happines Boys Billy Jones and Earnie Hare are invited to a party, but separate themselves from the rest of the guests, so they can not be urged to perform. However, they are watching the other guests from radio doing their stuff: song team Reece & Dunn, as well as the Funnybo... Read allThe Happines Boys Billy Jones and Earnie Hare are invited to a party, but separate themselves from the rest of the guests, so they can not be urged to perform. However, they are watching the other guests from radio doing their stuff: song team Reece & Dunn, as well as the Funnyboners are singing, Smith Ballew and Frances Langford are exchanging love songs, Arthur Trac... Read all

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5.3/10

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Jerry Wald

Jerry Wald - Radio Row Reporter

The Funnyboners

Singers

Billy Jones

Billy Jones
(as The Happiness Boys)

Ernie Hare

Ernie Hare
(as The Happiness Boys)

Smith Ballew

Smith Ballew - Singer

Frances Langford

Frances Langford - Singer

Les Reis

Reis
(as Reis & Dunn)

Artie Dunn

Dunn
(as Reis & Dunn)

Freddie Rich

Freddie Rich - Orchestra Leader
(as Freddie Rich and His Orchestra)

Arthur Tracy

Arthur Tracy - The Street Singer

Jack Denny

Jack Denny - Orchestra Leader
(as Jack Denny and His Orchestra)

Jacques Renard

Jacques

Meyer Davis

Meyer Davis

Director
- Jerry Wald
Writer
- Jerry Wald
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Vitaphone production reel #1453

Connections
Followed by Rambling 'Round Radio Row #8 (1934)

Soundtracks
Bye Bye Blackbird
(uncredited)
Music by Ray Henderson
Lyrics by Mort Dixon
Revised version performed by The Funnyboners during their "Theme Song" routine

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Not particularly enjoyable today.

I recently got a hold of the multi-disk set "Warner Brothers Big Band, Jazz & Swing Short Subject Collection". It's made up of over 11 hours of Vitaphone musical shorts. Disk 1 is a bit different in style, as it consists mostly of the "Ramblin' Round Radio Row" shorts. These mostly star Jerry Wald. Wald apparently was famous for a newspaper column on radio programs and this was parlayed into him getting the chance to produce these shorts.

This is the fourth film from the series--and the fourth one to debut in 1932. Like the rest, the format is a lot like a talent show and the acts are folks that you mostly won't recognize today. In fact, aside from Frances Langford (who gained some measure of fame beyond the radio), there really is nothing to distinguish any of the acts today...nothing. As a result, it's like looking through a family album of a family you have never met...not the most pleasant experience.

Frances Langford