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Wake Up and Live: Directed by Sidney Lanfield. With Walter Winchell, Ben Bernie, Alice Faye, Patsy Kelly. Satire on radio, built around the supposed feud between bandleader Ben Bernie and journalist Walter Winchell.
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- Comedy, Music, Romance
- Sidney Lanfield
- 1937-08-23
Language. English. Wake Up and Live is a 1937 Fox musical film directed by Sidney Lanfield and starring Walter Winchell, Ben Bernie and Alice Faye. Produced by Darryl F. Zanuck, the film was based upon the self-help bestseller by Dorothea Brande. It was followed by Love and Hisses (1937).
Synopsis. At the entrance to the Hi-Hat Club in New York, where Ben Bernie and his band are appearing, a select number of insults regarding Bernie are offered for public enjoyment by Bernie's "pal," gossip columnist Walter Winchell.
- Sidney Lanfield, A. F. Erickson
- Walter Winchell
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Wake Up and Live. Ben Bernie (himself) is about to take the stage with his band at a trendy New York City club when Walter Winchell (himself), a wise-cracking gossip reporter, makes some...
- Sidney Lanfield
- Musical, Comedy
- Walter Winchell, Ben Bernie, Alice Faye
Answer. See more gaps » Edit page. Wake Up and Live (1937) cast and crew credits, including actors, actresses, directors, writers and more.
Overview. Satire on radio, built around the supposed feud between bandleader Ben Bernie and journalist Walter Winchell. Sidney Lanfield. Director. Dorothea Brande. Novel. Curtis Kenyon. Story. Jack Yellen.
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.
