More musical numbers with the three male leads in this film would have been nice, and raised it a star or two. "Sing, You Sinners" is a nice pairing of three good musical talents. Bing Crosby was well-established as a singling star by this time, and Fred MacMurray was more known as a comedy and dramatic actor. But he too had a considerable musical background, and was able to use it in some of his earliest films. Along with those two established actors comes the young Donald O'Connor. This was just his second credited film, and his first major role. As a child actor, O'Connor showed fine talent for dancing and acting, that would be his forte in his adult career. Together in this film, the three make up the reluctant Beebe brothers trio.
The comedy in this film is on the light side, with a screenplay and story that was more dramatic because of the usually tense situation that the family found itself in. That was mostly because of finances since the dad died a few years before. Elizabeth Patterson does a good job as the mother, Mrs. Daisy Beebe, caring about her sons and trying to steer them in the right direction. Ellen Drew played Martha Randall, MacMurray's long-waiting fiancé.
It's a nice look at the talent of the three, and I think it would have been more entertaining with less of the wanderings and uncertainly of Crosby's Joe, and the guys making a go of it singing, dancing and playing instruments.
The comedy in this film is on the light side, with a screenplay and story that was more dramatic because of the usually tense situation that the family found itself in. That was mostly because of finances since the dad died a few years before. Elizabeth Patterson does a good job as the mother, Mrs. Daisy Beebe, caring about her sons and trying to steer them in the right direction. Ellen Drew played Martha Randall, MacMurray's long-waiting fiancé.
It's a nice look at the talent of the three, and I think it would have been more entertaining with less of the wanderings and uncertainly of Crosby's Joe, and the guys making a go of it singing, dancing and playing instruments.