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I Can't Give You Anything But Love, Baby (film)
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Wikipedia article
'I Can't Give You Anything But Love, Baby' is a 1940 American musical comedy film starring Broderick Crawford and Jessie Ralph. It was also released under the title 'Trouble in B flat'.
Cast
*Broderick Crawford as Sonny McGann
*Jessie Ralph as Mama McGann
*Johnny Downs as Bob Gunther
*Peggy Moran as Linda Carroll
*Gertrude Michael as Magsa Delys / Sadie
*Warren Hymer as Big Foot Louie
Production
Around the time that the film was produced, Universal Studios were producing a number of musicals named after well-known songs, such as 'Ma, He's Making Eyes At Me' and 'I'm Nobody's Sweetheart Now'.
'I Can't Give You Anything But Love, Baby' was named after a 1928 song of the same name, written by Jimmy McHugh and Dorothy Fields. McHugh agreed with the use of the title song in the film, sung by Peggy Moran, but did not want to compose further songs for the film's soundtrack. The rest of the film's songs were composed by Frank Skinner and Paul Smith and included the titles "The Tomato Juice Song" and "Sweetheart of Public School 59".
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