Alexander's Ragtime Band

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Cast

Tyrone Power
as Roger Grant

Alice Faye
as Stella Kirby

Don Ameche
as Charlie Dwyer

Ethel Merman
as Jerry Allen

Jack Haley
as Davey Lane

Jean Hersholt
as Prof. Heinrich

Helen Westley
as Aunt Sophie

John Carradine
as Taxi Driver

Paul Hurst
as Bill

Wally Vernon
as Himself

Ruth Terry
as Ruby

Douglas Fowley
as Snapper

Chick Chandler
as Louie

Eddie Collins
as Cpl. Collins

Joseph Crehan
as Stage Manager

Robert Gleckler
as Eddie

Dixie Dunbar
as Specialty

Joe King
as Charles Dillingham

Charles Coleman
as Head Waiter

Stanley Andrews
as Colonel

Charles Williams
as Agent

Jane Jones
as Trio

Otto H. Fries
as Singing trio

Mel Kalish
as Trio

Grady Sutton
as Babe

Selmer Jackson
as Radio Station Manager

Tyler Brooke
as Assistant Stage Manager

Selmar Jackson
as Radio Station Manager

Don Douglas
as Singer

James Flavin
as Sergeant

Jack Pennick
as Sergeant

Harold Goodwin
as M.P.

Edward Keane
as Major

Ralph Dunn
as Captain

Paul McVey
as Stage Manager

Charles Tannen
as Secretary

Robert Lowery
as Reporter

Eleanor Wesselhoeft
as Martha

Cully Richards
as Musician

Arthur Rankin
as Stage Manager

Cecil Weston
as Woman

Kay Griffith
as Autograph Seeker

Sam Ash
as Critic

A.S. Byron
as Train Conductor

Creighton Chaney
as Photographer

Edwin Stanley
as Critic

Lynne Barkley
as Autograph Seeker

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• Sep 05, 2010

  This movie has a great cast, but it was so boring I couldn't watch it all.
  Aj V Super Reviewer
• Jul 21, 2009

  "Alexander's Ragtime Band" was another Best Picture nominee in 1938. It was a showcase for Irving Berlin's music, which was such a sensation at the time. But it was more than that. Directed with effortless ease by Henry King and edited superbly, the film is a delight from start to finish. Its heartfelt love story is brought to life exuberantly by Alice Faye and Tyrone Power, neither of whom ever received Oscar nominations despite having been major stars for decades. I'm embarrassed to admit it, but this is my first time seeing Faye and Power. I can now confidently say that Faye deserves to be better known among cinephiles today. The fact that she didn't receive an Oscar nomination for "Alexander's Ragtime Band" strikes me as a classic case of the Academy's unfair privileging of drama over musicals and comedies. Faye here has to pull off a lot more than musical comedy. She has to convey heartbreak through many scenes in the second half of the film, and she does so in a deeply convincing way. Also noteworthy is co-star Don Ameche, who has almost as much screen time here as Power. He does a great job in the role of Power's sidekick. (Ameche, incidentally, received his one and only Oscar when he was an old man, winning Best Supporting Actor in 1985 for the film "Cocoon.") "Ragtime Band" is not much more than melodrama, however, and ultimately is rather superficial. But it delivers its message winningly and with a lot more cinematic skill and aplomb than any of the other Best Picture nominees I've seen thus far in my study of 1938. Next up on my list: "Boys Town," starring Spencer Tracy in a performance that won him the Best Actor Oscar that year, and "Pygmalion," with Leslie Howard and Wendy Hiller, both of whom were nominated for Oscars that year.
  William D Super Reviewer
• Jun 28, 2007

  A fun film but a little inconsistent. There were some truly memorable films in the thirties and ones that get steady airplay. I found this one hard to find and after seeing it, I kind of understand why.
  

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