Melody in May

Melody in May — Plot

Ruth Etting is looking to get away from the glare of publicity for a few days so she heads to the countryside and takes a room in a small boardinghouse. She makes the acquaintance of the owner and her young son who works as a soda jerk in the ice cream parlor and notices that he is teased by the other kids in town so she comes up with a way to help. Ruth sings "St. Louis Blues" & "It Had to Be You".

• Release date
• April 30, 1936
• Runtime
• 20 min
• Genres
• Music
• Director
• Ben Holmes

Melody in May — Cast

Ruth Etting Ruth Etting Frank Coghlan Jr. Tommy Margaret Armstrong Mary Callahan Kenneth Howell Chuck

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Joan Sheldon Ma

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Robert E. Meredith