And the Angels Sing

And the Angels Sing 1944 is a classic example of a film musical written to capitalize on the title of a previously popular song in this case Benny Goodmans 1939 number one hit song, And the Angels Sing by Ziggy Elman and Johnny Mercer, and sung by Martha Tilton although the song is not sung in the film. The standout original songs in the musical were It Could Happen To You sung by Dorothy Lamour, which quickly became a pop standard and His Rocking Horse Ran Away, which became one of Betty Huttons most popular numbers.

The four Angel sisters are singers, although all wish to pursue other careers. At a roadhouse, bandleader Happy Marshall makes a pass at Nancy Angel, but she already has a boyfriend, cab driver Oliver.After the girls are paid justfor a performance, Bobby Angel gambles with her sisters money and wins 190. But she is conned out of it by Happy, whose band needs it to make a trip to Brooklyn to perform at a club. Bobby thinks he wants to both hire and romance her, neither of which is true. ........

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