Sing for Your Supper

Sing for Your Supper

Romantic Antics! Red-Hot Rhythm!

NR 1941 · 66 min · ★ 8.0 · Comedy

Evelyn Palmer, a débutante society girl who also is a property landlord, becomes interested in the plight of one of her tenants, a struggling band-leader, to the extent she becomes a hostess in a dance club, incognito, where the band plays, and soon is the band's singer.

Directed by Charles Barton · Written by Harry Sauber

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