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East Side Of Heaven

1939, Movie, NR, 85 mins

East Side Of Heaven: Review

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Crosby stepped out of his Paramount contract as a loan-out to Universal and made an interesting deal on this picture; he put up his services and some of his own money to get a fifty-fifty split with Universal on the profits. Whether that had something to do with his terrific performance in the lead, much better than in some of the Paramounters of the period, will never be known. In this movie he does the same kind of thing he did in 1938's PENNIES FROM HEAVEN, namely getting stuck with the responsibility of taking care of a child. Crosby and Blondell are engaged, but wedding plans must be shunted aside when Bing, a singing cab driver, has a baby given to him while the mother goes off to look for the father. Crosby lives with Auer (absolutely first-rate in a small but effective role) and the two men take care of the child until they learn that the wealthy grandpa, Smith, has the cops out looking for the baby (Baby Sandy). A whole bunch of contrived twists and turns follow until everything winds up for the best. Baby Sandy (playing a boy in the film) was Sandra Lee Henville, a 10-month-old girl who was quite remarkable in her reactions on camera. Bing croons to the tyke, and his scenes with her are touching and lovely. Some very funny sequences and a host of forgettable songs: "Hang Your Heart on a Hickory Limb," "Sing a Song of Sunbeams," "That Sly Old Gentleman," "East Side of Heaven" (James V. Monaco, Johnny Burke),"My Melancholy Baby" (Ernie Burnett). leave a comment
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