Sing You Sinners (1938)

Three brothers disagree about everything and could not be more different from each other. The eldest son (Bing Crosby) is a shiftless gambler looking for easy money rather than working for it. The middle son (Fred MacMurray) is the responsible son, who is supporting the family and the youngest son (Donald O'Connor) idolizes his gambling brother and wants to be just like him. When the eldest brother (Crosby) moves to California, the family follows suit. Directed by Wesley Ruggles (CIMARRON). This is a movie about family and how the family bond is so strong that they stick together through everything. But the entire family is so flawed that the sticking together angle looks more foolish than practical and the phony happy ending seems contrived. It's a musical and on that level, it's not very good. I'm not Crosby's biggest fan but the film gives him an opportunity to show his acting chops early in his career. He got a hit song out of the movie, his rendition of Small Fry stayed at the top of the charts for 13 weeks. With Ellen Drew, Elizabeth Patterson and John Gallaudet.