A musical about a showboat singer (Bing Crosby) who has a questionable reputation, with comic interludes offered by W.C. Fields (including a famous poker game). Based on a Booth Tarkington story and directed by Edward A. Sutherland, with a score by Rodgers and Hart. Among the other actors are Joan Bennett, Queenie Smith, and a briefly glimpsed Ann Sheridan (1935). (JR)