Ali Baba Goes to Town
US (1937): Musical/Dance
A movie company is doing the "Arabian Nights" when a hobo (Eddie Cantor) enters their camp, falls asleep and dreams he's back in Baghdad as advisor to the Sultan. In a spoof of Rosevelt's New Deal, he organizes work programs, taxes the rich and abolishes the army. David Butler directs for Fox; cast includes Roland Young, Virginia Field, Douglass Dumbrille and Sonja Henie. The Mack Gordon and Harry Revel songs include "Laugh Your Way Through Life," "Swing Is Here to Sway," "I've Got My Heart Set on You," "Vote for Honest Abe," and "Arabania." (IMDb)
1 nomination
· Dance Direction 1937: Sammy Lee, "Swing Is Here to Sway" number