East Side of Heaven
Cast & Crew
David Butler
Bing Crosby
Joan Blondell
Mischa Auer
Irene Hervey
C. Aubrey Smith
Film Details
Technical Specs
Synopsis
Crooning telegraph messenger Denny Martin is forced to postpone his wedding to switchboard operator Mary Wilson after he loses his job while delivering a melodious message from Cyrus Barrett Jr., an irrepressible young drunk, to his domineering father, Cyrus Sr. While at the Barrett house, Denny voices support for Junior's estranged wife Mona, who insists upon retaining custody of the couple's child. Fired for his outspokenness, Denny lands a job as a cruising troubadour with a taxi company when Mona, an old friend of his, leaves her baby in the cab to keep it away from Cyrus Sr. while she searches for her wayward husband. When Cyrus Sr. mobilizes the police force in search of his grandchild, Denny leaves the infant in the care of his roommate Nicky and meets with Cyrus, who agrees to stop meddling in his son's marriage if Denny will return his grandchild. Meanwhile, Claudius DeWolfe, a radio commentator whose show is sponsored by Cyrus Sr., decides to conduct his own search for his employer's grandchild. After Cyrus Sr. agrees to Denny's terms, Denny takes him to his apartment, where he finds Nicky bound and gagged and the baby missing. Claudius' requests for a baby bottle and milk arouse the suspicions of Mary and Denny, who then trick him into believing that his charge is the landlady's baby. Claudius returns the infant, and when he later discovers their ruse, they substitute a midget for the baby. Claudius has promised to unravel the mystery of the missing baby on his evening broadcast, and as everyone assembles at the radio station, Cyrus unveils the midget in the baby basket. After Denny produces the missing baby, Mona and Cyrus Jr. reconcile and Cyrus Sr. rewards Denny with a job crooning at the radio station. At last gainfully employed, Denny is able to wed Mary.
Director
David Butler
Cast
Bing Crosby
Joan Blondell
Mischa Auer
Irene Hervey
C. Aubrey Smith
Robert Kent
Jerome Cowan
[baby] Sandy
Jane Jones
Rose Valyda
Helen Warner
Jack Powell
The Music Maids
Matty Malneck And His Orchestra
J. Farrell Macdonald
Emory Parnell
Pat Hartigan
Mary Carr
Douglas Wood
Arthur Hoyt
Russell Hicks
Jackie Gerlich
Dorothy Christy
Edward Earle
Brandon Hurst
Raymond Parker
Frank Coghlan Jr.
Chester Clute
Phyllis Kennedy
Clarence H. Wilson
Joe King
Frank O'connor
Wade Boteler
Edward Emerson
Helen Brown
Jane Goude
Herbert Ashley
Russ Clark
Harry C. Bradley
Pauline Haddon
Billy Wayne
Frank Moran
Harry Depp
Lloyd Ingraham
Hooper Atchley
Lillian West
Lelah Tyler
Crew
Bernard B. Brown
Johnny Burke
David Butler
Charles Carroll
William Conselman
R. A. Gausman
Joseph A. Mcdonough
James V. Monaco
Irene Morra
Jack Otterson
Herbert Polesie
Herbert Polesie
Charles Previn
Val Raset
Richard H. Riedel
George Robinson
Frank Skinner
John Scott Trotter
Vera West
Film Details
Technical Specs
Quotes
Trivia
Notes
The working title of this film was Three's Company. According to the Variety review, Bing Crosby put some of his own money into this production. Under his contract with Paramount, Crosby was allowed to make one outside production per year. A news item in Hollywood Reporter adds that Sandy's real name was Sandra Lee Henville and she was the eleven month daughter of a Los Angeles milkman. This picture marked her screen debut, making her the youngest contract player in film. Sandy's popularity in this film prompted Universal to launch a "Baby Sandy" series. The series, which Universal produced through 1941, consisted of six films the last of which was Melody Lane. Although modern sources note that in the first few films of the series Baby Sandy was supposed to be a boy, the sex of her character seems unspecified in the films themselves.
