- Country: USA
- Genres: Comedy, Music, Short
- Release: 1938-05-28
- Director: Buster Keaton
- Writers: N/A
- Language: English
- Stars: The Original Sing Band , Charles Ruggles , Mickey Rooney , Stuart Erwin , June Collyer , Charles Butterworth , Al Jolson , Ruby Keeler , Edgar Bergen , Dorothy Lamour
- Runtime: 10 min
- Awards: N/A
- AKA: Hollywood Handicap , Hollywood Handicap (United States of America)
- Plot: Colonel Canfield is retiring from horseracing and is auctioning off his stock. The Canfield Stable Hands (The Original Sing Band) are given prize race horse Suzie Q in appreciation of all of their hard work over the years. The stable hands envision great wealth. To raise funds for the entry fee to the Hollywood Handicap, they sell their musical instruments at auction but the auctioneer (Don Brodie) walk away with most of the proceeds as his fee. The Singing Stablehands are fortunate to hired to perform at the turf club. The boys improvise by mostly using their mouths as musical instruments and get coins tossed into the horseshoe arranged tables by the patrons. Finally, they have the funding necessary for the race. Race day arrives with a host of stars in the audience including Charles Ruggles, Stuart Erwin, June Collyer, Mickey Rooney, Bing Crosby, Oliver Hardy, Ruby Keeler, Charlie Butterworth, Al Jolson, Robert Montgomery, Edgar Bergen and Dorothy Lamour among others. Suzie Q seems eager to race but is slow to start and trails the pack. The boys think singing will inspire the horse to run, but when the horse hears the catchy tune, she pulls up and starts to dance. The race is lost. As the boys are about to turn on their leader who got them into this mess, a Hollywood producer (Cyril Ring) offers the boys a $250 per week contract to have the horse appear in a circus picture. All is well.
- IMDB:tt0030242
Hollywood Handicap Cast · · · ALL
Buster Keaton
Director
Charles Ruggles
Himself
Mickey Rooney
Himself
Stuart Erwin
Himself
June Collyer
Herself
Charles Butterworth
Himself
Al Jolson
Himself
Ruby Keeler
Herself
Edgar Bergen
Himself
Dorothy Lamour
Herself
Bing Crosby
(1903–1977)
Himself
Robert Montgomery
Himself
Edmund Lowe
Himself
Billy ‘Red’ Jones
Himself - a Jockey
Warner Baxter
Himself
Oliver Hardy
Himself
Don Brodie
Auctioneer
Lester Dorr
Turf Club Representative
Frank Mayo
Laughing Man in Race Crowd
Gregory Ratoff
Man at Racetrack
Irene Rich
Woman at Racetrack
Cyril Ring
Circus Representative
E. Alyn Warren
Colonel Canfield