Wake Up and Live
Theatrical Poster
Directed by	Sidney Lanfield
Written by	Story: Curtis Kenyon Screenplay: Harry Tugend Jack Yellen
Based on	Wake Up and Live by Dorothea Brande
Produced by	Darryl F. Zanuck
Starring	Walter Winchell Ben Bernie Alice Faye
Cinematography	Edward Cronjager
Music by	Mack Gordon Louis Silvers
Distributed by	20th Century Fox
Release date	August 23, 1937 (1937-08-23)
Running time	91 minutes
Country	United States
Language	English

Wake Up and Live is a 1937 Fox musical film directed by Sidney Lanfield and starring Walter Winchell, Ben Bernie and Alice Faye. Produced by Darryl F. Zanuck, the film was based upon the self-help bestseller by Dorothea Brande. It was followed by Love and Hisses (1937).

Plot

Cast

• Walter Winchell - as Himself
• Ben Bernie - as Himself
• Alice Faye - Alice Huntley
• Patsy Kelly - Patsy Kane
• Ned Sparks - Steve Cluskey
• Grace Bradley - Jean Roberts
• Jack Haley - Eddie Kane
• Walter Catlett - Gus Avery
• Joan Davis - Spanish Dancer
• Paul Hurst - McCabe
• Etienne Girardot - Waldo Peebles
• Condos Brothers
• Brewster Twins
• Elyse Knox - Nurse

Soundtrack

Music by Harry Revel, lyrics by Mack Gordon

• "There's a Lull in My Life", which has become a jazz standard, was written for Alice Faye by Mack Gordon and Harry Revel. It was released as a single and became her only major hit record.^[1] The film also features the songs:
• "Never in a Million Years"
• "Wake Up and Live"
• "I'm Bubbling Over"
• "Oh, But I'm Happy"
• "Bernie's Love Song"
• "I Love You Much Too Much, Muchacha"
• "Red Seal Malt"
• "It's Swell of You"

Songs that were supposed to feature Haley were dubbed by Buddy Clark.^[2]