Playmates

Bandleader Kay Kyser and noted thespian John Barrymore play themselves in this fun-loving musical. Barrymore is a washed-up ham actor deep in debt who reluctantly agrees to transform bucolic Kyser into a Shakespearean actor in exchange for a radio contract. The comedy culminates with a swing version of Romeo and Juliet. Barrymore makes his final screen appearance, recapturing his past by reciting a few passages from Hamlet's soliloquy.