Nicky Nelson is a fast-talking sideshow barker with a wax-and-alive concession on Atlantic City’s boardwalk. Even with the band of his friend, struggling musician Gene Krupa, playing on the sidewalk…

A country orphanage puts on a show with some musicians to save their 4H club from being shut down by greedy politicians.

A trio of competing bands vie for a spot on a rural radio program.

The Bellows family causes comic confusion on an ocean liner, with time out for radio-style musical acts.