"A fledgling producer finds himself at odds with his workers, financiers and his greedy ex-wife when he tries to produce live musicals for movie-going audiences."
James Cagney
as Chester Kent
Joan Blondell
as Nan Prescott
Ruby Keeler
as Bea Thorn
Dick Powell
as Scotty Blair
Frank McHugh
as Francis the Dance Director
Guy Kibbee
as Silas 'Si' Gould
Ruth Donnelly
as Mrs. Harriet Gould
Hugh Herbert
as Charlie Bowers
Claire Dodd
as Vivian Rich
Gordon Westcott
as Harry Thompson
Arthur Hohl
as Al Frazer
Renee Whitney
as Cynthia Kent
Barbara Rogers
as Gracie
Paul Porcasi
as Apolinaris
Philip Faversham
as Joe
Herman Bing
as Fralick
Billy Barty
as Mouse (uncredited)
Betty Jane Graham
as Sister in 'Honeymoon Hotel' (uncredited)
Lillian Lawrence
as Aunt Matilda in 'Honeymoon Hotel' (uncredited)
Jimmy Conlin
as Uncle in 'Honeymoon Hotel' (uncredited)
Sam McDaniel
as Hotel Porter in Stage Act (uncredited)
George Chandler
as Pharmacist (uncredited)
Lloyd Bacon
Director
Manuel Seff
Screenplay
James Seymour
Robert Lord
Producer
George Barnes
Director of Photography
Busby Berkeley
George Amy
Editor
Anton Grot
Art Direction
Jack Okey
Milo Anderson
Costume Design
Perc Westmore
Makeup Artist
Gordon Hollingshead
Assistant Director
Oliver S. Garretson
Sound
Choreographer
Ray Heindorf
Music Arranger
Maxwell Arnow
Casting Director
William Forsyth
Casting Assistant
Story
Peter Milne
Writer
Herbert Plews
Props
Harry Barnhouse
Key Grip
Leo Green
Electrician
Jack Koffman
Assistant Camera
Warren Lynch
Camera Operator
Scotty Welbourne
Still Photographer
William Maybery
Russel Trost
Casting Associate
Al Dubin
Music
Lyricist
Sammy Fain
Leo F. Forbstein
Conductor
Irving Kahal
Harry Warren