"Fictionalized biography of George Gershwin and his fight to bring serious music to Broadway."
Robert Alda
as George Gershwin
Joan Leslie
as Julie Adams
Alexis Smith
as Christine Gilbert
Charles Coburn
as Max Dreyfus
Julie Bishop
as Lee Gershwin
Albert Bassermann
as Prof. Franck
Morris Carnovsky
as Morris Gershwin
Rosemary DeCamp
as Rose Gershwin
Oscar Levant
as Oscar Levant
Paul Whiteman
as Paul Whiteman
Al Jolson
as Al Jolson
George White
as George White
Hazel Scott
as Hazel Scott
Anne Brown
as Bess
Herbert Rudley
as Ira Gershwin
John B. Hughes
as Hughes
Mickey Roth
as George Gershwin as a Boy
Darryl Hickman
as Ira Gershwin as a Boy
Charles Halton
as Mr. Kast
Andrew Tombes
as Mr. Million
Gregory Golubeff
as Mr. Katzman
Walter Soderling
as Mr. Muscatel
Eddie Marr
as Buddy De Sylva
Theodore von Eltz
as Foley
Bill Kennedy
as Herbert Stone
Oscar Loraine
as Maurice Ravel
Johnny Downs
as Dancer
Ernest Golm
as Otto Kahn
Martin Noble
as Jascha Heifetz
Hugo Kirchhoffer
as Walter Damrosch
Will Wright
as Rachmaninoff
Lynn Baggett
as Guest (uncredited)
Gower Champion
as Tap Dancer at Remick's (uncredited)
Elsa Maxwell
as Elsa Maxwell (uncredited)
Mark Stevens
as Steve (uncredited)
Charles Waldron
as Doctor (uncredited)
Bernard DeRoux
as Porter (uncredited)
Joe Gilbert
as Nightclub Patron (uncredited)
Sonya Levien
Story
Irving Rapper
Director
Elliot Paul
Screenplay
Howard Koch
Hal B. Wallis
Executive Producer
Jesse L. Lasky
Producer
John Hughes
Art Direction
Milo Anderson
Costume Design
Ernest Haller
Additional Photography
Merritt B. Gerstad
Anton Grot
Perc Westmore
Makeup Artist
Sol Polito
Director of Photography
Folmar Blangsted
Editor
Clifford Odets
Additional Writing
Robert Rossen
Harry Chandlee
Max Steiner
Original Music Composer
George Gershwin
Songs
Ira Gershwin
Lyricist
Ray Heindorf
