"A young trumpeter rises through the jazz world and finds love."
Adolphe Menjou
as George Latimer
Jackie Cooper
as Johnny Schumacher
Bonita Granville
as Kit Latimer
George Bancroft
as Steve Porter
Todd Duncan
as Rex Tearbone
Connee Boswell
as Connee Boswell
Ted North
as Paul Porter
Frank Jenks
as Smiley Jackson
Jessica Grayson
as Ella Tearbone
Mona Barrie
as Lillian
Lindy Wade
as Paul Porter - as a Child
Peggy McIntyre
as Kit Latimer - as a Child
Charlie Barnet
as Charlie Barnet
Benny Goodman
as Benny Goodman
Harry James
as Harry James
Jack Jenney
as Jack Jenney
Gene Krupa
as Gene Krupa
Alvino Rey
as Alvino Rey
Joe Venuti
as Joe Venuti
Robert Benchley
as Doakes (scenes deleted)
Walter Catlett
as Spelvin (scenes deleted)
Walter Baldwin
as
Joe Brown Jr.
Maurice Cass
Charles Collins
Jeff Corey
Frank Darien
Joe Devlin
Eddie Dew
John Hamilton
Gordon Hart
Jerry Hausner
Hallene Hill
Frank McGlynn Sr.
Sidney Miller
Emory Parnell
Clinton Rosemond
Edwin Stanley
Sammy Stein
Leith Stevens
Rex Stewart
Lillian West
Thelma White
William Dieterle
Director
Producer
John Sturges
Editor
J. Roy Hunt
Director of Photography
Music
Frank Cavett
Screenplay
Philip Yordan
Valentine Davies
Story