"The true story of Ruth Gordon's early struggles on the road to stage stardom."
Spencer Tracy
as Clinton Jones
Jean Simmons
as Ruth Gordon Jones
Teresa Wright
as Annie Jones
Anthony Perkins
as Fred Whitmarsh
Ian Wolfe
as Mr. Bagley
Kay Williams
as Hazel Dawn
Mary Wickes
as Emma Glavey
Norma Jean Nilsson
as Anna
Dawn Bender
as Katherine
Erville Alderson
as Mike McGrath (uncredited)
Jackie Coogan
as Inopportune (uncredited)
George Cukor
Director
Ruth Gordon
Writer
Harold Rosson
Director of Photography
Arthur Lonergan
Art Direction
Edwin B. Willis
Set Decoration
George Boemler
Editor
Lawrence Weingarten
Producer
Warren Newcombe
Special Effects
Emile Kuri
Cedric Gibbons
William Tuttle
Makeup Artist
Sydney Guilaroff
Hairstylist
Walter Plunkett
Costume Design
Hermes Pan
Choreographer
Douglas Shearer
Recording Supervision