President Franklin Roosevelt appoints a theatrical producer as the new Secretary of Amusement in order to cheer up an American public still suffering through the Depression. The new secretary soon runs afoul of political lobbyists out to destroy his department.
Genres:
Warner Baxter as Lawrence Cromwell
Madge Evans as Mary Adams
James Dunn as Jimmy Dugan
Sylvia Froos as Sylvia Froos
John Boles as John Boles
Arthur Byron as John Harly
Shirley Temple as Shirley Dugan
Ralph Morgan as Secretary to President
Jimmy Dallas as Boy Scout
Tess Gardella as Aunt Jemima
Frank Mitchell as Senator Danforth
Jack Durant as Senator Short
Dick Foran as Nick Foran
Nigel Bruce as Eustis Dinwiddle
John 'Skins' Miller as Hill-Billy
Stepin Fetchit as Stepin Fetchit
Lew Brown as Voice of Jimmy Durante Penguin (voice, uncredited)
Lynn Bari as White House Secretary / Chorine (uncredited)
Scotty Beckett as Boy Auditioning for Miss Adams (uncredited)
Jean Allen as Dancer
Dorothy Andre as Dancer
Zita Baca as Dancer
Bonita Barker as Dancer
Deslys Barnes as Dancer
Mary Blackwood as Dancer
Angela Blue as Dancer
Audrene Brier as Dancer
Mary Jane Carey as Dancer
Lorena Carr as Dancer
Dixie Dean as Dancer
Shirley Deane as Dancer
Dale Dee as Dancer
Betty Dotson as Dancer
Celeste Edwards as Dancer
Eleanor Edwards as Dancer
Margaret Ehrlich as Dancer
Helen Fairweather as Dancer
Martha Fields as Dancer
Diane Gardner as Dancer
Zumetta Garnett as Dancer
Harriette Haddon as Dancer
Beatrice Hagen as Dancer
Margaret Harding as Dancer
Earlene Heath as Dancer
Ruth Jennings as Dancer
Crystal Keate as Dancer
Eve Kimberly as Dancer
Ula Love as Dancer
Lucille Miller as Dancer
Mildred Morris as Dancer
Laura Morse as Dancer
Inez Mortensen as Dancer
Toddy Peterson as Dancer
Marjean Roach as Dancer
Jean Rogers as Dancer
Gale Ronn as Dancer
Marion Sheldon as Dancer
Mary Stewart as Dancer
Dorothy Ward as Dancer
Zelda Webber as Dancer
Marion Weldon as Dancer
Dorothy White as Dancer
Nora Lane as Toe Dancer
Dorothy Dayton as Toe Dancer
Morris Ankrum as Washington Press Correspondent
George K. Arthur as Dance Director
Jane Barnes as Angie
Ruth Beckett as Child's Mother
Bobby Caldwell as General Lee
Gilbert Clayton as Quartet Member
Harry Dunkinson as Quartet Member
Dora Clement as Secretary
Ruth Clifford as Secretary
Dorothy Dehn as Secretary
John Davidson as Blue Nose Hour Radio Announcer (voice)
Clyde Dilson as Correspondent
Elspeth Dudgeon as Reformer
Edward Earle as Secret Service Man
Patricia Farr as
Bess Flowers as Stenographer
Dixie Francis as
Carlton Griffin as Secretary
Dorothy Gulliver as Stenographer
John Hamilton as Presidential Naval Aide
Sam Hayes as Radio Announcer
Aggie Herring as Irish Washerwoman
Philippa Hilber as Chorine
David Holt as Boy at Audition for Miss Adams
Arthur Stuart Hull as Senator
Selmer Jackson as White House Correspondent
Si Jenks as Rube Farmer
Lila Lee as Zelda
Patricia Lee as Featured Blonde in Baby Take a Bow Number
Lucien Littlefield as Professor Hi De Ho
Arthur Loft as
Wilbur Mack as Beamish
Joe Smith Marba as Elephant Trainer
Miriam Marlin as Fashion Model
Tina Marshall as Boy's Mother
Paul McVey as Senator Jenkins
Frank Melton as Fosdick
Montie Montana as Rope Spinner
Frances Morris as Stenographer
Edmund Mortimer as Senator
Harry Northrup as Reformer
Dagmar Oakland as
Jessie Perry as Reformer
Herbert Prior as Quartet Member
Rolin Ray as Secretary
Jack Richardson as
Frank Sheridan as Senator
Reginald Simpson as Secretary
Paul Stanton as Senator
Carl Stockdale as Quartet Member
Phil Tead as Vaudevillian
Lurene Tuttle as Stenographer
Arthur Vinton as Turner
Glen Walters as Hillbilly's Wife
Peggy Watts as Secretary
Lillian West as Stenographer
Gayne Whitman as President (voice)
Vivian Winston as
Marbeth Wright as Chorus Girl
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