

69 minutes
5/4/1934
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.

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

Bess Flowers
as Stenographer
Dixie Francis

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

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
Jessie Perry
as Reformer

Herbert Prior
as Quartet Member
Rolin Ray
as Secretary

Jack Richardson

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
Marbeth Wright
as Chorus Girl