

88 minutes
5/22/1942
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

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