A new Broadway show starring Gary Blake shamelessly lampoons the rich Carraway family. To get her own back, daughter Mimi sets out to ensnare Blake, but the courtship is soon for real, to the annoyance of his co-star, hoofing chanteuese Mona Merrick.
Acting
Alice Faye steals every scene with voice, legs, and absolute nerve.
Score
Irving Berlin wrote this—yes, THAT Irving Berlin.
Costume
Pre-Code gowns that scream 'I have a trust fund and I'm not afraid to use it.'
Director
Roy Del Ruth
Dick Powell
Gary Blake
Madeleine Carroll
Mimi Caraway
Alice Faye
Mona Merrick
George Barbier
Commodore Caraway
Alan Mowbray
Frederick Sims
Cora Witherspoon
Aunt Fritz
Walter Catlett
Jake Dibble
Douglas Fowley
Eddie Eads
Joan Davis
Miss Katz
Stepin Fetchit
Herman
Sig Ruman
Herr Hanfstangel
Billy Gilbert
Joe Papaloupas
E. E. Clive
Cabby
John Sheehan
Stage Manager
Douglas Wood
Mr. Trivet
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
This was Irving Berlin's first original film score—he'd previously just licensed existing songs.
Madeleine Carroll was at peak fame here; she quit Hollywood four years later to become a Red Cross nurse in WWII.
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