Jack Oakie and Jack Haley are songwriters are enroute from New York to Hollywood to make their fame and fortune; Ginger Rogers, a lunchwagon proprieter, joins them.
Acting
Ginger Rogers elevates every scene with pre-star wattage and perfect timing.
Writing
Rapid-fire Depression-era banter that actually lands its punches.
Costume
Rogers' working-girl ensembles vs. Todd's glamour—class commentary in fabric.
Director
Harry Joe Brown
Jack Oakie
Chick Parker
Jack Haley
Pete Pendleton
Ginger Rogers
Dorothy
Gregory Ratoff
Tannenbaum
Thelma Todd
Gloria Duval
Lew Cody
Jules Clark
Jerry Tucker
Buzz
Helen Pickens
Pickens Sisters
Jane Pickens
Pickens Sisters
Patti Pickens
Pickens Sisters
Irving Bacon
Dice Player (uncredited)
James P. Burtis
Mover Foreman (uncredited)
Hale Hamilton
Vinton (uncredited)
Anne Nagel
Girl at Window (uncredited)
Dave O'Brien
Assistant Cameraman (uncredited)
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
This was Ginger Rogers' first leading role at RKO, filmed just months before 42nd Street made her a star.
The 'grand baby' plot let pre-code censors wink at illegitimacy—something unthinkable just two years later under the Hays Code.
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