Acting
Edward Ellis anchors chaos as patriarch; J. Edward Bromberg steals scenes.
Production
Modest sets, but that Vienna wedding sequence has surprising production value.
Director
Jack Hively
Edward Ellis
Daniel Pardway
William Gargan
Thane Pardway
Kent Taylor
Gene Pardway
J. Edward Bromberg
Abe Ullman
Katharine Alexander
Abigail Pardway
Virginia Vale
Phoebe Pardway
Kirby Grant
Bert Pardway
Dick Hogan
Freddie Pardway
Grady Sutton
Grimson
Pamela Blake
Mamie Donaldson
Alexander D'Arcy
Prince Nicky - Phoebe's Husband
Barbara Pepper
Viola
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
Director Jack Hively was primarily an editor at RKO; this was one of his rare directing credits before returning to the cutting room.
Virginia Vale's Phoebe represents the 'modern woman' archetype of late-1930s cinema—ambitious, slightly dangerous, and destined for either redemption or exile.
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