A fledgling producer finds himself at odds with his workers, financiers and his greedy ex-wife when he tries to produce live musicals for movie-going audiences.
Direction
Lloyd Bacon keeps multiple plates spinning at Warner speed.
Acting
Cagney's fast-talking producer is pure electricity.
Director
Lloyd Bacon
James Cagney
Chester Kent
Joan Blondell
Nan Prescott
Ruby Keeler
Bea Thorn
Dick Powell
Scotty Blair
Frank McHugh
Francis the Dance Director
Guy Kibbee
Silas 'Si' Gould
Ruth Donnelly
Mrs. Harriet Gould
Hugh Herbert
Charlie Bowers
Claire Dodd
Vivian Rich
Gordon Westcott
Harry Thompson
Arthur Hohl
Al Frazer
Renee Whitney
Cynthia Kent
Paul Porcasi
Apolinaris
Philip Faversham
Joe
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
Cagney learned to tap dance specifically for this role, insisting on doing his own steps.
Shot during the worst of the Depression, the film's 'prosperity musical' fantasy offered audiences impossible geometric escape from bread lines.
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