A producer puts on what may be his last Broadway show, and at the last moment a chorus girl has to replace the star.
Direction
Busby Berkeley's kaleidoscopic dance numbers still hypnotize.
Costume
Pre-Code glamour that barely stays on bodies.
Director
Lloyd Bacon
Warner Baxter
Julian Marsh
Bebe Daniels
Dorothy Brock
George Brent
Pat Denning
Ruby Keeler
Peggy
Guy Kibbee
Abner Dillon
Una Merkel
Lorraine Fleming
Ginger Rogers
Ann
Ned Sparks
Barry
Dick Powell
Billy Lawler
Allen Jenkins
Mac Elroy
Edward Nugent
Terry
Robert McWade
Jones
George E. Stone
Andy Lee
Toby Wing
Partner in "Young & Healthy" Number (uncredited)
Louise Beavers
Pansy (uncredited)
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
Ruby Keeler couldn't actually tap dance well; they used sound effects and clever editing to hide it.
This film single-handedly saved Warner Bros. from bankruptcy and defined the 'backstage musical' template for decades.
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