Cast
The cast includes William Bakewell as the head usher eager to get his sweetheart, box-office girl Sally O'Neil, noticed as a leading girl. Betty Compson plays the temperamental star and Arthur Lake the whiny young male lead. Louise Fazenda is the company's eccentric comedienne, who is given little to do but laugh at inappropriate moments, her hair hennaed an improbable shade of red. Joe E. Brown plays the part of a mean comedian who constantly argues with Arthur Lake.
All of the characters are stereotypes and much of the attempts at humor are fascinating historically, but were dated even at the time of the film's release. Contemporary critic Mordaunt Hall noted in his New York Times review that he imagined the lovely hues "writhed in agony" serving such a story.
- Credits
- Arthur Lake as Harold Astor
- Betty Compson as Nita French
- Joe E. Brown as Joe Beaton
- Sally O'Neil as Kitty (as Sally O'Neill)
- William Bakewell as Jimmy
- Louise Fazenda as Sarah Fogarty
- Sam Hardy as Jerry
- Harry Gribbon as Joe
- Lee Moran as Pete, the Stage Manager
- Wheeler Oakman as Bob Wallace
- Marion Fairbanks as Dorsey Twin
- Madeline Fairbanks as Dorsey Twin
- Purnell B. Pratt as Sam Bloom
- Thomas Jefferson as Dad
- Ethel Waters as Ethel Walters
- Otto Hoffman as Bert
- Harry Fink as Father in Show
- Josephine Huston as Harold's Fiancee in Show'
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