"TODAY'S RADIO SENSATION in His FIRST All-Talking Feature!" 06 December 1930 Comedy, Romance 76 mins
A kooky waiter and sometimes vaudevillian promises to get his employer's daughter into a Broadway show. When he kidnaps the show's star, she gets her opportunity, as the understudy, to play the role and become a star herself.
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Ed Wynn as Cricket
Ginger Rogers as Mary Brennan
Stanley Smith as Jimmie Moore
Lou Holtz as Sam Platz
Lida Kane as Ma Brennan
Ethel Merman as Helen King
Bobby Watson as George White
Donald Kirke as R.C. Black
William Halligan as Bob Sterling
Holly Hall as Fritzie Devere
Preston Foster as Two-Gun Terry
James C. Morton as Mickie
Tammany Young as Bull (uncredited)
Jack La Rue as Gangster (uncredited)
William Gargan as Gangster (uncredited)
William Black as (uncredited)
Norman Taurog Director
Sid Silvers Screenplay
Gertrude Purcell Screenplay
Larry Williams Director of Photography
Billy K. Wells Theatre Play
George White Theatre Play
Buddy G. DeSylva Theatre Play
Lew Brown Theatre Play
Ray Henderson Theatre Play
Ao Compasso da Batuta Trailer
Manhattan Mary Trailer
United States 06 December 1930
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