"IT'S A KICK IN THE SHINS! You'll laugh till you cry At this glorious riot of fun!" 25 October 1930 Comedy, Music, Romance 79 mins
Two female song-pluggers decide to become ruthless gold-diggers, with comic results.
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Winnie Lightner as Flo
Irene Delroy as Dot
Charles Butterworth as Colonel Joy
Jack Whiting as A.J. Smith
Charles Judels as Mons. LeMaire
John Davidson as Mr. Smith
Arthur Hoyt as Secretary
Bobby Barber as Waiter
Carrie Daumery as Elderly Fashion Show Spectator
William Irving as The 'Yoohoo' Man
Eddie Kane as Mr. Foster
Tom Ricketts as Elderly Fashion Show Spectator
Rolfe Sedan as Man Who Wants to Hear 'Poison Ivy'
Darryl F. Zanuck Writer
Roy Del Ruth Director
Edward Kaufman Producer
J. Roy Hunt Director of Photography
Joseph Santley Story
Roy Webb Music Director
Edward Stevenson Costume Design
Viola Brothers Shore Screenplay
Harry Ruby Screenplay
Van Nest Polglase Art Direction
Jack Hively Editor
Vernon L. Walker Special Effects
Bert Kalmar Screenplay
United States 25 October 1930
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