"A temperamental Broadway producer trains an untutored actress, but when she becomes a star, she proves a match for him."
John Barrymore
as Oscar Jaffe
Carole Lombard
as Lily Garland, formerly Mildred Plotka
Walter Connolly
as Oliver Webb
Roscoe Karns
as Owen O'Malley
Ralph Forbes
as George Smith
Charles Lane
as Max Jacobs
Etienne Girardot
as Matthew J. Clark
Dale Fuller
as Sadie
Edgar Kennedy
as Oscar McGonigle
Billie Seward
as Anita
Herman Bing
as Beard #1 (uncredited)
James Burke
as Sheriff (uncredited)
Pat Flaherty
as Flannigan (uncredited)
Clarence Geldart
as Colonel Merriweather in Play (uncredited)
A.R. Haysel
as Bob (uncredited)
Howard Hickman
as Dr. Johnson (uncredited)
Lee Kohlmar
as Beard #2 (uncredited)
Frank Marlowe
as Mulligan (uncredited)
Mary Jo Mathews
as Emmy Lou in Play (uncredited)
George Offerman, Jr.
as Page Boy (uncredited)
Gigi Parrish
as Myrtle Schultz (uncredited)
Steve Pendleton
as Brother in Play (uncredited)
George H. Reed
as Uncle Remus in Play (uncredited)
Clifford Thompson
as Lockwood (uncredited)
Fred 'Snowflake' Toones
as George Washington Jones (uncredited)
Lynton Brent
as Train Secretary (uncredited)
Anita Brown
as Black Stage Showgirl (uncredited)
James P. Burtis
as Train Conductor (uncredited)
Eddy Chandler
as Cameraman (uncredited)
Nick Copeland
as Treasurer (uncredited)
Arnold Gray
as Stage Actor (uncredited)
Sherry Hall
as Reporter (uncredited)
Kid Herman
as Black Train Waiter (uncredited)
Fred Kelsey
as Train Detective (uncredited)
Frank Mills
as Marquee Man (uncredited)
King Mojave
as McGonigle's Assistant (uncredited)
Frank O'Connor
as Stagehand (uncredited)
Charles O'Malley
Ky Robinson
Harry Semels
as Poster Artist (uncredited)
Earl Smith
as Light-Skinned Black Waiter (uncredited)
Irene Thompson
as Stage Actress (uncredited)
Lillian West
as Charwoman (uncredited)
Buddy Williams
as Black Stage Actor (uncredited)
Howard Hawks
Director
Charles Bruce Millholland
Theatre Play
Ben Hecht
Screenplay
Gene Fowler
Harry Cohn
Executive Producer
Harold Dodds
Casting
Dan Kelly
Samuel J. Briskin
Production Supervisor
Irving Lippman
Still Photographer
Marcel Grand
Assistant Camera
Bud Fraker
Jack Anderson
Louis Silvers
Music Director
Howard Jackson
Additional Music
Harry M. Woods
Fred Humes
Stand In
Charles MacArthur
Joseph H. August
Director of Photography
Gene Havlick
Editor
Producer
Robert Kalloch
Costume Design
Edward Bernds
Sound Engineer
Preston Sturges
Writer
Charles C. Coleman
Assistant Director
Dave Ragin
Camera Operator