"A kind-hearted young man is thrown out of his corrupt home town of West Rome, Oklahoma. He falls asleep and dreams that he is back in the days of olden Rome, where he gets mixed up with court intrigue and a murder plot against the Emperor."
Eddie Cantor
as Eddie aka Oedipus
Ruth Etting
as Olga
Gloria Stuart
as Princess Sylvia
Edward Arnold
as Emperor Valerius
David Manners
as Josephus
Verree Teasdale
as Empress Agrippa
Alan Mowbray
as Majordomo
Jack Rutherford
as Manius (as John Rutherford)
Willard Robertson
as Warren Finley Cooper
Lee Kohlmar
as Storekeeper
Charles Arnt
as Caius - the Food Taster (uncredited)
Lucille Ball
as Goldwyn Girl (uncredited)
Billy Barty
as Little Eddie (uncredited)
Jane Darwell
as Roman Spa Proprietress (uncredited)
Paulette Goddard
Frank Hagney
as Lucius - Josephus' Charioteer (uncredited)
Philippa Hilber
Barbara Pepper
Busby Berkeley
Choreographer
Frank Tuttle
Director
Samuel Goldwyn
Producer
William Anthony McGuire
Adaptation
Vinton Vernon
Sound Recordist
Arthur Sheekman
Additional Writing
Nat Perrin
Stuart Heisler
Editor
George S. Kaufman
Story
John W. Harkrider
Costume Design
George Oppenheimer
Robert E. Sherwood
Ray June
Director of Photography
Gregg Toland
William C. Thompson
"B" Camera Operator
Alfred Newman
Original Music Composer
Harry Warren
Songs
Al Dubin
Lyricist