"To save their music publishing firm from bankruptcy, Bill "Brains' Watson creates a colorful life-story about his partner, Danny Lee, representing him as a descendant of Louisiana's famous Josh Lee family and rightful poet laureate of Dixieland."
Anne Gwynne
as Dixie Holister
David Bruce
as Danny Lee
Jerome Cowan
as Bill 'Brains' Watson
Ella Mae Morse
as Barbara Ann Morgan
Joe Sawyer
as Ernest Hatcher
Samuel S. Hinds
as Colonel Andrew J. Morgan
Eddie Acuff
as Jay Hatcher
Marie Harmon
as Annabella Hatcher
Oscar O'Shea
as Colonel Hatcher
Louise Beavers
as Magnolia Brown / Chloe
Pierre Watkin
as Dean Williamson
Bill Bivens
as Bill Bivens, Announcer
Marie Blake
as Ruby
Edward Keane
as Mr. Platt
Mantan Moreland
as The Porter
Eddie Bruce
as Shoe Salesman
Rita Gould
as Shoe Customer
Bobby Brooks
as Bobby Brooks
Lester Cole
as Lester Cole, Head of the Debutantes
Jack Gardner
as Clerk
Jack Mulhall
as Newspaper Photographer
Ray Walker
as Newspaper Reporter
Joe Haworth
Donald Kerr
Warren Jackson
as Guest
Iris Lancaster
as Kibitzer
Joyce Miller
as Piano Player
Sherrill Luke
as Quartet Member
Charles Stantz
Frank Skinner
Original Music Composer
Clyde Bruckman
Screenplay
Jean Yarbrough
Producer
Vera West
Costume Design
William Hedgcock
Sound
Harold H. MacArthur
Art Direction
Jerome Ash
Director of Photography
Ira Webb
Set Decoration
Russell A. Gausman
Paul Landres
Editor
John B. Goodman
Bernard B. Brown
Sound Director
William Tummel
Assistant Director
Director
Sam Coslow
Original Story
Sam Freed Jr.
Music Director