Drama Music
A former reporter comes back home after serving in the army during World War I and finds that it's much more difficult to find work than he expected. Desperate, one day he crashes a wedding attended by many of the city's rich and powerful, meets a beautiful girl named Kay who turns out to be his ticket to meeting those rich and powerful people, and he soon manages to land a job on a newspaper. He gets caught up in the "make money at all costs" game but receives a rude awakening when the stock market crashes in 1929.
Directed by
Norman Taurog
Written by
James Hill, Frank Wead
Angela Lansbury
Dusty Millard
Paul E. Burns
Mr. Smith (uncredited)
William Powell
Terence Ellerton 'Terry' O'Neill
Addison Richards
Reverend Miller
Will Wright
Allan 'Knucklehead' Smith - Times Editor (uncredited)
James Gleason
Snarp
Arthur Tovey
Dance Hall Patron (uncredited)
Norman Leavitt
Dance Contestant #1, Mamie's Partner (uncredited)
Louis Mercier
Soldier in Parade (uncredited)
Trevor Bardette
Rabbi Meyerberg
Robert Emmett Keane
Doctor Treating O'Neill (uncredited)
Frank McHugh
Three Finger
Esther Williams
Kay Lorrison
Byron Foulger
J. Cornwall Travers (uncredited)
Tom Dugan
Buggsy
Frank Jenks
Dance Contest M.C. (uncredited)
William H. O'Brien
Waiter at Wedding Brunch (uncredited)
Russell Hicks
Marty Martindale (uncredited)
Henry O'Neill
Lewis J. Malbery
Lewis Stone
Father Nolan
William Phillips
Dave Fernby
Louis Jean Heydt
Mike Flaherty
Stanley Andrews
Chronicle Publisher (uncredited)
Dwayne Hickman
Johnny Ryan (uncredited)
John George
Mug (uncredited)
Theodore Lorch
Minor Role (uncredited)
Heinie Conklin
Mug (uncredited)
Slim Summerville
Eel
Hobart Cavanaugh
Antique Clock Dealer (uncredited)
Charles D. Brown
Ed Collner - Chronicle Reporter
Chester Conklin
Cop (uncredited)
Roman Bohnen
Father O'Doul
Harry 'Snub' Pollard
Parade Spectator (uncredited)
Charles Arnt
Cy Nolan - O'Neill's Secretary
Forbes Murray
Rich Man (uncredited)
Kit Guard
Minor Role (uncredited)
Matt Moore
Father Duffy
Charles Wagenheim
Mr. Cohn (uncredited)
Mary Gordon
Trina
Charles Trowbridge
Uncle Joe Lorrison
Gladden James
Doctor in Marathon (uncredited)
Stanley Blystone
Cop Arresting Fishface (uncredited)
Frank Orth
Chronicle Editor (uncredited)
Larry Steers
Captain of Waiters (uncredited)
Georges Renavent
Jeweler (uncredited)
Harry Tenbrook
Mug (uncredited)
Robert Emmett O'Connor
Police Desk Sergeant (uncredited)
Rhea Mitchell
Reporter (uncredited)
Howard M. Mitchell
Bartender (uncredited)
Rags Ragland
Fishface
Wedgwood Nowell
Wedding Guest (uncredited)
Jack Cheatham
Jailer (uncredited)
Emma Dunn
Maggie
Al Thompson
Mug (uncredited)
Frank McLure
Reporter (uncredited)
Gordon Dumont
Reporter (uncredited)
William A. Boardway
Wedding Guest (uncredited)
Leila McIntyre
Mrs. Ryan (uncredited)
Constance Weiler
Cigarette Girl (uncredited)
Tom Coleman
Reporter in Utility Office (uncredited)
Alexander Pollard
Waiter at Wedding Reception (uncredited)

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