In this through-the-years saga about a show business family, the fame of husband and wife vaudeville headliners of the 1880s is eclipsed by their son.
Directed by
Willard Mack, Jules White
Written by
Edgar Allan Woolf, Willard Mack
Moe Howard
Otto the Clown
Mickey Rooney
Ted Hackett III as Child
Jackie Cooper
Ted Hackett Jr. as Child
Claire Du Brey
Aunt Clara
Eddie Quillan
Ted Hackett III
Edward Brophy
Joe Mannion
May Robson
Veteran Actress
Una Merkel
Flirt in Audience
Russell Hardie
Ted Hackett Jr.
Curly Howard
Fritz the Clown
Forrest Taylor
Conway - Film Director
Nelson Eddy
John Sylvester
Marie Dressler
Vaudeville Act (archive footage)
Edward Peil Sr.
Stage Manager
William Collier Sr.
Vaudeville Act (archive footage)
Tenen Holtz
Booking Agent
Isabelle Keith
Jenny Carter - Girl in Movie Clip
Tad Alexander
Cousin David
Jean Howard
Grace - Chorus Girl
Robert Greig
'Diamond Jim' Brady
Louis Mann
Vaudeville Act (archive footage)
Lew Fields
In Horse Costume
Joe Weber
In Horse Costume
Billy Sullivan
Undetermined Role
Fay Templeton
Production Number Singer - Edited from The March of Time (1930) (archive footage)
Barney Fagan
Vaudeville Act (archive footage)
Eddie Foster
Undetermined Role
Sherry Hall
Assistant on Film Set
DeWolf Hopper Sr.
Vaudeville Act (archive footage)
Albertina Rasch
Dance Group Leader (archive footage)
Josephine Sable
Vaudeville Act (archive footage)
Goliyon Ki Raasleela Ram-Leela
You're a Lucky Fellow, Mr. Smith
All Quiet on the Western Front