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
Jules White, Willard Mack
Written by
Edgar Allan Woolf, Willard Mack
Nelson Eddy
John Sylvester
Tenen Holtz
Booking Agent
Eddie Quillan
Ted Hackett III
Jackie Cooper
Ted Hackett Jr. as Child
Curly Howard
Fritz the Clown
Mickey Rooney
Ted Hackett III as Child
May Robson
Veteran Actress
Moe Howard
Otto the Clown
Robert Greig
'Diamond Jim' Brady
Marie Dressler
Vaudeville Act (archive footage)
Forrest Taylor
Conway - Film Director
Jean Howard
Grace - Chorus Girl
Lew Fields
In Horse Costume
Edward Brophy
Joe Mannion
Claire Du Brey
Aunt Clara
Edward Peil Sr.
Stage Manager
Una Merkel
Flirt in Audience
Tad Alexander
Cousin David
Isabelle Keith
Jenny Carter - Girl in Movie Clip
Billy Sullivan
Undetermined Role
Russell Hardie
Ted Hackett Jr.
Louis Mann
Vaudeville Act (archive footage)
Joe Weber
In Horse Costume
DeWolf Hopper Sr.
Vaudeville Act (archive footage)
William Collier Sr.
Vaudeville Act (archive footage)
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
Albertina Rasch
Dance Group Leader (archive footage)
Josephine Sable
Vaudeville Act (archive footage)
The Story of Gilbert and Sullivan
All Quiet on the Western Front