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