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