President Franklin Roosevelt appoints a theatrical producer as the new Secretary of Amusement in order to cheer up an American public still suffering through the Depression. The new secretary soon runs afoul of political lobbyists out to destroy his department.
Warner Baxter
Lawrence Cromwell
Madge Evans
Mary Adams
James Dunn
Jimmy Dugan
Sylvia Froos
Sylvia Froos
John Boles
John Boles
Arthur Byron
John Harly
Shirley Temple
Shirley Dugan
Ralph Morgan
Secretary to President
Jimmy Dallas
Boy Scout
Tess Gardella
Aunt Jemima
Frank Mitchell
Senator Danforth
Jack Durant
Senator Short
Dick Foran
Nick Foran
Nigel Bruce
Eustis Dinwiddle
John "Skins" Miller
Hill-Billy
Stepin Fetchit
Stepin Fetchit
Lew Brown
Voice of Jimmy Durante Penguin (voice, uncredited)