
An east coast efficiency expert, who stakes his reputation on his ability to turn around a financially troubled Hollywood studio, receives some help from a former child star who now works as a stand-in for the studio.
Cast

Leslie Howard
Atterbury Dodd

Joan Blondell
Lester Plum

Humphrey Bogart
Doug Quintain

Alan Mowbray
Koslofski

Marla Shelton
Thelma Cheri

C. Henry Gordon
Ivor Nassau

Jack Carson
Tom Potts

William V. Mong
Cyrus Pettypacker

Esther Howard
Mrs, Mack

Charles Middleton
Actor Dressed as Abraham Lincoln

Emerson Treacy
Tommy

Tully Marshall
Fowler Pettypacker

J. C. Nugent
Junior Pettypacker

Charles Williams
Mr. Mack

Olin Howland
Hotel Manager
Anne O'Neal
Mother of Singing Child Actress

Mary MacLaren
Naomi

Theodore von Eltz
Studio Actor in "Sex and Satan" Movie

John George
Man at Studio Gate (uncredited)

Poppy Wilde
Starlet
Crew

Tay Garnett
Director
Gene Towne
Screenplay
C. Graham Baker
Screenplay
Clarence Budington Kelland
Novel

Dorothy Spencer
Editor
Otho Lovering
Editor

Charles G. Clarke
Director of Photography
Charles Kerr
Assistant Director
Walter Wanger
Producer
Helen Taylor
Costume Design
Paul Neal
Sound

Heinz Roemheld
Original Music Composer
Alexander Toluboff
Art Direction
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