
A failed poet ends up becoming a gag writer for a bombastic comedian.
Cast

Jimmy Durante
Moxie

Lupe Vélez
Vera

Norman Foster
Fleming

William Gargan
Georgie

Marian Nixon
Sylvia

Eugene Pallette
Sourwood

Sterling Holloway
Fleming

Minna Gombell
Miss LaSeur

Leila Bennett
Mary Hoffman

Franklin Pangborn
Mr. Bailey

Berton Churchill
Mr. Rivers

Irene Franklin
Mrs. Figg

Jackie Searl
Robin Figg

Stanley Fields
Pussy

Tom Kennedy
Junior

Leonid Kinskey
Garçon (uncredited)

Elliott Nugent
Program Director (uncredited)
Donald Mills
Donald Mills
Harry Mills
Harry Mills
Herbert Mills
Herbert Mills
John Mills
John Mills

Luis Alberni
Jake (uncredited)

Noel Francis
Lady Waiting in Georgie's Lobby (uncredited)

Bonnie Bannon
Party Girl (uncredited)

Mary Kornman
Party Girl (uncredited)

Burton Lane
Lupe's Accompanist (uncredited)

Edgar Norton
Meadows (uncredited)

Barbara Pepper
Party Girl (uncredited)

Jack Perry
Junior's Cabbie (uncredited)
Crew

Elliott Nugent
Director
Ralph Spence
Screenplay
Maurine Dallas Watkins
Screenplay
George Crone
Editor

Edward Cronjager
Director of Photography

Pandro S. Berman
Executive Producer
H.N. Swanson
Associate Producer

Walter Plunkett
Costume Design

Roy Webb
Original Music Composer

Burton Lane
Songs
Harold Adamson
Lyricist

Hermes Pan
Choreographer
Charles M. Kirk
Art Direction

Van Nest Polglase
Art Direction
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