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.
Cast
Alice Brady
Lulu Hackett
Frank Morgan
Ted Hackett
Jackie Cooper
Ted Hackett Jr. as Child
Russell Hardie
Ted Hackett Jr.
Madge Evans
Anne Ainsley
Mickey Rooney
Ted Hackett III as Child
Eddie Quillan
Ted Hackett III
Jimmy Durante
Jimmy
May Robson
Veteran Actress
Fay Templeton
Production Number Singer - Edited from The March of Time (1930) (archive footage)
Tad Alexander
Cousin David
Edward Brophy
Joe Mannion
Ruth Channing
Wanda
William Collier Sr.
Vaudeville Act (archive footage)
Marie Dressler
Vaudeville Act (archive footage)
Claire Du Brey
Aunt Clara
Nelson Eddy
John Sylvester
Muriel Evans
Maid
Barney Fagan
Vaudeville Act (archive footage)
Lew Fields
In Horse Costume
Eddie Foster
Undetermined Role
Robert Greig
'Diamond Jim' Brady
Sherry Hall
Assistant on Film Set
Tenen Holtz
Booking Agent
DeWolf Hopper Sr.
Vaudeville Act (archive footage)
Curly Howard
Fritz the Clown
Jean Howard
Grace - Chorus Girl
Moe Howard
Otto the Clown
Frank Jenks
Call Boy
Isabelle Keith
Jenny Carter - Girl in Movie Clip
Louis Mann
Vaudeville Act (archive footage)
Miriam Marlin
Chorine
Edwin Maxwell
Rockwell
Una Merkel
Flirt in Audience
Helen Parrish
Cousin
Edward Peil Sr.
Stage Manager
Albertina Rasch
Dance Group Leader (archive footage)
Rice and Cady
Performers
Josephine Sable
Vaudeville Act (archive footage)
Bobby Somers
Ted Hackett III as a Baby
Billy Sullivan
Undetermined Role
Forrest Taylor
Conway - Film Director
Joe Weber
In Horse Costume
Leo White
Joe Weber
Crew
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