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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.
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May 4, 1934
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Fox Film Corporation
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Cast
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Warner Baxter
Lawrence Cromwell
M
Madge Evans
Mary Adams
J
James Dunn
Jimmy Dugan
S
Sylvia Froos
Sylvia Froos
J
John Boles
John Boles
A
Arthur Byron
John Harly
S
Shirley Temple
Shirley Dugan
R
Ralph Morgan
Secretary to President
T
Tess Gardella
Aunt Jemima
F
Frank Mitchell
Senator Danforth
J
Jack Durant
Senator Short
D
Dick Foran
Nick Foran
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Nigel Bruce
Eustis Dinwiddle
J
John 'Skins' Miller
Hill-Billy
S
Stepin Fetchit
Stepin Fetchit
L
Lew Brown
Voice of Jimmy Durante Penguin (voice, uncredited)
L
Lynn Bari
White House Secretary / Chorine (uncredited)
S
Scotty Beckett
Boy Auditioning for Miss Adams (uncredited)
J
Jean Allen
Dancer
D
Dorothy Andre
Dancer
