Cast & Crew

Directed by

Robert Alton

Writing Credits

Lou Breslow
Marc Connelly
(play)
George S. Kaufman
(play)
George Wells
Harry Leon Wilson
(novel)

Cast

Red Skelton
Merton Gill aka Clifford Armytage
Virginia O'Brien
Phyllis Montague
Gloria Grahame
Beulah Baxter
Leon Ames
Lawrence Rupert
Alan Mowbray
Frank Mulvaney
Charles D. Brown
Jeff Baird
Hugo Haas
Von Strutt - Director
Harry Hayden
Mr. Gashwiler
Tom Trout
Marty
Douglas Fowley
Phil
Dick Wessel
Chick
Tom Dugan
Sam Montague
Morris Ankrum
Goodfellow's Club Manager
Phil Arnold
Shorty
King Baggot
Man in Audience
Polly Bailey
Mother in Theatre
Charles Bates
Boy in Theatre
Brandon Beach
Club Member
Buddy Beattie
Boy
Hank Bell
Extra in Casting Office Line
William 'Billy' Benedict
Von Strutt's Assistant
Joan Blair
Minor Role
Oliver Blake
Mr. Purdie
Helen Boyce
Minor Role
George Bunny
Club Member
Roger Cole
Minor Role
Chester Conklin
Keystone Kop
Heinie Conklin
Keystone Kop
Bill Conselman
Photographer
Tex Cooper
Actor In Western
Antonio D'Amore
Man on Couch - Keystone Kops Sequence
Frank Darien
Mr. Hubank
Bert Davidson
Minor Role
Jim Davis
Von Strutt's Assistant
Hal K. Dawson
Gus Blanchard - Agent
Drew Demorest
Photographer
Vernon Dent
Keystone Kop
Helen Dickson
Woman in Movie Audience
Eddie Dunn
Goodfellow's Club Clerk
Ralph Dunn
Union Officer in Civil War Film
Helen Eby-Rock
Mrs. Effie Gashwiler
Frank Eldredge
Assistant Director
Franklyn Farnum
Man Raising Theatre Curtain
Budd Fine
Minor Role
George Ford
Man in Audience at Preview
Louise Franklin
Minor Role
Slim Gaut
Cowboy Actor In Cafeteria
Herschel Graham
Man in Audience at Preview
Duke Green
Thug
Gloria Gunther
Evvy
Herman Hack
Cowboy Actor
Bert Hanlon
Writer
Eloise Hardt
Script Girl
Sam Harris
Man in Audience at Preview
Theresa Harris
Beulah's Maid
Dell Henderson
Spectator
Clarence Hennecke
Keystone Kop
Elmer Jerome
Club Member
Bobby Johnson
Minor Role
Dick Johnstone
Club Member
Kenner G. Kemp
Laughing Stagehand
Donald Kerr
Writer
Tom Leffingwell
Club Member
Mitchell Lewis
Set Guard
George Magrill
Gateman - Mammoth Studios
Frank Marlowe
Ernie - Prop Man
Walter Merrill
Von Strutt's Cameraman
Robert Milasch
Big Man - Keystone Kops Sequence
King Mojave
Heavy - Keystone Kops Sequence
Ben Moselle
Thug
Thomas Murray
Tom - Electrician
John Nesbitt
Opening Narrator
Robert Emmett O'Connor
Mac - Restaurant Counterman
Vesey O'Davoren
Butler
Steve Olsen
Jarvis - Casting Director
Frank Pharr
Electrician
John Phipps
Undetermined Role
Tom Pilkington
Minor Role
Paul Power
Man in Audience at Preview
Constance Purdy
Landlady
Gordon Richards
Kristen - Beulah's Butler
Tim Ryan
Mammoth Studio's Night guard
Fred Santley
Photographer
Carl Saxe
Minor Role
Paul Scardon
Club Member
Almira Sessions
Mammoth Studio's Nurse
Lucile Sewall
Woman in Audience at Preview
Pietro Sosso
Club Member
Wyndham Standing
Club Member
Jack Sterling
Heavy - Keystone Kops Sequence
Cedric Stevens
Minor Role
Celia Travers
Secretary
Mary Treen
Gladys
Charles Wagenheim
Employment Man
Larry Wheat
Club Waiter
Bill Wolfe
Cowboy Actor In Cafeteria

Produced by

Albert Lewis
producer

Music by

David Snell
Robert Franklyn
(uncredited)

Cinematography by

Paul Vogel
director of photography (as Paul C. Vogel)

Editing by

Frank E. Hull

Art Direction by

Howard Campbell
Cedric Gibbons

Set Decoration by

Edwin B. Willis

Costume Design by

Irene
Helen Rose
(costumes: women)
Valles
(costumes: men)

Makeup Department

Jack Dawn
makeup artist / makeup designer
Sydney Guilaroff
hair style creator / hair stylist

Second Unit Director or Assistant Director

Alfred Raboch
assistant director (uncredited)

Art Department

Joseph W. Holland
associate set decorator

Sound Department

Douglas Shearer
recording director

Stunts

Gil Perkins
stunts (uncredited)

Costume and Wardrobe Department

Irene
costume supervisor
Eugene Joseff
costume jeweller (uncredited)

Music Department

Wally Heglin
orchestrator (uncredited)
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