Cast & Crew

Directed by

James Whale

Writing Credits

Edna Ferber
(novel)
Oscar Hammerstein II
(stage play)
Oscar Hammerstein II
(screen play)
Zoe Akins
(contributing writer) (material unused) (uncredited)

Cast

Irene Dunne
Magnolia
Allan Jones
Gaylord Ravenal
Charles Winninger
Cap'n Andy Hawks
Paul Robeson
Joe
Helen Morgan
Julie
Helen Westley
Parthy Ann Hawks
Queenie Smith
Elly May Chipley
Sammy White
Frank Schultz
Donald Cook
Steve Baker
Hattie McDaniel
Queenie
Francis X. Mahoney
Rubber Face
Marilyn Knowlden
Kim (as a Child)
Sunnie O'Dea
Kim (at Sixteen)
Arthur Hohl
Pete
Charles Middleton
Vallon
J. Farrell MacDonald
Windy
Clarence Muse
Janitor
Maude Allen
Fat Woman
Ricca Allen
Old Woman
William Alston
Young Man
Eddie 'Rochester' Anderson
Young Black Man
Harry Barris
Jake
Patricia Barry
Baby Kim
May Beatty
Mrs. O'Brien
Brooks Benedict
Race Fan
Barbara Bletcher
Fat Girl
Mary Bovard
Daughter
Donald Briggs
Press Agent
Betty Brown
1st Girl
Daisy Bufford
Maid in Chicago
Ann Bupp
(uncredited)
James P. Burtis
Soldier
Eddy Chandler
Gambler
E.E. Clive
London Producer
Edmund Cobb
Gambler
Maxine Cook
Thin Girl
D'Arcy Corrigan
(uncredited)
Grace Cunard
Mother
J. Gunnis Davis
Doctor at Birth
Anna Demetrio
Mother
Helen Dickson
Small Role
Jeanette Dickson
Chorus Girl
Elspeth Dudgeon
Mother Superior
Helen Jerome Eddy
Reporter Interviewing in Rehearsal
Kathleen Ellis
Girl #2
Al Ferguson
Gambler
Stanley Fields
Backwoodsman with Gun
Flora Finch
Woman
Artye Folz
Fat Girl
Ruth Givens
Dancer
June Glory
Girl #3
Dorothy Granger
New Year's Eve Cutie
Marilyn Harris
Little Girl
Helen Hayward
Mrs. Brecenbridge
Ernest Hilliard
Race Fan
Arthur Housman
Drunk
Jimmy Jackson
Young Man
Selmer Jackson
Hotel Clerk
Matthew Jones
Trocadero Bartender
Jane Keckley
Mrs. Ewing
Isabel La Mal
Companion
Jack Latham
Juvenile
Frank Mayo
Gambler
Martha Merrill
Long-Legged Girl
Monte Montague
Old Man
Juanita Moore
Dancer
Jack Mulhall
Race Fan
Harold Nelson
Postmaster
Georgia O'Dell
Teacher
Dennis O'Keefe
Blackface Dancer
Patti Patterson
Banjoist
Edward Peil Sr.
Gambler
Barbara Pepper
New Year's Eve Cutie
Lee Phelps
Gambler
LeRoy Prinz
Dance Director at Rehearsal
George Reed
Old Black Man
Tom Ricketts
Minister
Donna Mae Roberts
New Year's Eve Party Guest
Louise Robinson
Dancer
Betty Roche
Tall Girl
Alma Ross
Chorus Girl
Tiny Sandford
Zebe
Forrest Stanley
New York Theatre Manager
Mary Stewart
Singer / Dancer (uncredited)
Nubar Terziyan
Professional
Frances Turham
Dancer
Maidel Turner
Mother
Lois Verner
Small Girl
Harold Waldridge
Office Boy
Marguerite Warner
Young Girl
Billy Watson
Boy
Bobs Watson
Willie Thomas
Delmar Watson
Boy
Harry Watson
Boy
Lloyd Whitlock
Gambler Talking to Sheriff
Renee Whitney
New Year's Eve Cutie
Frank Whitson
Dealer
Charles C. Wilson
Jim Green

Produced by

Carl Laemmle Jr.
producer

Cinematography by

John J. Mescall
cinematographer

Editing by

Bernard W. Burton
(as Bernard Burton)
Ted J. Kent
(as Ted Kent)

Art Direction by

Charles D. Hall

Costume Design by

Doris Zinkeisen

Makeup Department

Doris Carico
hair stylist (uncredited)
Charles Gorman
makeup (uncredited)
Jack P. Pierce
makeup (uncredited)

Second Unit Director or Assistant Director

Joseph A. McDonough
assistant director
Harry Mieneke
assistant director (uncredited)
Joe Torillo
assistant director (uncredited)

Art Department

Al Goodman
uncredited

Sound Department

Gilbert Kurland
sound supervisor
William Hedgcock
production recordist (uncredited)

Visual Effects by

John P. Fulton
special cinematographer
Russell Lawson
matte artist (uncredited)

Camera and Electrical Department

Alan Jones
second camera (uncredited)
James V. King
assistant camera (uncredited)

Costume and Wardrobe Department

Mae Bruce
costume assistant
Vera West
costumes executed by
Brymer
wardrobe (uncredited)
Eugene Joseff
costume jeweller (uncredited)
Earl Leas
wardrobe (uncredited)
Vera West
costumes: Irene Dunne (uncredited)

Editorial Department

Maurice Pivar
editing supervisor (uncredited)

Music Department

Victor Baravalle
musical director
Oscar Hammerstein II
lyrics by
Jerome Kern
music by
Robert Russell Bennett
composer: incidental music (uncredited) / musical arranger (uncredited)
Mike McLaughlin
music recordist (uncredited)
Will Vodery
music arranger: vocal and choral (uncredited)
P.G. Wodehouse
lyrics for the song "Bill" (uncredited)

Script and Continuity Department

Helen McCaffrey
script clerk (uncredited)

Additional Crew

Leighton Brill
technical director
Carl Laemmle
presenter
LeRoy Prinz
dance numbers staged by (as Leroy Prinz)
Leighton Brill
dialogue director (uncredited)
John W. Harkrider
title designer: main title sequence (uncredited)
Jack Latham
stand-in: Allan Jones (uncredited)
Katherine Stanley
stand-in: Irene Dunne (uncredited)
Mary Stewart
stand-in (uncredited)
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