
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.

as Lawrence Cromwell

as Mary Adams

as Jimmy Dugan

as Sylvia Froos

as John Boles

as John Harly

as Shirley Dugan

as Secretary to President

as Boy Scout

as Aunt Jemima

as Senator Danforth

as Senator Short

as Nick Foran

as Eustis Dinwiddle

as Hill-Billy

as Stepin Fetchit

as Voice of Jimmy Durante Penguin (voice, uncredited)

as White House Secretary / Chorine (uncredited)

as Boy Auditioning for Miss Adams (uncredited)

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as Toe Dancer

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as Washington Press Correspondent

as Dance Director

as Angie

as Child's Mother

as General Lee

as Quartet Member

as Quartet Member

as Secretary

as Secretary

as Secretary

as Blue Nose Hour Radio Announcer (voice)

as Correspondent

as Reformer

as Secret Service Man


as Stenographer


as Secretary

as Stenographer

as Presidential Naval Aide

as Radio Announcer

as Irish Washerwoman

as Chorine

as Boy at Audition for Miss Adams

as Senator

as White House Correspondent

as Rube Farmer

as Zelda

as Featured Blonde in Baby Take a Bow Number

as Professor Hi De Ho


as Beamish

as Elephant Trainer

as Fashion Model

as Boy's Mother

as Senator Jenkins

as Fosdick

as Rope Spinner

as Stenographer

as Senator

as Reformer


as Reformer

as Quartet Member

as Secretary


as Senator

as Secretary

as Senator

as Quartet Member

as Vaudevillian

as Stenographer

as Turner

as Hillbilly's Wife

as Secretary

as Stenographer

as President (voice)


as Chorus Girl