Tonight at a glance
- Runtime
- 97 min
- Age rating
- NR
- Language
- English
- Country
- United States
Why tonight?
- Under two hours — there is still an evening on the other side of it.
The story
When all Broadway shows are shut down during the Depression, a trio of desperate showgirls scheme to bilk a repugnant high society man of his money to keep their show going.
- mistaken identity
- musical
- great depression
- songwriter
- pre-code
- hard times
- chorus girl
- broadway musical
- hidden identity
- show girls
The look
A few frames, chosen rather than collected.
The bill
- Dick Powell — Brad
- Guy Kibbee — Peabody
- Ned Sparks — Barney
- Ginger Rogers — Fay
- Etta Moten — 'Remember My Forgotten Man' Singer (uncredited)
- Charles Cahill Wilson — Deputy (uncredited)
- Busby Berkeley — Call Boy (uncredited)
- Charles Lane — Society Reporter (uncredited)
- Billy Barty — Baby in "Pettin' in the Park" Number (uncredited)
- Tammany Young — Gigolo Eddie (uncredited)
- Maynard Holmes — First Delivery Boy (uncredited)
- Directed
- Mervyn LeRoy
- Written
- James Seymour, Erwin S. Gelsey
Production
- Rating
- 7.2 / 10 · 179 ratings
- Studio
- Warner Bros. Pictures, The Vitaphone Corporation
If this stayed with you
Then these are the nearest things Cue holds — chosen for what they share with it, not for what happens to be popular.
