IT REACHES NEW HI-DE-HEIGHTS OF HILARITY!
Starving playwright Judith Wells meets playboy writer of musicals, George Macrae, over a plate of stolen spaghetti. He persuades producer Sam Gordon to buy her ridiculous play "North Winds" just to improve his romantic chances, and even persuades her to sing in the sort of show she pretends to despise. But just when their romance is going well, Gordon's former flame Lulu reveals the ace up her sleeve...
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Alice Faye
Judith Poe Wells
Al Ritz
Al Ritz
Harry Ritz
Harry Ritz
Jimmy Ritz
Jimmy Ritz
Don Ameche
George Macrae
Charles Winninger
Sam Gordon
Gypsy Rose Lee
Lulu Riley
David Rubinoff
Rubinoff
Arthur Treacher
Bevins
Tony Martin
Bobby Walker
Phyllis Brooks
Evelyn Moore
Wally Vernon
Jerry
Samuel Green
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Ted Fraser
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Ray Winfield
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