Director: Walter Lang
Writer(s): Robert Ellis, Helen Logan, Jesse Malo, Ivan Kahn
Starring: Linda Darnell, John Payne, Roland Young, Charlotte Greenwood, William Gargan, Mary Beth Hughes, Mary Healy, Donald Meek, Jessie Ralph, Walter Kingsford, George Montgomery, Robert Lowery, Hal K. Dawson, Jody Gilbert, Gary Breckner, Paul Hurst, Irving Bacon, Billy Wayne, Fern Emmett, Lynne Roberts, Eddie Acuff, Mary Brodel, Ralph Brooks, Jimmy Butler, Frank Coghlan Jr., James Conaty, Sayre Dearing, Jill Dennett, Amanda Duff, Tom Dugan, Sarah Edwards, Sid Grauman, Kay Griffith, Betty Jean Hainey, Kenner G. Kemp, Elyse Knox, Joan Leslie, Louise Lorimer, Harold Miller, Charles R. Moore, Dorothy Moore, Mantan Moreland, Frances Morris, Philip Morris, Paddy O’Flynn, Sherrie Overton, Lillian Porter, Arthur Rankin, Tom Seidel, Robert Shaw, Gay Sheridan, Larry Steers, Iva Stewart, Peggy Stewart, Patricia Stillman, Charles Tannen, Lowell Thomas, Victoria Vinton, Russell Wade, Dick Winslow
Synopsis: Carolyn Sayres gets a Hollywood contract from talent scout Brooke but is later rejected because she’s too young. She falls in love with Bud Borden, another contractee who helps her to become a star. Based partly on Darnells’ early experiences in Hollywood. Wharton is a parody of Zanuck.
Release Date: April 6, 1940 (USA) | Length: 90 min | Genre: Comedy, Drama | Certificate: Approved
Note: Charles R. Moore and Mantan Moreland only have minor roles in this film Moore doesn’t have any speaking lines.