Directed by A. Edward Sutherland   Written by Curt Siodmak   Joe May   Robert Lees   Frederic I. Rinaldo   Gertrude Purcell   Cast Virginia Bruce ... Kitty Carroll John Barrymore ... Professor Gibbs John Howard ... Richard Russell Charles Ruggles ... George (as Charlie Ruggles) Oscar Homolka ... Blackie Cole (as Oscar Homolka) Edward Brophy ... Bill Donald MacBride ... Foghorn Margaret Hamilton ... Mrs. Jackson Shemp Howard ... Frankie Anne Nagel ... Jean Kathryn Adams ... Peggy Maria Montez ... Marie Charles Lane ... Growley Mary Gordon ... Mrs. Bates Thurston Hall ... Hudson Eddie Conrad ... Hernandez Uncredited Cast Harry C. Bradley ... Want-Ad Clerk Kernan Cripps ... Postman Sarah Edwards ... Showroom Buyer Kay Leslie ... Model Kay Linaker ... Showroom Buyer Frank McLure ... Guest at Parade of Models Kitty O'Neil ... Mrs. Patten Produced by Burt Kelly   Original Music by Frank Skinner

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