Dozens of star and character-actor cameos and a message about the Variety Club (a show-business charity) are woven into a framework about two hopeful young ladies who come to Hollywood, exchange identities, and cause comic confusion (with slapstick interludes) throughout the Paramount studio.
as Bing Crosby
as Bob Hope
as Gary Cooper
as Ray Milland
as Alan Ladd
as Barbara Stanwyck
as Paulette Goddard
as Dorothy Lamour
as Sonny Tufts
as Joan Caulfield
as William Holden
as Lizabeth Scott
as Burt Lancaster
as Gail Russell
as Diana Lynn
as Sterling Hayden
as Robert Preston
as Veronica Lake
as Catherine Brown / Juliet
as Amber La Vonne
as Bob Kirby
as R.J. O'Connell
as Bill Farris
as Mrs. Webster
as Andre
as Busboy at Brown Derby
as Cashier
as Mr. O'Connell's Assistant
as Assistant's Assistant
as Manager at Grauman's Chinese
as John Lund
as William Bendix
as Barry Fitzgerald
as Howard Da Silva
as Macdonald Carey
as Cass Daley
as Patric Knowles
as Mona Freeman
as Billy De Wolfe
as Barker
as Cecil Kellaway
as Variety Girl
as Soldier
as Frank Faylen
as Cecil B. DeMille
as Mitchell Leisen
as Frank Butler
as George Marshall
as Pearl Bailey
as Harmonica Player
as Harmonica Player
as Spike Jones
as Walter Abel (uncredited)
as Makeup Man (uncredited)
as Autograph Seeker (uncredited)
as Secretary (uncredited)
as Variety Girl (uncredited)
as Stanley Clements (uncredited)
as Man at Steambath (uncredited)
as Restaurant Patron (uncredited)
as Waiter (uncredited)
as George Reeves (uncredited)
as Hairdresser (uncredited)
as Plane Passenger (uncredited)