President Franklin Roosevelt appoints a theatrical producer as the new Secretary of Amusement in order to cheer up an American public still suffering through the Depression. The new secretary soon runs afoul of political lobbyists out to destroy his department.
as Lawrence Cromwell
as Mary Adams
as Jimmy Dugan
as Sylvia Froos
as John Boles
as John Harly
as Shirley Dugan
as Secretary to President
as Boy Scout
as Aunt Jemima
as Senator Danforth
as Senator Short
as Nick Foran
as Eustis Dinwiddle
as Hill-Billy
as Stepin Fetchit
as Voice of Jimmy Durante Penguin (voice, uncredited)
as White House Secretary / Chorine (uncredited)
as Boy Auditioning for Miss Adams (uncredited)