
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.
Lawrence Cromwell

Mary Adams

Jimmy Dugan

Sylvia Froos

John Boles

John Harly

Shirley Dugan

Secretary to President

Boy Scout
Aunt Jemima
Senator Danforth

Senator Short

Nick Foran

Eustis Dinwiddle

Hill-Billy

Stepin Fetchit

Voice of Jimmy Durante Penguin (voice, uncredited)
White House Secretary / Chorine (uncredited)

Boy Auditioning for Miss Adams (uncredited)

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Toe Dancer

Toe Dancer

Washington Press Correspondent

Dance Director

Angie

Child's Mother
General Lee
Quartet Member
Quartet Member

Secretary

Secretary

Secretary
Blue Nose Hour Radio Announcer (voice)

Correspondent
Reformer

Secret Service Man

Unknown Role

Stenographer

Unknown Role
Secretary

Stenographer

Presidential Naval Aide

Radio Announcer

Irish Washerwoman

Chorine
Boy at Audition for Miss Adams

Senator

White House Correspondent

Rube Farmer

Zelda

Featured Blonde in Baby Take a Bow Number
Professor Hi De Ho

Unknown Role

Beamish

Elephant Trainer
Fashion Model
Boy's Mother

Senator Jenkins

Fosdick

Rope Spinner
Stenographer

Senator
Reformer

Unknown Role

Reformer
Quartet Member

Secretary
Unknown Role

Senator

Secretary

Senator

Quartet Member

Vaudevillian

Stenographer

Turner

Hillbilly's Wife
Secretary
Stenographer

President (voice)

Unknown Role
Chorus Girl