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Stand Up and Cheer!
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.
- Original title
- Stand Up and Cheer!
- Language
- EN
- Country
- US
- Budget
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Jan 7, 2024 · via TMDB
This starts off quite promisingly, with a bumbling 'Dinwiddle" (Nigel Bruce) explaining to awaiting reporters just what his job as chief scout for Broadway impresario "Cromwell" (Warner Baxter) actually is. Then, right on cue, his boss arrives by gyro-copter on the White House lawn for a meeting at which the President offers him a $100m budget and one year as "Secretary of Amusement". His task? Cheer up the American populace after the misery of the 1920s. He quickly assembles his own cabinet - including "Mary" (Madge Evans) as his minister for children and sets about making us all smile. Sadly, Baxter and Evans - and their predictably evolving affection - feature but sparingly in what is essentially a compendium of just about every style entertainment act around at the time. An early outing for the smiling Shirley Temple is probably most notable, but even she struggles to breath much life into this almost documentary style film that could serve well as an history of what made Americans laugh in the early thirties. Some of the artistes work better than others, but a weak, occasionally politically driven, narrative and an off-form effort from what we do see of Baxter just doesn't really work. It watchable as a nostalgia exercise, but as little else I'm afraid.
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Warner Baxter
Lawrence Cromwell
Madge Evans
Mary Adams
James Dunn
Jimmy Dugan
Sylvia Froos
Sylvia Froos
John Boles
John Boles
Arthur Byron
John Harly
Shirley Temple
Shirley Dugan
Ralph Morgan
Secretary to President
Frank Mitchell
Senator Danforth
Jack Durant
Senator Short
Dick Foran
Nick Foran
Nigel Bruce
Eustis Dinwiddle
John 'Skins' Miller
Hill-Billy
Stepin Fetchit
Stepin Fetchit
Lynn Bari
White House Secretary / Chorine (uncredited)
Scotty Beckett
Boy Auditioning for Miss Adams (uncredited)
Shirley Deane
Dancer
Beatrice Hagen
Dancer
Lucille Miller
Dancer
Jean Rogers
Dancer
Mary Stewart
Dancer
Dorothy Ward
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Marion Weldon
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Toe Dancer
Dorothy Dayton
Toe Dancer
Morris Ankrum
Washington Press Correspondent
George K. Arthur
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Angie
Harry Dunkinson
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Secretary
Ruth Clifford
Secretary
John Davidson
Blue Nose Hour Radio Announcer (voice)
Elspeth Dudgeon
Reformer
Edward Earle
Secret Service Man
Patricia Farr
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Bess Flowers
Stenographer
Carlton Griffin
Secretary
Dorothy Gulliver
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John Hamilton
Presidential Naval Aide
Sam Hayes
Radio Announcer
Aggie Herring
Irish Washerwoman
David Holt
Boy at Audition for Miss Adams
Arthur Stuart Hull
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Selmer Jackson
White House Correspondent
Si Jenks
Rube Farmer
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Zelda
Lucien Littlefield
Professor Hi De Ho
Arthur Loft
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Wilbur Mack
Beamish
Tina Marshall
Boy's Mother
Paul McVey
Senator Jenkins
Frank Melton
Fosdick
Frances Morris
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Harry Northrup
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Dagmar Oakland
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Herbert Prior
Quartet Member
Jack Richardson
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Frank Sheridan
Senator
Reginald Simpson
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Paul Stanton
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Carl Stockdale
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Phil Tead
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