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Stand Up and Cheer!

Stand Up and Cheer!

5,3 /10 (12 Votes)
1934 EN 69 min

Overview

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.

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Release date

04/05/1934

Votes

12

Popularity

2.0

Status

Released

Language

EN

Runtime

69 min

Warner Baxter

Warner Baxter

Lawrence Cromwell

Madge Evans

Madge Evans

Mary Adams

James Dunn

James Dunn

Jimmy Dugan

Sylvia Froos

Sylvia Froos

Sylvia Froos

John Boles

John Boles

John Boles

Arthur Byron

Arthur Byron

John Harly

Shirley Temple

Shirley Temple

Shirley Dugan

Ralph Morgan

Ralph Morgan

Secretary to President

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Jimmy Dallas

Boy Scout

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Tess Gardella

Aunt Jemima

Frank Mitchell

Frank Mitchell

Senator Danforth

Jack Durant

Jack Durant

Senator Short

Dick Foran

Dick Foran

Nick Foran

Nigel Bruce

Nigel Bruce

Eustis Dinwiddle

John 'Skins' Miller

John 'Skins' Miller

Hill-Billy

Stepin Fetchit

Stepin Fetchit

Stepin Fetchit

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Lew Brown

Voice of Jimmy Durante Penguin (voice, uncredited)

Lynn Bari

Lynn Bari

White House Secretary / Chorine (uncredited)

Scotty Beckett

Scotty Beckett

Boy Auditioning for Miss Adams (uncredited)

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Jean Allen

Dancer

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Dorothy Andre

Dancer

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Zita Baca

Dancer

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Bonita Barker

Dancer

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Deslys Barnes

Dancer

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Mary Blackwood

Dancer

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Angela Blue

Dancer

Audrene Brier

Audrene Brier

Dancer

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Mary Jane Carey

Dancer

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Lorena Carr

Dancer

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Dixie Dean

Dancer

Shirley Deane

Shirley Deane

Dancer

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Dale Dee

Dancer

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Betty Dotson

Dancer

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Celeste Edwards

Dancer

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Eleanor Edwards

Dancer

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Margaret Ehrlich

Dancer

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Helen Fairweather

Dancer

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Martha Fields

Dancer

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Diane Gardner

Dancer

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Zumetta Garnett

Dancer

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Harriette Haddon

Dancer

Beatrice Hagen

Beatrice Hagen

Dancer

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Margaret Harding

Dancer

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Earlene Heath

Dancer

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Ruth Jennings

Dancer

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Crystal Keate

Dancer

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Eve Kimberly

Dancer

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Ula Love

Dancer

Lucille Miller

Lucille Miller

Dancer

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Mildred Morris

Dancer

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Laura Morse

Dancer

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Inez Mortensen

Dancer

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Toddy Peterson

Dancer

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Marjean Roach

Dancer

Jean Rogers

Jean Rogers

Dancer

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Gale Ronn

Dancer

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Marion Sheldon

Dancer

Mary Stewart

Mary Stewart

Dancer

Dorothy Ward

Dorothy Ward

Dancer

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Zelda Webber

Dancer

Marion Weldon

Marion Weldon

Dancer

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Dorothy White

Dancer

Nora Lane

Nora Lane

Toe Dancer

Dorothy Dayton

Dorothy Dayton

Toe Dancer

Morris Ankrum

Morris Ankrum

Washington Press Correspondent

George K. Arthur

George K. Arthur

Dance Director

Jane Barnes

Jane Barnes

Angie

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Ruth Beckett

Child's Mother

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Bobby Caldwell

General Lee

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Gilbert Clayton

Quartet Member

Harry Dunkinson

Harry Dunkinson

Quartet Member

Dora Clement

Dora Clement

Secretary

Ruth Clifford

Ruth Clifford

Secretary

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Dorothy Dehn

Secretary

John Davidson

John Davidson

Blue Nose Hour Radio Announcer (voice)

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Clyde Dilson

Correspondent

Elspeth Dudgeon

Elspeth Dudgeon

Reformer

Edward Earle

Edward Earle

Secret Service Man

Patricia Farr

Patricia Farr

Bess Flowers

Bess Flowers

Stenographer

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Dixie Francis

Carlton Griffin

Carlton Griffin

Secretary

Dorothy Gulliver

Dorothy Gulliver

Stenographer

John Hamilton

John Hamilton

Presidential Naval Aide

Sam Hayes

Sam Hayes

Radio Announcer

Aggie Herring

Aggie Herring

Irish Washerwoman

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Philippa Hilber

Chorine

David Holt

David Holt

Boy at Audition for Miss Adams

Arthur Stuart Hull

Arthur Stuart Hull

Senator

Selmer Jackson

Selmer Jackson

White House Correspondent

Si Jenks

Si Jenks

Rube Farmer

Lila Lee

Lila Lee

Zelda

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Patricia Lee

Featured Blonde in Baby Take a Bow Number

Lucien Littlefield

Lucien Littlefield

Professor Hi De Ho

Arthur Loft

Arthur Loft

Wilbur Mack

Wilbur Mack

Beamish

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Joe Smith Marba

Elephant Trainer

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Miriam Marlin

Fashion Model

Tina Marshall

Tina Marshall

Boy's Mother

Paul McVey

Paul McVey

Senator Jenkins

Frank Melton

Frank Melton

Fosdick

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Montie Montana

Rope Spinner

Frances Morris

Frances Morris

Stenographer

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Edmund Mortimer

Senator

Harry Northrup

Harry Northrup

Reformer

Dagmar Oakland

Dagmar Oakland

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Jessie Perry

Reformer

Herbert Prior

Herbert Prior

Quartet Member

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Rolin Ray

Secretary

Jack Richardson

Jack Richardson

Frank Sheridan

Frank Sheridan

Senator

Reginald Simpson

Reginald Simpson

Secretary

Paul Stanton

Paul Stanton

Senator

Carl Stockdale

Carl Stockdale

Quartet Member

Phil Tead

Phil Tead

Vaudevillian

Lurene Tuttle

Lurene Tuttle

Stenographer

Arthur Vinton

Arthur Vinton

Turner

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Glen Walters

Hillbilly's Wife

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Peggy Watts

Secretary

Lillian West

Lillian West

Stenographer

Gayne Whitman

Gayne Whitman

President (voice)

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Vivian Winston

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Marbeth Wright

Chorus Girl

Original Soundtrack

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CinemaSerf

CinemaSerf

2024-01-07

⭐ 5

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…

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