"A WORLD'S FAIR OF BEAUTY, SONG - LAUGHTER!"
A reformer's daughter wins the lead role in a scandalous Broadway show.
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Joan Blondell
Mabel Anderson
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Jimmy Higgens
Ruby Keeler
Barbara Hemingway
Zasu Pitts
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Hugh Herbert
Ezra Ounce
Arthur Vinton
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