In this chronicle of a vaudeville family, Myrtle McKinley (class of 1900) goes to San Francisco to attend business school, but ends up in a chorus line. Soon, star Frank Burt notices her talent, hires her for a "two-act", then marries her. Incidents of the marriage and the growing pains of eldest daughter Miriam are followed, interspersed with nostalgic musical numbers.
Cast
Betty Grable
Mother
Dan Dailey
Father
Mona Freeman
Iris
Connie Marshall
Mikie
Vanessa Brown
Bessie
Robert Arthur
Bob Clarkman
Sara Allgood
Grandmother McKinley
William Frawley
Mr. Schneider
Ruth Nelson
Miss Ridgeway
Anabel Shaw
Alice Flemmerhammer
Stephen Dunne
Roy Bivins
George Cleveland
Grandfather McKinley
Veda Ann Borg
Rosemary Olcott
Sig Ruman
Papa
Lee Patrick
Lil
Señor Wences
Señor Wences
Anne Baxter
Narrator (voice) (uncredited)
Ruth Clifford
Resort Guest (uncredited)
Ann Gowland
Mikie - Age 3 (uncredited)
Karolyn Grimes
Iris - Age 6 (uncredited)
Alvin Hammer
Clarence (uncredited)
Kathleen Lockhart
Mrs. Clarkman (uncredited)
Mae Marsh
Resort Guest (uncredited)
Will Wright
Withers (uncredited)
Lee MacGregor
Boy (uncredited)
Crew
Walter Lang
Director
Miriam Young
Author
Lamar Trotti
Screenplay, Producer
J. Watson Webb Jr.
Editor
Harry Jackson
Director of Photography
Charles LeMaire
Wardrobe Master
Orry-Kelly
Costume Design
Ben Nye
Makeup Artist
Roger Heman Sr.
Sound
Eugene Grossman
Sound
Frank Burt
Original Music Composer
David Buttolph
Original Music Composer
Alfred Newman
Music Director
Harry Warren
Songs
Isham Jones
Songs
Josef Myrow
Songs
Mack Gordon
Lyricist
Gus Kahn
Lyricist
Thomas Little
Set Decoration
Seymour Felix
Choreographer
Kenny Williams
Choreographer
Joseph C. Wright
Art Direction
Richard Day
Art Direction
Gene Rose
Orchestrator
