
Wildly optimistic chatterbox Eva Lovelace is a would-be actress trying to crash the New York stage. She attracts the interest of a paternal actor, a philandering producer, and an earnest playwright. Is she destined for stardom, or will she fade like a morning glory after its brief blooming?
Cast

Katharine Hepburn
Eva Lovelace

Douglas Fairbanks Jr.
Joseph Sheridan

Adolphe Menjou
Louis Easton

Mary Duncan
Rita Vernon

C. Aubrey Smith
Hedges

Don Alvarado
Pepi

Fred Santley
Seymour

Richard Carle
Henry Lawrence

Tyler Brooke
Charles Van Duesen

Geneva Mitchell
Miss Hall

Helen Ware
Miss Navarre

Robert Adair
Roberts, the Butler (uncredited)
Ralph Bard
Head Usher (uncredited)

Billy Bletcher
Actor (uncredited)

Robert Bolder
Actor (uncredited)
Peggy Brighton
Pedestrian (uncredited)

Louise Carver
Miss Waterman (uncredited)

Helene Chadwick
Secretary (uncredited)

Shirley Chambers
Woman at Party (uncredited)
Frank Cullen
Electrician (uncredited)

Nathan Curry
Elevator Operator (uncredited)
Harry D'Arcy
Pedestrian (uncredited)
Helen Dickson
Miss Tracy (uncredited)
Bill Fisher
Grip (uncredited)
John Gaugh
Actor (uncredited)

Charlie Hall
Actor (uncredited)
Leroy Johnson
Janitor (uncredited)

John Kelly
Prop Man (uncredited)
Winifrid Laudis
Dowager (uncredited)

Ray McDonald
Grip (uncredited)
Johnnie Murphy
Prop Man (uncredited)

Pat O'Malley
Actor (uncredited)

Arthur Rankin
Office Boy (uncredited)

Frances Raymond
Dowager (uncredited)
Sana Rayya
Emma (uncredited)

Jack Rice
Newspaperman (uncredited)
Dorothy Rowlins
Actress (uncredited)
Alice Royer
Actress (uncredited)
Al Stewart
Actor (uncredited)
Ray Stewart
Pedestrian (uncredited)

Jerome Storm
Actor (uncredited)
Edward Thomas
Ticket Taker (uncredited)
Max Wagner
Smoker in Diner (uncredited)

Mildred Washington
Maid (uncredited)

William Worthington
Banker (uncredited)
Lucile Wyland
Pedestrian (uncredited)

Otto Yamaoka
Servant (uncredited)
Crew

Lowell Sherman
Director

Howard J. Green
Screenplay
William Hamilton
Editor
Harry Hart
Assistant Editor
Bert Glennon
Director of Photography
Edward Killy
Assistant Director
James Hartnett
Assistant Director
F. Harmon Weight
Assistant Director

Merian C. Cooper
Executive Producer

Pandro S. Berman
Producer
Russell Metty
Camera Operator
Charles Burke
Assistant Camera

Walter Plunkett
Costume Design
Mel Berns
Makeup Artist
George D. Ellis
Sound Recordist
Hugh McDowell Jr.
Sound Recordist
Murray Spivack
Sound Recordist
Harry Redmond Sr.
Special Effects Supervisor

Max Steiner
Original Music Composer
Ray Moyer
Set Decoration
Thomas Little
Props
Ollie Sigurdson
Still Photographer
C.J. White
Production Manager

Zoe Akins
Theatre Play
Charles M. Kirk
Settings

Van Nest Polglase
Settings
Katherine Doyle
Stand In
Gibson Carter
Stand In
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