Cast
- William Powell as Florenz Ziegfeld, Jr.
- Myrna Loy as Billie Burke
- Luise Rainer as Anna Held
- Frank Morgan as Jack Billings
- Fanny Brice as Herself
- Virginia Bruce as Audrey Dane
- Reginald Owen as Sampson, Flo's frequently-nervous bookkeeper
- Ray Bolger as Himself
- Ernest Cossart as Sidney, Billing's valet, who is hired away by Flo
- Joseph Cawthorn as Dr. Ziegfeld (as Joseph Cawthorne)
- Nat Pendleton as Eugen Sandow
- Harriet Hoctor as Herself
- Jean Chatburn as Mary Lou
- Paul Irving as Erlanger, Billing's later partner
- Herman Bing as Costumer
- Buddy Doyle as Eddie Cantor
Also appearing uncredited are future First Lady Pat Nixon (as a Ziegfeld Girl), Mickey Daniels as a telegram delivery boy, and Dennis Morgan as the vocalist (dubbed by Allan Jones) in the "Pretty Girl" number.
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