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After getting her start in her parents' vaudeville act, Marilyn Miller is taken under the wing of dance sensation Jack Donahue. He senses the girl's enormous talent, and before long she's performing on Broadway. There, she is extremely successful and finds love with songwriter Frank Carter. Yet obstacles remain for the rising star, especially when he proposes marriage just before he's set to be deployed in World War I.Read moreLess
After getting her start in her parents' vaudeville act, Marilyn Miller is taken under the wing of dance sensation Jack Donahue. He senses the girl's enormous talent, and before long she's performing on Broadway. There, she is extremely successful and finds love with songwriter Frank Carter. Yet obstacles remain for the rising star, especially when he proposes marriage just before he's set to be deployed in World War I.
The story
After getting her start in her parents' vaudeville act, Marilyn Miller is taken under the wing of dance sensation Jack Donahue. He senses the girl's enormous talent, and before long she's performing on Broadway. There, she is extremely successful and finds love with songwriter Frank Carter. Yet obstacles remain for the rising star, especially when he proposes marriage just before he's set to be deployed in World War I.
Cast & crew
June HaverMarilyn Miller
Ray BolgerJack Donahue
Gordon MacRaeFrank Carter
Charles RugglesCaro "Pop" Miller
Rosemary DeCampMom Miller
S.Z. SakallShendorff
Bess FlowersLady in Agent's Office
Lee WildeClaire Miller
Lyn WildeRuth Miller
Dick SimmonsHenry Doran
Walter CatlettWalter Catlett
George ZoritchBallet SpecialtyExplore the crew
- Director
- David Butler
- Screenplay
- Henry Ephron
- Screenplay
- Phoebe Ephron
- Screenplay
- Marian Spitzer
- Editor
- Irene Morra
- Director of Photography
- J. Peverell Marley
- Producer
- William Jacobs
- Original Music Composer
- David Buttolph