On the Avenue

On the Avenue

89 mins | Comedy, Romance, Music | Feb. 12, 1937

A new Broadway show starring Gary Blake shamelessly lampoons the rich Carraway family. To get her own back, daughter Mimi sets out to ensnare Blake, but the courtship is soon for real, to the annoyance of his co-star, hoofing chanteuese Mona Merrick.

On the Avenue

89 mins | Comedy, Romance, Music | Feb. 12, 1937

On the Avenue
A new Broadway show starring Gary Blake shamelessly lampoons the rich Carraway family. To get her own back, daughter Mimi sets out to ensnare Blake, but the courtship is soon for real, to the annoyance of his co-star, hoofing chanteuese Mona Merrick.
IMDb rating 6.7
Producers 20th Century Fox
Original title On the Avenue
Directors William J. Scully, Roy Del Ruth
Writers William M. Conselman, Gene Markey

Cast

Dick Powell

as Gary Blake

Madeleine Carroll

as Mimi Caraway

Alice Faye

as Mona Merrick

Al Ritz

as One of The Ritz Brothers

Jimmy Ritz

as One of The Ritz Brothers

Harry Ritz

as One of The Ritz Brothers

George Barbier

as Commodore Caraway

Alan Mowbray

as Frederick Sims

Douglas Fowley

as Eddie Eads

Joan Davis

as Miss Katz

Billy Gilbert

as Joe Papaloupas

Cora Witherspoon

as Aunt Fritz

Walter Catlett

as Jake Dibble

Stepin Fetchit

as Herman

Sig Ruman

as Herr Hanfstangel (as Sig Rumann)

E. E. Clive

as Cabby

Douglas Wood

as Mr. Trivet

John Sheehan

as Stage Manager

Lynn Bari

as Chorus Girl / Mrs. Mary Jackson (uncredited)

Bess Flowers

as Marie - Mimi's Maid (uncredited)

Marjorie Weaver

as Chorus Girl (uncredited)