Stand Up and Cheer!

Stand Up and Cheer!

69 mins | Comedy, Family, Music | May 4, 1934

President Franklin Roosevelt appoints a theatrical producer as the new Secretary of Amusement in order to cheer up an American public still suffering through the Depression. The new secretary soon runs afoul of political lobbyists out to destroy his department.

Stand Up and Cheer!

69 mins | Comedy, Family, Music | May 4, 1934

Stand Up and Cheer!
President Franklin Roosevelt appoints a theatrical producer as the new Secretary of Amusement in order to cheer up an American public still suffering through the Depression. The new secretary soon runs afoul of political lobbyists out to destroy his department.
IMDb rating 5.4
Producers Fox Film Corporation
Original title Stand Up and Cheer!
Directors Hamilton MacFadden
Writers Philip Klein, Lew Brown, Ralph Spence, Will Rogers

Cast

Warner Baxter

as Lawrence Cromwell

Madge Evans

as Mary Adams

James Dunn

as Jimmy Dugan

Sylvia Froos

as Sylvia Froos

John Boles

as John Boles

Arthur Byron

as John Harly

Shirley Temple

as Shirley Dugan

Ralph Morgan

as Secretary to President

Jimmy Dallas

as Boy Scout

Tess Gardella

as Aunt Jemima

Frank Mitchell

as Senator Danforth

Jack Durant

as Senator Short

Dick Foran

as Nick Foran

Nigel Bruce

as Eustis Dinwiddle

John "Skins" Miller

as Hill-Billy

Stepin Fetchit

as Stepin Fetchit

Lew Brown

as Voice of Jimmy Durante Penguin (voice, uncredited)

Lynn Bari

as White House Secretary / Chorine (uncredited)

Scotty Beckett

as Boy Auditioning for Miss Adams (uncredited)