The film concerns a family vaudeville troupe headed by patriarch Pete Monahan. Because of his love affair with the bottle, Pete manages to get himself and his family blacklisted from every major vaude house in the country. Though Pete's kids Jimmy and Patsy love their dad, they're forced to break away from the act and go off on their own to survive. Eventually, the whole gang is reunited in a shamelessly lachrymose musical finale.
Donald O'Connor
as Jimmy Monahan
Peggy Ryan
as Patsy Monahan
Jack Oakie
as Pete Monahan
Ann Blyth
as Sheila DeRoyce
Rosemary DeCamp
as Lillian DeRoyce
John Miljan
as Arnold Pembroke
Isabel Jewell
as Rose
Gavin Muir
as Weldon Laydon
Marion Martin
as Soubrette
Ian Wolfe
as Clerk
Robert Homans
as Policeman
Lloyd Ingraham
as Judge
