New York chorus girl Cindy Lou Bethany becomes frustrated when she prepares for an audition for a Broadway musical, but the auditions close and her roommate, Gwen Abbott, is hired to be secretary to Top Rumson, the show's financial backer. Gwen tells Cindy that the director, Lloyd Lloyd, and composer, Dick Rayburn, have been sent to the South on a talent search for a classic Southern belle type to star in the show, although their shows usually feature Myra Stanhope, an actress whose style is hopelessly inappropriate for this show. Desperate for work, Cindy returns to her aunt Lily Lou and uncle Jefferson Davis Bethany's home in the South and schemes to get Lloyd and Rayburn to audition her.
Don Ameche
as Lloyd Lloyd
Mary Martin
as Cindy Lou Bethany
Oscar Levant
as Dick Rayburn
Virginia Dale
as Gwendolyn Abbott
Barbara Jo Allen
as Myra Stanhope
Raymond Walburn
as Top Rumson
Elizabeth Patterson
as Aunt Lily Lou Bethany
Jerome Cowan
as Bert Fisher
Connee Boswell
as Polly
Eddie 'Rochester' Anderson
as George
Minor Watson
as Uncle Jefferson Davis Bethany
Jean Porter
as Girl Going to Audition (uncredited)
