Laura La Plante

Magnolia

Joseph Schildkraut

Gaylord Ravenal

Emily Fitzroy

Parthenia Ann Hawks

Otis Harlan

Capt. Andy Hawks

Alma Rubens

Julie Dozier

Jack McDonald

Windy

Jane La Verne

Magnolia as Child / Kim

Neely Edwards

Schultzy

Elise Bartlett

Elly

Stepin Fetchit

Joe

Jules Bledsoe

Joe [prologue]

Tess Gardella

Queenie [prologue]

Carl Laemmle

Himself [prologue]

Helen Morgan

Julie LaVerne [prologue]

Florenz Ziegfeld Jr.

Himself [prologue]

Max Asher

Utility Man

Matthew Beard

Child

George Chesebro

Steve Baker

Jim Coleman

Stagehand

Claude Collins

Carl Herlinger

Wheelsman (uncredited)

Harry Holden

Means

Gertrude Howard

Queenie

Theodore Lorch

Frank

Ralph Yearsley

The Killer