Broadway to Hollywood

The star-studded cavalcade of the theatre!

In this through-the-years saga about a show business family, the fame of husband and wife vaudeville headliners of the 1880s is eclipsed by their son.

Music Drama Romance

Alice Brady

Frank Morgan

Jackie Cooper

(Ted Hackett Jr. as Child)

Russell Hardie

(Ted Hackett Jr.)

Madge Evans

Mickey Rooney

(Ted Hackett III as Child)

Eddie Quillan

(Ted Hackett III)

Jimmy Durante

May Robson

(Veteran Actress)

Fay Templeton

(Production Number Singer - Edited from The March of Time (1930) (archive footage))

Tad Alexander

Edward Brophy

Ruth Channing

William Collier Sr.

(Vaudeville Act (archive footage))

Marie Dressler

(Vaudeville Act (archive footage))

Claire Du Brey

Nelson Eddy

(John Sylvester)

Muriel Evans

Barney Fagan

(Vaudeville Act (archive footage))

Lew Fields

(In Horse Costume)

Eddie Foster

(Undetermined Role)

Robert Greig

('Diamond Jim' Brady)

Sherry Hall

(Assistant on Film Set)

Tenen Holtz

(Booking Agent)

DeWolf Hopper Sr.

(Vaudeville Act (archive footage))

Curly Howard

(Fritz the Clown)

Jean Howard

(Grace - Chorus Girl)

Moe Howard

(Otto the Clown)

Frank Jenks

Isabelle Keith

(Jenny Carter - Girl in Movie Clip)

Louis Mann

(Vaudeville Act (archive footage))

Miriam Marlin

Edwin Maxwell

Una Merkel

(Flirt in Audience)

Helen Parrish

Edward Peil Sr.

(Stage Manager)

Albertina Rasch

(Dance Group Leader (archive footage))

Rice and Cady

Josephine Sable

(Vaudeville Act (archive footage))

Bobby Somers

(Ted Hackett III as a Baby)

Billy Sullivan

(Undetermined Role)

Forrest Taylor

(Conway - Film Director)

Joe Weber

(In Horse Costume)

Leo White