Overview
In Fox's contribution to the all-star revue cycle of early talkies, showboat singer Margie, hearing that the show is in arrears, goes to New York to gather all of the former stars to stage a minstrel show as a benefit.
Director and cast
- Benjamin Stoloff Director
- Charles E. Evans as Colonel Billy Batcher
- Marjorie White as Margie
- Richard Keene as Dick
- Stuart Erwin as Jig
- Martha Lee Sparks as Nancy Lee
- Clifford Dempsey as Sheriff Benton
- James J. Corbett as Interlocutor - Minstrel Show
- George MacFarlane as Interlocutor - Minstrel Show
- Janet Gaynor as Herself
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