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Stand Up and Cheer! (1934)

PG 05/04/1934 Comedy, Music, Family 1h 9m
49%
User
Score
5.4/10

Overview

President Franklin Roosevelt appoints a theatrical producer as the new Secretary of Amusement in order to cheer up an American public still suffering through the Depression. The new secretary soon runs afoul of political lobbyists out to destroy his department.

Hamilton MacFadden

Director

Will Rogers

Story

Philip Klein

Story

Lew Brown

Story

Top Billed Cast

Warner Baxter

Warner Baxter

Lawrence Cromwell

Madge Evans

Madge Evans

Mary Adams

James Dunn

James Dunn

Jimmy Dugan

Sylvia Froos

Sylvia Froos

Sylvia Froos

John Boles

John Boles

John Boles

Arthur Byron

Arthur Byron

John Harly

Shirley Temple

Shirley Temple

Shirley Dugan

Ralph Morgan

Ralph Morgan

Secretary to President

Jimmy Dallas

Jimmy Dallas

Boy Scout

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Media

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Reviews

A review by CinemaSerf

Written on January 7, 2024

This starts off quite promisingly, with a bumbling 'Dinwiddle" (Nigel Bruce) explaining to awaiting reporters just what his job as chief scout for Broadway impresario "Cromwell" (Warner Baxter) actually is. Then, right on cue, his boss arrives by gyro-copter on the White House lawn for a meeting at which the President offers him a $100m budget and one year as "Secretary of Amusement". His task? Cheer up the American populace after the misery of the 1920s. He quickly assembles his own cabinet - including "Mary" (Madge Evans) as his minister for children and sets about making us all smile. Sadly, Baxter and Evans - and their predictably evolving affection - feature but sparingly in what is essentially a compendium of just about every style entertainment act around at the time. An early outin...

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