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Cary Grant, Frances Farmer, Edward Arnold, and Jack Oakie in The Toast of New York (1937)

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The Toast of New York

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Directors

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  • Rowland V. Lee
    Rowland V. Lee
  • Alexander Hall
    Alexander Hall
    director (uncredited)

Writers

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  • Dudley Nichols
    Dudley Nichols
    screenplay &
  • John Twist
    John Twist
    screenplay &
  • Joel Sayre
    Joel Sayre
    screenplay
  • Bouck White
    Bouck White
    based on: "The Book of Daniel Drew" by
  • Matthew Josephson
    Matthew Josephson
    and the story: "Robber Barons" by
  • Thomas Lennon
    Thomas Lennon
    contributor to treatment (uncredited)
  • P.J. Wolfson
    P.J. Wolfson
    contributor to screenplay construction (uncredited)

Cast

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(in credits order) verified as complete
  • Edward Arnold
    Edward Arnold
    Edward Arnold
    Jim Fisk
  • Cary Grant
    Cary Grant
    Cary Grant
    Nick Boyd
  • Frances Farmer
    Frances Farmer
    Frances Farmer
    Josie Mansfield
  • Jack Oakie
    Jack Oakie
    Jack Oakie
    Luke
  • Donald Meek
    Donald Meek
    Donald Meek
    Daniel Drew
  • Thelma Leeds
    Thelma Leeds
    Thelma Leeds
    Fleurique
  • Clarence Kolb
    Clarence Kolb
    Clarence Kolb
    Cornelius Vanderbilt
  • Billy Gilbert
    Billy Gilbert
    Billy Gilbert
    Photographer
  • George Irving
    George Irving
    George Irving
    Broker
  • Russell Hicks
    Russell Hicks
    Russell Hicks
    Lawyer
  • Dudley Clements
    Dudley Clements
    Collins
  • Lionel Belmore
    Lionel Belmore
    Lionel Belmore
    President of Board
  • Robert McClung
    Robert McClung
    Bellhop
  • Robert Dudley
    Robert Dudley
    Robert Dudley
    Janitor
  • Dewey Robinson
    Dewey Robinson
    Dewey Robinson
    Beef Dooley
  • Stanley Fields
    Stanley Fields
    Stanley Fields
    Top Sergeant
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    Richard Alexander
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  • Oscar Apfel
    Oscar Apfel
    Oscar Apfel
    Wallack
    (uncredited)
  • William Arnold
    William Arnold
    Broker
    (uncredited)
  • Walter Bacon
    Walter Bacon
    Broker
    (uncredited)
  • Reginald Barlow
    Reginald Barlow
    Reginald Barlow
    Mr. Taylor - Hotel Proprietor
    (uncredited)
  • James Barnes
    James Barnes
    Broker
    (uncredited)
  • Clem Bevans in Harvey (1950)
    Clem Bevans
    Clem Bevans
    Hungry Panhandler
    (uncredited)
  • Stanley Blystone
    Stanley Blystone
    Stanley Blystone
    Sheriff
    (uncredited)
  • Lynton Brent
    Lynton Brent
    Lynton Brent
    Reporter
    (uncredited)
  • Tyrone Brereton
    Tyrone Brereton
    Southern Cracker
    (uncredited)
  • Robert Brister
    Robert Brister
    Robert Brister
    Broker
    (uncredited)
  • Tom Brower
    Tom Brower
    Tom Brower
    Taylor Hotel Waiter-Workman
    (uncredited)
  • Daisy Bufford in Nobody's Baby (1937)
    Daisy Bufford
    Daisy Bufford
    Heather - Josie's Maid
    (uncredited)
  • James Carlisle
    James Carlisle
    Broker
    (uncredited)
  • Virginia Carroll
    Virginia Carroll
    Virginia Lee
    (uncredited)
  • Allan Cavan
    Allan Cavan
    Allan Cavan
    Stock Market Loser
    (uncredited)
  • Tom Chatterton
    Tom Chatterton
    Tom Chatterton
    Fisk Broker
    (uncredited)
  • Harvey Clark in The Iron Horse (1924)
    Harvey Clark
    Harvey Clark
    First Tailor
    (uncredited)
  • George Cleveland
    George Cleveland
    George Cleveland
    Perkins - Luke's Secretary in Boston
    (uncredited)
  • Tom Coleman
    Tom Coleman
    Sergeant
    (uncredited)
  • Joyce Compton
    Joyce Compton
    Joyce Compton
    Mary Lou
    (uncredited)
  • Ginger Connolly
    Ginger Connolly
    Call Boy
    (uncredited)
  • Tex Cooper
    Tex Cooper
    Tex Cooper
    Train Passenger
    (uncredited)
  • Hal Craig
    Hal Craig
    Broker
    (uncredited)
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    Frank Hall Crane
    Frank Hall Crane
    Second Tailor
    (uncredited)
  • Frank Darien
    Frank Darien
    Frank Darien
    Member of the Board of Directors
    (uncredited)
  • Joe De Stefani
    Joe De Stefani
    Astor House Headwaiter
    (uncredited)
  • Wally Dean
    Wally Dean
    Man in New York Restaurant
    (uncredited)
  • Homer Dickenson
    Homer Dickenson
    Toastmaster
    (uncredited)
  • Charles Dorety
    Charles Dorety
    Charles Dorety
    Reporter
    (uncredited)
  • Emile Durelle
    Emile Durelle
    Buyer
    (uncredited)
  • Earl Dwire in The Trusted Outlaw (1937)
    Earl Dwire
    Earl Dwire
    Member of the Board of Directors
    (uncredited)
  • Jay Eaton
    Jay Eaton
    Jay Eaton
    Man in New York Restaurant
    (uncredited)
  • Jack Egan
    Jack Egan
    Jack Egan
    Reporter Talking to Nick
    (uncredited)
  • James Finlayson
    James Finlayson
    James Finlayson
    Trick-Hat Inventor
    (uncredited)
  • J.C. Fowler
    J.C. Fowler
    J.C. Fowler
    Buyer
    (uncredited)
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    Christian J. Frank
    Christian J. Frank
    Deputy Sheriff
    (uncredited)
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    Robert Frazer
    Robert Frazer
    Vanderbilt's Broker
    (uncredited)
  • Peter Gerhard
    Peter Gerhard
    Printer
    (uncredited)
  • Gavin Gordon in Green Acres (1965)
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    Gavin Gordon
    Southern Major
    (uncredited)
  • Mary Gordon
    Mary Gordon
    Mary Gordon
    Mrs. Callahan - Charwoman
    (uncredited)
  • William Gould
    William Gould
    William Gould
    Angry Stockholder who Shoots Fisk
    (uncredited)
  • Malcolm Graham
    Malcolm Graham
    Second Gentleman
    (uncredited)
  • Allen Greer
    Allen Greer
    Southern Cracker
    (uncredited)
  • Ben Hall
    Ben Hall
    Eternal Flame Inventor
    (uncredited)
  • Winter Hall
    Winter Hall
    Winter Hall
    Member of the Board of Directors
    (uncredited)
  • Frank Hammond
    Frank Hammond
    Mountaineer
    (uncredited)
  • Clarence Harvey
    Clarence Harvey
    Member of the Board of Directors
    (uncredited)
  • Edward Heim
    Edward Heim
    Printer
    (uncredited)
  • Frank Hemphill
    Frank Hemphill
    Stagehand
    (uncredited)
  • Ben Hewlett
    Ben Hewlett
    Reporter
    (uncredited)
  • Maxine Elliott Hicks
    Maxine Elliott Hicks
    Maxine Elliott Hicks
    Mother
    (uncredited)
  • Otto Hoffman
    Otto Hoffman
    Otto Hoffman
    Member of the Board of Directors
    (uncredited)
  • Reed Howes
    Reed Howes
    Reed Howes
    Man in New York Restaurant
    (uncredited)
  • Gladden James
    Gladden James
    Gladden James
    Third Gentleman
    (uncredited)
  • Michael Jeffers
    Michael Jeffers
    Michael Jeffers
    Reporter
    (uncredited)
  • William Jeffrey
    William Jeffrey
    Broker
    (uncredited)
  • Jack Kenney
    Jack Kenney
    Jack Kenney
    Deputy Sheriff
    (uncredited)
  • Crauford Kent
    Crauford Kent
    Crauford Kent
    Member of the Board of Directors
    (uncredited)
  • Richard Kipling
    Richard Kipling
    Southern Man
    (uncredited)
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    Isabel La Mal
    Isabel La Mal
    Woman
    (uncredited)
  • Ethan Laidlaw in Marshal of Gunsmoke (1944)
    Ethan Laidlaw
    Ethan Laidlaw
    Sheriff's Deputy
    (uncredited)
  • Fred Lee
    Fred Lee
    Bostonian in Restaurant
    (uncredited)
  • William Lemuels
    William Lemuels
    Broker
    (uncredited)
  • Theodore Lorch
    Theodore Lorch
    Theodore Lorch
    Man at Opera
    (uncredited)
  • Jack Luden
    Jack Luden
    Jack Luden
    Man in New York Restaurant
    (uncredited)
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    Marie Marks
    Marie Marks
    Check Room Girl
    (uncredited)
  • John Marshall
    John Marshall
    Fisk Broker
    (uncredited)
  • Jim Mason
    Jim Mason
    Jim Mason
    Angry Southerner on Horseback
    (uncredited)
  • Nelson McDowell
    Nelson McDowell
    Nelson McDowell
    Tall Panhandler
    (uncredited)
  • Robert Milasch
    Robert Milasch
    Robert Milasch
    Buyer
    (uncredited)
  • Margaret Morris
    Margaret Morris
    Margaret Morris
    Woman
    (uncredited)
  • Jack Mulhall
    Jack Mulhall
    Jack Mulhall
    Broker
    (uncredited)
  • Walter Murray
    Walter Murray
    Broker
    (uncredited)
  • Tom O'Grady
    Tom O'Grady
    Broker
    (uncredited)
  • Bradley Page
    Bradley Page
    Bradley Page
    Vanderbilt Associate
    (uncredited)
  • Jack Perry in Celebrity (1928)
    Jack Perry
    Jack Perry
    Soldier on Firehose
    (uncredited)
  • Lon Poff in The Old Swimmin' Hole (1921)
    Lon Poff
    Lon Poff
    Mountaineer
    (uncredited)
  • James Quinn
    James Quinn
    News Butcher
    (uncredited)
  • Tom Quinn
    Tom Quinn
    Soldier with Hose
    (uncredited)
  • Frank Rasmussen
    Frank Rasmussen
    Clerk
    (uncredited)
  • Ernest Shields
    Ernest Shields
    Clerk
    (uncredited)
  • Cameron Smith
    Cameron Smith
    Buyer
    (uncredited)
  • Vera Steadman
    Vera Steadman
    Vera Steadman
    Bit Role
    (uncredited)
  • Larry Steers
    Larry Steers
    Larry Steers
    Buyer
    (uncredited)
  • Jerome Storm
    Jerome Storm
    Little Broker
    (uncredited)
  • Amzie Strickland
    Amzie Strickland
    Amzie Strickland
    Bit Role
    (uncredited)
  • John M. Sullivan
    John M. Sullivan
    Stock Exchange President
    (uncredited)
  • Frank Arthur Swales
    Frank Arthur Swales
    Inventor
    (uncredited)
  • Frank M. Thomas
    Frank M. Thomas
    Frank M. Thomas
    Fisk's Lawyer
    (uncredited)
  • Nick Thompson
    Nick Thompson
    Joe Santelli - Italian Wagon Owner
    (uncredited)
  • Ted Thompson
    Ted Thompson
    Man in New York Restaurant
    (uncredited)
  • Francis Palmer Tilton
    Francis Palmer Tilton
    Artist
    (uncredited)
  • Foy Van Dolsen
    Foy Van Dolsen
    Inventor
    (uncredited)
  • Monte Vandergrift
    Monte Vandergrift
    Monte Vandergrift
    Reporter Talking to Nick
    (uncredited)
  • William Wagner
    William Wagner
    Reporter
    (uncredited)
  • Bryant Washburn
    Bryant Washburn
    Bryant Washburn
    Vanderbilt's Broker
    (uncredited)
  • Blackie Whiteford
    Blackie Whiteford
    Blackie Whiteford
    Drilling Soldier
    (uncredited)

Producers

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  • Samuel J. Briskin
    Samuel J. Briskin
    executive producer (uncredited)
  • Edward Small
    Edward Small
    producer

Composer

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  • Nathaniel Shilkret
    Nathaniel Shilkret
    composer (uncredited)

Cinematographer

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  • J. Peverell Marley
    J. Peverell Marley
    cinematographer (as Peverell Marley) (photographed by)

Editors

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  • Samuel E. Beetley
    Samuel E. Beetley
    editor (as Samuel Beetley)
  • George Hively
    George Hively
    editor (edited by)

Art Director

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  • Van Nest Polglase
    Van Nest Polglase

Costume Designer

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  • Edward Stevenson
    Edward Stevenson

Makeup Department

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  • Mel Berns
    Mel Berns
    makeup artist (uncredited)

Second Unit or Assistant Director

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  • Dewey Starkey
    Dewey Starkey
    assistant director (uncredited)

Art Department

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  • Carroll Clark
    Carroll Clark
    associate art director
  • Darrell Silvera
    Darrell Silvera
    set designer

Sound Department

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  • John L. Cass
    John L. Cass
    recordist

Special Effects

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  • Vernon L. Walker
    Vernon L. Walker
    special effects

Costume Department

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  • Eugene Joseff
    Eugene Joseff
    costume jeweller (uncredited)

Editorial Department

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  • Douglas Travers
    Douglas Travers
    montage

Music Department

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  • Nathaniel Shilkret
    Nathaniel Shilkret
    musical director
  • Max Steiner
    Max Steiner
    composer: stock music (uncredited)
  • Roy Webb
    Roy Webb
    composer: stock music (uncredited)

Additional Crew

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  • Hermes Pan
    Hermes Pan
    Dance Director (uncredited)
  • Bill Rice
    Bill Rice
    publicity writer (uncredited)
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