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Joan Blondell, Hugh Herbert, Ruby Keeler, Guy Kibbee, Zasu Pitts, and Dick Powell in Dames (1934)

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Dames

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Directors

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  • Ray Enright
    Ray Enright
  • Busby Berkeley
    Busby Berkeley
    director (musical numbers)

Writers

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  • Delmer Daves
    Delmer Daves
    screen play by
  • Robert Lord
    Robert Lord
    story by &
  • Delmer Daves
    Delmer Daves
    story by

Cast

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(in credits order) verified as complete
  • Joan Blondell
    Joan Blondell
    Joan Blondell
    Mabel
  • Dick Powell
    Dick Powell
    Dick Powell
    Jimmy
  • Ruby Keeler in Gold Diggers of 1933 (1933)
    Ruby Keeler
    Ruby Keeler
    Barbara
  • Zasu Pitts
    Zasu Pitts
    Zasu Pitts
    Mathilda
  • Guy Kibbee
    Guy Kibbee
    Guy Kibbee
    Horace
  • Hugh Herbert
    Hugh Herbert
    Hugh Herbert
    Ezra
  • Arthur Vinton
    Arthur Vinton
    Arthur Vinton
    Bulger
  • Phil Regan in Outside of Paradise (1938)
    Phil Regan
    Phil Regan
    Johnny Harris
  • Arthur Aylesworth
    Arthur Aylesworth
    Arthur Aylesworth
    Train Conductor
  • Johnny Arthur
    Johnny Arthur
    Johnny Arthur
    Billings
  • Leila Bennett
    Leila Bennett
    Leila Bennett
    Laura
  • Berton Churchill
    Berton Churchill
    Berton Churchill
    Harold
Rest of cast listed alphabetically
  • Bess Flowers
    Bess Flowers
    Bess Flowers
    (scenes deleted)
  • Richard Quine
    Richard Quine
    Richard Quine
    (unconfirmed)
  • Avis Adair
    Avis Adair
    Avis Adair
    Chorus Girl
    (uncredited)
  • Marvelle Andre
    Marvelle Andre
    Chorus Girl
    (uncredited)
  • Loretta Andrews
    Loretta Andrews
    Loretta Andrews
    Chorus Girl
    (uncredited)
  • Cecil Arden
    Cecil Arden
    Chorus Girl
    (uncredited)
  • Gail Arnold
    Gail Arnold
    Chorus Girl
    (uncredited)
  • Mary Ashcraft in Whoopee! (1930)
    Mary Ashcraft
    Mary Ashcraft
    Chorus Girl
    (uncredited)
  • Claire Augerot
    Claire Augerot
    Chorus Girl
    (uncredited)
  • Firlie Banks
    Firlie Banks
    Chorus Girl
    (uncredited)
  • Monica Bannister in The Great Ziegfeld (1936)
    Monica Bannister
    Monica Bannister
    Chorus Girl
    (uncredited)
  • Joan Barclay
    Joan Barclay
    Joan Barclay
    Chorus Girl
    (uncredited)
  • Fern Barry
    Fern Barry
    Chorus Girl
    (uncredited)
  • Eleanor Bayley
    Eleanor Bayley
    Eleanor Bayley
    Chorus Girl
    (uncredited)
  • Dolores Blair
    Dolores Blair
    Chorus Girl
    (uncredited)
  • Eleanor Bayley, De Don Blunier, Virginia Dabney, Mary Dees, and Emily LaRue in Gold Diggers of 1935 (1935)
    De Don Blunier
    De Don Blunier
    Chorus Girl
    (uncredited)
  • Diane Bourget
    Diane Bourget
    Chorus Girl
    (uncredited)
  • Genee Boutell
    Genee Boutell
    Chorus Girl
    (uncredited)
  • Betty Bowen
    Betty Bowen
    Chorus Girl
    (uncredited)
  • Myrla Bratton
    Myrla Bratton
    Chorus Girl
    (uncredited)
  • Mae Brightman
    Mae Brightman
    Chorus Girl
    (uncredited)
  • Margaret Carthew, Peggy Graves, and Peggy Grove in Footlight Parade (1933)
    Margaret Carthew
    Margaret Carthew
    Chorus Girl
    (uncredited)
  • Dolores Casey
    Dolores Casey
    Dolores Casey
    Chorus Girl
    (uncredited)
  • Mary Cassidy
    Mary Cassidy
    Chorus Girl
    (uncredited)
  • Marguerite Caverley
    Marguerite Caverley
    Chorus Girl
    (uncredited)
  • Anez Cecil
    Anez Cecil
    Chorus Girl
    (uncredited)
  • Azelie Cecil
    Azelie Cecil
    Azelie Cecil
    Chorus Girl
    (uncredited)
  • Eddy Chandler in Murder Over New York (1940)
    Eddy Chandler
    Eddy Chandler
    Guard
    (uncredited)
  • Nancy Chaplin
    Nancy Chaplin
    Chorus Girl
    (uncredited)
  • Diane Bourget, Beatrice Coleman, Patricia Harper, and Gladys Cummings in Dames (1934)
    Beatrice Coleman
    Beatrice Coleman
    Chorus Girl
    (uncredited)
  • Jean Connors
    Jean Connors
    Chorus Girl
    (uncredited)
  • Diane Cook
    Diane Cook
    Diane Cook
    Chorus Girl
    (uncredited)
  • Lita Cortez
    Lita Cortez
    Chorus Girl
    (uncredited)
  • Betty Mae Crane
    Betty Mae Crane
    Chorus Girl
    (uncredited)
  • Beverly Crane
    Beverly Crane
    Chorus Girl
    (uncredited)
  • Gladys Cummings
    Gladys Cummings
    Chorus Girl
    (uncredited)
  • Virginia Dabney in Gold Diggers of 1933 (1933)
    Virginia Dabney
    Virginia Dabney
    Chorus Girl
    (uncredited)
  • Annabelle Daniels
    Annabelle Daniels
    Black Woman in Couple
    (uncredited)
  • Frank Darien
    Frank Darien
    Frank Darien
    First Druggist
    (uncredited)
  • Mary Dees
    Mary Dees
    Mary Dees
    Chorus Girl
    (uncredited)
  • Frances Deets
    Frances Deets
    Chorus Girl
    (uncredited)
  • Loretta Andrews, Eleanor Bayley, De Don Blunier, Diane Bourget, Margaret Carthew, Dolores Casey, Mary Cassidy, Beatrice Coleman, Diane Cook, Virginia Dabney, Diane Douglas, Maxine Doyle, Ruth Eddings, Gloria Faythe, June Glory, Muriel Gordon, Virginia Grey, Patricia Harper, Donna La Barr, Adele Lacy, Mary Lange, Ethelreda Leopold, Lois Lindsay, Nancy Lyon, Mae Madison, Marie Marks, Betty McIvor, Martha Merrill, Ruth Moody, Jean Rogers, Louise Seidel, Bee Stephens, Victoria Vinton, Mildred Dixon, Pluma Noisom, Mary Egan, Vivian Wilson, Marguerite Caverley, Blanche Macdonald, Sue Rainey, Gladys Cummings, Cecilia Fisher, Avis St John, Mary Casiday, Shirley Denise, and Azelie Cecil in Dames (1934)
    Shirley Denise
    Shirley Denise
    Chorus Girl
    (uncredited)
  • Mildred Dixon
    Mildred Dixon
    Mildred Dixon
    Chorus Girl
    (uncredited)
  • Lester Dorr in "Rio Grande"
    Lester Dorr
    Lester Dorr
    Elevator Starter
    (uncredited)
  • Diane Douglas
    Diane Douglas
    Chorus Girl
    (uncredited)
  • Diane Douglas
    Diane Douglas
    Chorus Girl
    (uncredited)
  • Maxine Doyle
    Maxine Doyle
    Maxine Doyle
    Chorus Girl
    (uncredited)
  • June Earle
    June Earle
    Chorus Girl
    (uncredited)
  • Ruth Eddings in In Caliente (1935)
    Ruth Eddings
    Ruth Eddings
    Chorus Girl
    (uncredited)
  • Mary Egan
    Mary Egan
    Chorus Girl
    (uncredited)
  • Renee Evans
    Renee Evans
    Chorus Girl
    (uncredited)
  • Sammy Fain
    Sammy Fain
    Buttercup Balmer - Songwriter
    (uncredited)
  • Patsy Farnum
    Patsy Farnum
    Patsy Farnum
    Chorus Girl
    (uncredited)
  • Gloria Faythe
    Gloria Faythe
    Chorus Girl
    (uncredited)
  • Martha Fields
    Martha Fields
    Chorus Girl
    (uncredited)
  • Cecilia Fisher
    Cecilia Fisher
    Chorus Girl
    (uncredited)
  • Ada Ford
    Ada Ford
    Chorus Girl
    (uncredited)
  • Rosita Foucher
    Rosita Foucher
    Chorus Girl
    (uncredited)
  • Renee Fourcher
    Renee Fourcher
    Chorus Girl
    (uncredited)
  • Dick French
    Dick French
    Man on Ferry
    (uncredited)
  • June Glory
    June Glory
    June Glory
    Chorus Girl
    (uncredited)
  • Sam Godfrey
    Sam Godfrey
    Ounce's First Receptionist
    (uncredited)
  • Muriel Gordon
    Muriel Gordon
    Muriel Gordon
    Chorus Girl
    (uncredited)
  • Gloria Gould
    Gloria Gould
    Chorus Girl
    (uncredited)
  • Peggy Graves
    Peggy Graves
    Chorus Girl
    (uncredited)
  • Margaret Gray and Fred Humes in The Arizona Cyclone (1928)
    Margaret Gray
    Margaret Gray
    Chorus Girl
    (uncredited)
  • Harrison Greene
    Harrison Greene
    Henchman in Audience
    (uncredited)
  • Virginia Grey
    Virginia Grey
    Virginia Grey
    Chorus Girl
    (uncredited)
  • Dorothy Bailer, Lucille La Marr, Martha Carroll, Harriette Haddon, and Dorothy Stevens in Man from Oklahoma (1945)
    Harriette Haddon
    Harriette Haddon
    Chorus Girl
    (uncredited)
  • Margaret Carthew, Suzanne Wunderlich, Lulu Yoo, Juanita Hagen, Gwen Zetter, and Beatrice Hagen in The Cheat (1931)
    Beatrice Hagen
    Beatrice Hagen
    Chorus Girl
    (uncredited)
  • Sally Haines
    Sally Haines
    Chorus Girl
    (uncredited)
  • Patricia Harper
    Patricia Harper
    Chorus Girl
    (uncredited)
  • Harry Holman
    Harry Holman
    Harry Holman
    Third Druggist
    (uncredited)
  • Inez Howard
    Inez Howard
    Chorus Girl
    (uncredited)
  • Russell Huestis
    Russell Huestis
    Russell Huestis
    Ounce's Security Guard
    (uncredited)
  • Diane Hunter
    Diane Hunter
    Chorus Girl
    (uncredited)
  • Dolly Jarvis
    Dolly Jarvis
    Chorus Girl
    (uncredited)
  • Naomi Judge
    Naomi Judge
    Chorus Girl
    (uncredited)
  • Eddie Kane
    Eddie Kane
    Eddie Kane
    Harry - the Stage Manager
    (uncredited)
  • Adelaide Kaye
    Adelaide Kaye
    Chorus Girl
    (uncredited)
  • Robert Emmett Keane
    Robert Emmett Keane
    Robert Emmett Keane
    Man on Train
    (uncredited)
  • Lucyle Keeling
    Lucyle Keeling
    Chorus Girl
    (uncredited)
  • Milton Kibbee in When Strangers Marry (1944)
    Milton Kibbee
    Milton Kibbee
    Reporter
    (uncredited)
  • Patsy King
    Patsy King
    Chorus Girl
    (uncredited)
  • June Kleinberger
    June Kleinberger
    Chorus Girl
    (uncredited)
  • Connie Kraus
    Connie Kraus
    Chorus Girl
    (uncredited)
  • Paul Kruger
    Paul Kruger
    Paul Kruger
    Elevator Operator
    (uncredited)
  • Donna La Barr
    Donna La Barr
    Donna La Barr
    Chorus Girl
    (uncredited)
  • Adele Lacy
    Adele Lacy
    Adele Lacy
    Chorus Girl
    (uncredited)
  • Rose Lane
    Rose Lane
    Chorus Girl
    (uncredited)
  • Mary Lange
    Mary Lange
    Chorus Girl
    (uncredited)
  • Frances Langford
    Frances Langford
    Frances Langford
    Chorus Girl
    (uncredited)
  • Carmen Laroux
    Carmen Laroux
    Chorus Girl
    (uncredited)
  • Ila Lee
    Ila Lee
    Chorus Girl
    (uncredited)
  • Ethelreda Leopold
    Ethelreda Leopold
    Ethelreda Leopold
    Chorus Girl
    (uncredited)
  • JoAnn Leslie
    JoAnn Leslie
    Chorus Girl
    (uncredited)
  • Ruth Leslie
    Ruth Leslie
    Chorus Girl
    (uncredited)
  • Harry Levette
    Harry Levette
    Black Man in Couple
    (uncredited)
  • Lois Lindsay in In Caliente (1935)
    Lois Lindsay
    Lois Lindsay
    Chorus Girl
    (uncredited)
  • Ula Love
    Ula Love
    Chorus Girl
    (uncredited)
  • Lorna Low
    Lorna Low
    Chorus Girl
    (uncredited)
  • Nancy Lyon
    Nancy Lyon
    Chorus Girl
    (uncredited)
  • Blanche Macdonald
    Blanche Macdonald
    Chorus Girl
    (uncredited)
  • Mae Madison
    Mae Madison
    Mae Madison
    Chorus girl
    (uncredited)
  • Ruth Eddings, June Glory, Peggy Graves, Virginia Grey, Emily LaRue, Ethelreda Leopold, Lois Lindsay, and Marie Marks in Gold Diggers of 1935 (1935)
    Marie Marks
    Marie Marks
    Chorus Girl
    (uncredited)
  • Miriam Marlin
    Miriam Marlin
    Chorus Girl
    (uncredited)
  • Katherine Mauk
    Katherine Mauk
    Chorus Girl
    (uncredited)
  • Mary McCarty in The French Line (1953)
    Mary McCarty
    Mary McCarty
    Child
    (uncredited)
  • Larry McGrath
    Larry McGrath
    Sergeant at Jail
    (uncredited)
  • Betty McIvor
    Betty McIvor
    Chorus Girl
    (uncredited)
  • Doris McMahon
    Doris McMahon
    Doris McMahon
    Chorus Girl
    (uncredited)
  • Martha Merrill
    Martha Merrill
    Chorus Girl
    (uncredited)
  • Lorraine Miller
    Lorraine Miller
    Chorus Girl
    (uncredited)
  • Ruth Moody
    Ruth Moody
    Chorus Girl
    (uncredited)
  • Edmund Mortimer in The Awful Truth (1937)
    Edmund Mortimer
    Edmund Mortimer
    Ounce's Second Receptionist
    (uncredited)
  • Marjorie Beebe and Nancy Nash in Rich But Honest (1927)
    Nancy Nash
    Nancy Nash
    Chorus Girl
    (uncredited)
  • Dale Nelson
    Dale Nelson
    Chorus Girl
    (uncredited)
  • Caroline Newell
    Caroline Newell
    Chorus Girl
    (uncredited)
  • Pluma Noisom
    Pluma Noisom
    Chorus Girl
    (uncredited)
  • Dorothy O'Connell
    Dorothy O'Connell
    Chorus Girl
    (uncredited)
  • Jean Olmes
    Jean Olmes
    Chorus Girl
    (uncredited)
  • Tess Osborne
    Tess Osborne
    Chorus Girl
    (uncredited)
  • Beatrice Powers
    Beatrice Powers
    Chorus Girl
    (uncredited)
  • Sue Rainey
    Sue Rainey
    Chorus Girl
    (uncredited)
  • Paula Ray
    Paula Ray
    Chorus Girl
    (uncredited)
  • Mildred Rehn
    Mildred Rehn
    Chorus Girl
    (uncredited)
  • Marjean Roach
    Marjean Roach
    Chorus Girl
    (uncredited)
  • Donna Mae Roberts
    Donna Mae Roberts
    Donna Mae Roberts
    Chorus Girl
    (uncredited)
  • Claire Rochelle
    Claire Rochelle
    Claire Rochelle
    Chorus Girl
    (uncredited)
  • Betty Rogers
    Betty Rogers
    Chorus Girl
    (uncredited)
  • Jean Rogers
    Jean Rogers
    Jean Rogers
    Chorus Girl
    (uncredited)
  • Henry Roquemore
    Henry Roquemore
    Henry Roquemore
    Board Member in Show
    (uncredited)
  • Pauline Rosebrook
    Pauline Rosebrook
    Chorus Girl
    (uncredited)
  • Mary Rosetti
    Mary Rosetti
    Chorus Girl
    (uncredited)
  • Rosalie Roy
    Rosalie Roy
    Rosalie Roy
    Chorus Girl
    (uncredited)
  • Cliff Saum
    Cliff Saum
    Stagehand
    (uncredited)
  • Louise Seidel
    Louise Seidel
    Chorus Girl
    (uncredited)
  • Harry Semels
    Harry Semels
    Harry Semels
    Newspaper Seller in 'I Only Have Eyes for You' Number
    (uncredited)
  • Clarice Sherry
    Clarice Sherry
    Chorus Girl
    (uncredited)
  • Lew Sherwood
    Lew Sherwood
    Vocal Refrain
    (uncredited)
  • Dorothy Short
    Dorothy Short
    Dorothy Short
    Chorus Girl
    (uncredited)
  • Eddie Shubert in The Golden Arrow (1936)
    Eddie Shubert
    Eddie Shubert
    Eddie - Soda Jerk
    (uncredited)
  • Georgia Spence
    Georgia Spence
    Chorus Girl
    (uncredited)
  • Avis St John
    Avis St John
    Chorus Girl
    (uncredited)
  • Bee Stephens
    Bee Stephens
    Bee Stephens
    Chorus Girl
    (uncredited)
  • Alice Stombs
    Alice Stombs
    Chorus Girl
    (uncredited)
  • Margaret Strand
    Margaret Strand
    Chorus Girl
    (uncredited)
  • Frederick Sullivan
    Frederick Sullivan
    Frederick Sullivan
    Board Member
    (uncredited)
  • Phil Tead in The Most Dangerous Game (1932)
    Phil Tead
    Phil Tead
    Reporter
    (uncredited)
  • Fred 'Snowflake' Toones
    Fred 'Snowflake' Toones
    Fred 'Snowflake' Toones
    Porter
    (uncredited)
  • Nina Velsir
    Nina Velsir
    Chorus Girl
    (uncredited)
  • Victoria Vinton
    Victoria Vinton
    Victoria Vinton
    Chorus Girl
    (uncredited)
  • Terry Walker
    Terry Walker
    Terry Walker
    Chorus Girl
    (uncredited)
  • Helen Weeks
    Helen Weeks
    Chorus Girl
    (uncredited)
  • Dorothy White
    Dorothy White
    Chorus Girl
    (uncredited)
  • Leo White
    Leo White
    Leo White
    Violin Player on Ferry
    (uncredited)
  • Charles Williams
    Charles Williams
    Dance Director
    (uncredited)
  • Vivian Wilson
    Vivian Wilson
    Vivian Wilson
    Chorus Girl
    (uncredited)
  • Mary Windsor
    Mary Windsor
    Chorus Girl
    (uncredited)
  • Jack Wise
    Jack Wise
    Second Druggist
    (uncredited)
  • William Worthington
    William Worthington
    William Worthington
    Board Member in Show
    (uncredited)

Producer

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  • Hal B. Wallis
    Hal B. Wallis
    executive producer (uncredited)

Composer

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  • Heinz Roemheld
    Heinz Roemheld
    composer (uncredited)

Cinematographers

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  • George Barnes
    George Barnes
    cinematographer (photography by)
  • Sidney Hickox
    Sidney Hickox
    cinematographer (as Sid Hickox) (photography by)
  • Sol Polito
    Sol Polito
    cinematographer (photography by)

Editor

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  • Harold McLernon
    Harold McLernon
    editor (edited by)

Casting Director

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  • Maxwell Arnow
    Maxwell Arnow
    casting director (uncredited)

Art Directors

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  • Robert M. Haas
    Robert M. Haas
  • Willy Pogany
    Willy Pogany

Costume Designer

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  • Orry-Kelly
    Orry-Kelly
    costume designer (gowns)

Production Manager

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  • Robert Lord
    Robert Lord
    production supervisor (uncredited)

Second Unit or Assistant Director

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  • Sherry Shourds
    Sherry Shourds
    assistant director (uncredited)

Art Department

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  • Gene Delaney
    Gene Delaney
    props (uncredited)
  • Howard Oggle
    Howard Oggle
    props (uncredited)

Sound Department

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  • Stanley Jones
    Stanley Jones
    sound recording engineer (uncredited)

Camera and Electrical Department

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  • Paul Burnett
    Paul Burnett
    chief electrician (uncredited)
  • L. De Angelis
    L. De Angelis
    assistant camera (uncredited)
  • John Ellis
    John Ellis
    still photographer (uncredited)
  • Frank Flanagan
    Frank Flanagan
    chief electrician (uncredited)
  • Al Green
    Al Green
    camera operator (uncredited)
  • Jack Koffman
    Jack Koffman
    assistant camera (uncredited)
  • Warren Lynch
    Warren Lynch
    camera operator (uncredited)
  • Dudie Maschmeyer
    Dudie Maschmeyer
    chief grip (uncredited)
  • Harold Noyes
    Harold Noyes
    chief grip (uncredited)
  • George Satterfield
    George Satterfield
    chief electrician (uncredited)

Casting Department

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  • William Maybery
    William Maybery
    casting assistant (uncredited)
  • Russel Trost
    Russel Trost
    casting associate (uncredited)

Music Department

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  • Mort Dixon
    Mort Dixon
    music & lyrics by (as Dixon)
  • Al Dubin
    Al Dubin
    music & lyrics by (as Dubin)
  • Sammy Fain
    Sammy Fain
    music & lyrics by (as Fain)
  • Leo F. Forbstein
    Leo F. Forbstein
    conductor: Vitaphone Orchestra
  • Irving Kahal
    Irving Kahal
    music & lyrics by (as Kahal)
  • Harry Warren
    Harry Warren
    music & lyrics by (as Warren)
  • Allie Wrubel
    Allie Wrubel
    music & lyrics by (as Wrubel)
  • Ray Heindorf
    Ray Heindorf
    music arranger (uncredited)

Additional Crew

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  • Busby Berkeley
    Busby Berkeley
    numbers created and directed by
  • Lewis Geib
    Lewis Geib
    technical director (uncredited)
Crew verified as complete

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