Sitting Pretty (1933)
Overview
Jack Oakie and Jack Haley are songwriters are enroute from New York to Hollywood to make their fame and fortune; Ginger Rogers, a lunchwagon proprieter, joins them.
Production Companies
Additional Info
| Budget | $0.00 |
|---|---|
| Revenue | $0.00 |
| Original Language | en |
| Popularity | 0.2396 |
Directed By
Harry Joe Brown
Crew
Harry Joe Brown
Nina Wilcox Putnam
Charles R. Rogers
Milton Krasner
Jack McGowan
S.J. Perelman
Lou Breslow
Mack Gordon
Harry Revel
Mack Gordon
Harry Revel
Larry Ceballos
Harry Joe Brown
TOP CAST
Jack Oakie
Chick Parker
Jack Haley
Pete Pendleton
Ginger Rogers
Dorothy
Gregory Ratoff
Tannenbaum
Thelma Todd
Gloria Duval
Lew Cody
Jules Clark
Jerry Tucker
Buzz
Helen Pickens
Pickens Sisters
Jane Pickens
Pickens Sisters
Patti Pickens
Pickens Sisters
Irving Bacon
Dice Player (uncredited)
James P. Burtis
Mover Foreman (uncredited)
Hale Hamilton
Vinton (uncredited)
Anne Nagel
Girl at Window (uncredited)
Dave O'Brien
Assistant Cameraman (uncredited)
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