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Directed by
Irving Rapper 
 
Writing credits
(in alphabetical order)
Howard Koch  writer
Sonya Levien  story
Clifford Odets  uncredited
Elliot Paul  writer

Cast (in credits order) complete, awaiting verification
Robert Alda ... George Gershwin

Joan Leslie ... Julie Adams

Alexis Smith ... Christine Gilbert
Charles Coburn ... Max Dreyfus
Julie Bishop ... Lee Gershwin
Albert Bassermann ... Prof. Franck
Morris Carnovsky ... Poppa Morris Gershwin
Rosemary DeCamp ... Momma Rose Gershwin
Oscar Levant ... Himself
Paul Whiteman ... Himself

Al Jolson ... Himself
George White ... Himself
Hazel Scott ... Herself
Anne Brown ... Herself - as Bess
Herbert Rudley ... Ira Gershwin
John B. Hughes ... Himself
Mickey Roth ... George Gershwin as a boy
Darryl Hickman ... Ira Gershwin as a boy
Charles Halton ... Mr. Kast
Andrew Tombes ... Mr. Million
Gregory Golubeff ... Mr. Katzman
Walter Soderling ... Mr. Muscatel
Eddie Marr ... Buddy De Sylva
Theodore von Eltz ... Foley
Bill Kennedy ... Herbert Stone
Oscar Loraine ... Maurice Ravel
Johnny Downs ... Dancer
Ernest Golm ... Otto Kahn
Martin Noble ... Jascha Heifetz
Hugo Kirchhoffer ... Walter Damrosch

Will Wright ... Rachmaninoff
rest of cast listed alphabetically:
Ernie Adams ... Customer in bakery (uncredited)
Glenn Anders ... Party Guest (uncredited)
LeRoi Antoine ... Bootblack (uncredited)
Clarence Badger Jr. ... Song plugger (uncredited)
Lynn Baggett ... Guest (uncredited)
Elsa Basserman ... Guest (uncredited)

Oliver Blake ... Painter (uncredited)
Caroline Burke ... Party guest (uncredited)
Henry Busse ... Himself (bandleader) (uncredited)
Jack Chefe ... Headwaiter (uncredited)
Armand Cortes ... Hotel clerk (uncredited)
Bernard DeRoux ... Porter (uncredited)
John Dilson ... Music critic (uncredited)
Fred Dosch ... Porter (uncredited)
Jay Eaton ... Party Guest (uncredited)
Al Gallodoro ... Clarinetist (uncredited)
William Gillespie ... Porgy (uncredited)
Jesse Graves ... Coachman (uncredited)
Kate Harrington ... Music teacher (uncredited)
Edward Harvey ... Theatre manager (uncredited)
Shep Houghton ... Specialty dancer (uncredited)
Bobby Johnson ... Sport (uncredited)
Ivan Lebedeff ... Nightclub guest (uncredited)
Jacques Lory ... Taxicab driver (uncredited)
Wilbur Mack ... Party Guest (uncredited)
Ralph McColm ... Party guest (uncredited)
Esther Michelson ... Woman in window coming little girl's hair (uncredited)
'Big' Ben Moroz ... Tall man (uncredited)
Buddy Morrow ... Trombonist (uncredited)
John Morton ... Newsboy (uncredited)
Odette Myrtil ... Madame DeBreteuil (uncredited)
Carl Neubert ... Painter (uncredited)
Nellie V. Nichols ... Other woman (uncredited)
Jay Novello ... Orchestra leader (uncredited)
Broderick O'Farrell ... Butler (uncredited)
Tom Patricola ... Himself (uncredited)
Frank Pharr ... Man in Turkish bath (uncredited)
Lillian Porter ... Telephone operator (uncredited)
Constance Purdy ... Party guest (uncredited)
Frank Reicher ... Guest (uncredited)
Georges Renavent ... Guest (uncredited)
George Riley ... Comic (uncredited)
Christian Rub ... Swedish janitor (uncredited)
Virginia Sale ... Cashier (uncredited)
Sam Savitsky ... Masseur (uncredited)
Harry Seymour ... Piano player (uncredited)
Robert Shayne ... Christine's Escort (uncredited)
Mark Stevens ... Steve (uncredited)
Joe Sullivan ... Song plugger (uncredited)
Ray Turner ... Undetermined role (uncredited)
Charles Waldron ... Doctor (uncredited)
Walter White Jr. ... Music teacher (uncredited)
Joan Winfield ... Party guest (uncredited)
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Produced by
Jesse L. Lasky .... producer
Hal B. Wallis .... executive producer
 
Cinematography by
Merritt B. Gerstad  (as Merritt Berstad)
Ernest Haller 
Sol Polito 
 
Film Editing by
Folmar Blangsted 
 
Art Direction by
Anton Grot 
John Hughes 
 
Set Decoration by
Fred M. MacLean 
 
Costume Design by
Milo Anderson 
 
Makeup Department
Perc Westmore .... makeup artist
 
Second Unit Director or Assistant Director
Robert Vreeland .... assistant director
 
Sound Department
Charles David Forrest .... sound (as David Forrest)
Stanley Jones .... sound
 
Special Effects by
Roy Davidson .... special photographic effects
Willard Van Enger .... special photographic effects
 
Visual Effects by
Chesley Bonestell .... matte artist (uncredited)
 
Editorial Department
James Leicester .... montage
 
Music Department
Dudley Chambers .... vocal music arranger
Bill Days .... singing voice: Mark Stevens
Leo F. Forbstein .... musical director
Hugo Friedhofer .... orchestrator
Ferde Grofé Sr. .... orchestrator
Ray Heindorf .... orchestrator
Max Steiner .... composer: incidental music
Paul Whiteman .... musical director: "Rhapsody in Blue"
Sally Sweetland .... singing voice: Joan Leslie (uncredited)
 
Other crew
Felix Jacoves .... dialogue director
LeRoy Prinz .... dance director
 

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