With a full Hollywood background and settings but more an expose of scandal-and-gossip magazines of the era, has-been actor John Blakeford agrees to write his memoirs for magazine-publisher Jordan Winston. When Blakeford's daughter, Patricia, ask him to desist for the sake of his ex-wife, Carlotta Blakeford, he attempts to break his contract with Winston.
John Wellington Blakeford
John Halliday
Patricia Blakeford
Marsha Hunt
Jay Wallace
Robert Cummings
Jordan Winslow
C. Henry Gordon
Flora Moore
Esther Ralston
Martha
Esther Dale
Alice Winslow
Frieda Inescort
Bill Sanford - Trocadero Manager
Albert Conti
Detective
Thomas E. Jackson
Dr. Inslow
Oscar Apfel
Mr. Steinman
Purnell Pratt
Gus - Trocadero Bartender
Irving Bacon
Nella
Rita La Roy
Frank - Director, Desert Scene
Francis X. Bushman
Director in Commissary
Maurice Costello
Betty
Betty Compson
Carlotta Blakeford
Mae Marsh
Charlie Smith - Assistant Director
Charles Ray
Manager of Grauman's
Herbert Rawlinson
Mrs. Steinman
Jane Novak
Robert Martin
Bryant Washburn
Jack Mulhall - Actor at Trocadero Bar
Jack Mulhall
Creighton Hale - Actor at Trocadero Bar
Creighton Hale
The Sheik
Roy D'Arcy
Frank Stucky - Director
Jack Mower
Frank Mayo - Actor at Trocadero Bar
Frank Mayo
Harry Myers- Actor at Trocadero Bar
Harry Myers
Mother at Chinese Theatre
Mabel Forrest
Bouncer at Pago Pago
Tom Kennedy
Pat O'Malley - Pago Pago Patron
Pat O'Malley
Little Girl at Grauman's Chinese Theatre
Lois Kent
Eleanor Whitney at Grauman's Chinese Theatre
Eleanore Whitney
Trocadero Patron (uncredited)
William Bailey
Man with Gong (uncredited)
Bobby Barber
Pago Pago Patron (uncredited)
Edmund Burns
Butler (uncredited)
Edward Cecil
Undetermined Minor Role (uncredited)
Ethel Clayton
Nurse (uncredited)
Ruth Clifford
Gary Cooper - Actor at Trocadero Bar (uncredited)
Gary Cooper
Motorcycle Cop (uncredited)
Edgar Dearing
Pago Pago Patron (uncredited)
William Desmond
Terry Ray - Casting Office Secretary (uncredited)
Ellen Drew
Doorman at Trocadero (uncredited)
Lowell Drew
Girl in Pullman Car (uncredited)
Jean Dudley
Grip (uncredited)
Eddie Dunn
Undetermined Minor Role (uncredited)
Ann Evers
Snapshot Hymie (uncredited)
Hyman Fink
Vendor (uncredited)
Jerry Fletcher
Pago Pago Patron (uncredited)
James Ford
Russian Writer (uncredited)
Gregory Gaye
Pago Pago Patron (uncredited)
Margareth Harrison
Gray (uncredited)
Robert Homans
Old Woman in Casting Office (uncredited)
Margaret Mann
Secretary (uncredited)
Kathryn McHugh
Night Club Patron (uncredited)
Bert Moorhouse
Moran's Secretary (uncredited)
Frances Morris
Pago Pago Patron (uncredited)
Charles Morton
Cinegrill Customer (uncredited)
Marshall Neilan
Phil Ohman - Pianist at Trocadero (uncredited)
Phil Ohman
Brown Derby Workman (uncredited)
Franklin Parker
Pete Moran (uncredited)
Richard Powell
Police Radio Announcer (uncredited)
Hal Price
Newsboy (uncredited)
Matty Roubert
Charles Ruggles - Actor - Cameo Appearance (uncredited)
Charles Ruggles
Cinegrill Customer (uncredited)
Mack Sennett
Man in Casting Office (uncredited)
S.S. Simon
Gossipy Woman (uncredited)
Gertrude Simpson
Script Girl (uncredited)
Louise Stanley
Pago Pago Patron (uncredited)
John Sylvester White
Radio Master of Ceremonies (uncredited)
Phil Tead
Make-Up Man (uncredited)
Emanuel A. Turner
Electrician (uncredited)
Monte Vandergrift
Brown Derby Workman (uncredited)
Billy Wayne
Reporter (uncredited)
Charles Williams
Undetermined Minor Role (uncredited)
Freeman Wood
Thomas (uncredited)
Otto Yamaoka