Elderly schoolteacher Nora Trinell, waiting to meet presidential nominee Dewey Roberts, recalls him as her student back in 1916 and his relation to Dan Hopkins, the man she married and lost.
Nora Trinell
Claudette Colbert
Dan Hopkins
John Payne
Dewey Roberts
Shepperd Strudwick
Kate Hill
Ann E. Todd
Dewey Roberts as a boy
Douglas Croft
Mrs. Roberts
Jane Seymour
Miss Nadine Price
Anne Revere
Lady in Political Entourage
Bess Flowers
Mrs. Dewey Roberts
Frieda Inescort
Mr. Roberts
Harry Hayden
Mr. Steele
Francis Pierlot
Miss Cartwright
Marie Blake
Peter
William Henderson
Mr. Mason
Chick Chandler
Graham
Selmer Jackson
Tom Hanlon
William Halligan
Bill Tower
George Ernest
Mr. Avery
Harry Tyler
Mrs. Martha Avery
Jody Gilbert
Cecil
Irving Bacon
Sen. Phillips
Paul Harvey
Gov. Teller
Thurston Hall
Steve Hill
Billy Dawson
Telegraph clerk
George Chandler
Beaulah
Geraldine Hall
Doorman
James Blaine
Photographer
John Bohn
Mrs. Hill
Virginia Brissac
Student
William Byrne
Reporter
Harry Carter
Committeeman
William B. Davidson
Detective
Edgar Dearing
Photographer
George Dobbs
Photographer
Lester Dorr
Mr. Blanton - Photographer
Byron Foulger
Undetermined Role
Ethel Griffies
Third Baseman
Harry Harvey Jr.
Radio Announcer
John Hiestand
Pitcher (uncredited)
David Holt
Boy
Payne B. Johnson
Student
Darwood Kaye
Teacher
Vera Lewis
Society Reporter
Kay Linaker
Hotel P.A. Announcer
Robert Lowery
Teacher
Mae Marsh
Jeweler
Paul McVey
Photographer
Frank Melton
Jane - Flower Girl
Roseanne Murray
Man Awaiting Dewey's Arrival
Wedgwood Nowell
Bellboy
Steve O'Brien
Photographer
Paddy O'Flynn
Photographer
George O'Hara
Photographer
Arthur Rankin
Mrs. Petit
Ruth Robinson
Hotel Clerk
Mel Ruick
Committeeman
Paul Stanton
Slicker
Charles Tannen
Teacher
Maxine Tucker
Student
Truman Van Dyke
Teacher
Lillian West
Teacher
Cecil Weston
Bellboy
Allen Wood
Beaulah's Assistant
Florence Wright
Marion Gray