Stand Up and Cheer!
1934 | 69m | English
Popularity: 2 (history)
| Director: | Hamilton MacFadden |
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| Writer: | Lew Brown, Philip Klein, Will Rogers |
| Staring: |
| President Franklin Roosevelt appoints a theatrical producer as the new Secretary of Amusement in order to cheer up an American public still suffering through the Depression. The new secretary soon runs afoul of political lobbyists out to destroy his department. | |
| Release Date: | May 04, 1934 |
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| Director: | Hamilton MacFadden |
| Writer: | Lew Brown, Philip Klein, Will Rogers |
| Genres: | |
| Keywords | underdog, pre-code |
| Production Companies | Fox Film Corporation |
| Box Office |
Revenue: $0
Budget: $0 |
| Updates |
Updated: Jan 19, 2026 Entered: Apr 25, 2024 |
| Name | Character |
|---|---|
| Warner Baxter | Lawrence Cromwell |
| Madge Evans | Mary Adams |
| James Dunn | Jimmy Dugan |
| Sylvia Froos | Sylvia Froos |
| John Boles | John Boles |
| Arthur Byron | John Harly |
| Shirley Temple | Shirley Dugan |
| Ralph Morgan | Secretary to President |
| Jimmy Dallas | Boy Scout |
| Tess Gardella | Aunt Jemima |
| Frank Mitchell | Senator Danforth |
| Jack Durant | Senator Short |
| Dick Foran | Nick Foran |
| Nigel Bruce | Eustis Dinwiddle |
| John 'Skins' Miller | Hill-Billy |
| Stepin Fetchit | Stepin Fetchit |
| Lew Brown | Voice of Jimmy Durante Penguin (voice, uncredited) |
| Lynn Bari | White House Secretary / Chorine (uncredited) |
| Scotty Beckett | Boy Auditioning for Miss Adams (uncredited) |
| Jean Allen | Dancer |
| Dorothy Andre | Dancer |
| Zita Baca | Dancer |
| Bonita Barker | Dancer |
| Deslys Barnes | Dancer |
| Mary Blackwood | Dancer |
| Angela Blue | Dancer |
| Audrene Brier | Dancer |
| Mary Jane Carey | Dancer |
| Lorena Carr | Dancer |
| Dixie Dean | Dancer |
| Shirley Deane | Dancer |
| Dale Dee | Dancer |
| Betty Dotson | Dancer |
| Celeste Edwards | Dancer |
| Eleanor Edwards | Dancer |
| Margaret Ehrlich | Dancer |
| Helen Fairweather | Dancer |
| Martha Fields | Dancer |
| Diane Gardner | Dancer |
| Zumetta Garnett | Dancer |
| Harriette Haddon | Dancer |
| Beatrice Hagen | Dancer |
| Margaret Harding | Dancer |
| Earlene Heath | Dancer |
| Ruth Jennings | Dancer |
| Crystal Keate | Dancer |
| Eve Kimberly | Dancer |
| Ula Love | Dancer |
| Lucille Miller | Dancer |
| Mildred Morris | Dancer |
| Laura Morse | Dancer |
| Inez Mortensen | Dancer |
| Toddy Peterson | Dancer |
| Marjean Roach | Dancer |
| Jean Rogers | Dancer |
| Gale Ronn | Dancer |
| Marion Sheldon | Dancer |
| Mary Stewart | Dancer |
| Dorothy Ward | Dancer |
| Zelda Webber | Dancer |
| Marion Weldon | Dancer |
| Dorothy White | Dancer |
| Nora Lane | Toe Dancer |
| Dorothy Dayton | Toe Dancer |
| Morris Ankrum | Washington Press Correspondent |
| George K. Arthur | Dance Director |
| Jane Barnes | Angie |
| Ruth Beckett | Child's Mother |
| Bobby Caldwell | General Lee |
| Gilbert Clayton | Quartet Member |
| Harry Dunkinson | Quartet Member |
| Dora Clement | Secretary |
| Ruth Clifford | Secretary |
| Dorothy Dehn | Secretary |
| John Davidson | Blue Nose Hour Radio Announcer (voice) |
| Clyde Dilson | Correspondent |
| Elspeth Dudgeon | Reformer |
| Edward Earle | Secret Service Man |
| Patricia Farr | |
| Bess Flowers | Stenographer |
| Dixie Francis | |
| Carlton Griffin | Secretary |
| Dorothy Gulliver | Stenographer |
| John Hamilton | Presidential Naval Aide |
| Sam Hayes | Radio Announcer |
| Aggie Herring | Irish Washerwoman |
| Philippa Hilber | Chorine |
| David Holt | Boy at Audition for Miss Adams |
| Arthur Stuart Hull | Senator |
| Selmer Jackson | White House Correspondent |
| Si Jenks | Rube Farmer |
| Lila Lee | Zelda |
| Patricia Lee | Featured Blonde in Baby Take a Bow Number |
| Lucien Littlefield | Professor Hi De Ho |
| Arthur Loft | |
| Wilbur Mack | Beamish |
| Joe Smith Marba | Elephant Trainer |
| Miriam Marlin | Fashion Model |
| Tina Marshall | Boy's Mother |
| Paul McVey | Senator Jenkins |
| Frank Melton | Fosdick |
| Montie Montana | Rope Spinner |
| Frances Morris | Stenographer |
| Edmund Mortimer | Senator |
| Harry Northrup | Reformer |
| Dagmar Oakland | |
| Jessie Perry | Reformer |
| Herbert Prior | Quartet Member |
| Rolin Ray | Secretary |
| Jack Richardson | |
| Frank Sheridan | Senator |
| Reginald Simpson | Secretary |
| Paul Stanton | Senator |
| Carl Stockdale | Quartet Member |
| Phil Tead | Vaudevillian |
| Lurene Tuttle | Stenographer |
| Arthur Vinton | Turner |
| Glen Walters | Hillbilly's Wife |
| Peggy Watts | Secretary |
| Lillian West | Stenographer |
| Gayne Whitman | President (voice) |
| Vivian Winston | |
| Marbeth Wright | Chorus Girl |
| Name | Job |
|---|---|
| Arthur Lange | Original Music Composer |
| Ernest Palmer | Director of Photography |
| Russell Patterson | Art Direction |
| Rita Kaufman | Costume Design |
| Lew Brown | Story, Dialogue |
| Ralph Spence | Dialogue |
| Hamilton MacFadden | Director |
| L. William O'Connell | Director of Photography |
| Margaret Clancey | Editor |
| Gordon Wiles | Art Direction |
| Philip Klein | Story |
| Will Rogers | Story |
| Name | Title |
|---|---|
| Winfield R. Sheehan | Producer |
| Organization | Category | Person |
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Popularity History
| Year | Month | Avg | Max | Min |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 4 | 5 | 8 | 1 |
| 2024 | 5 | 4 | 7 | 2 |
| 2024 | 6 | 3 | 5 | 1 |
| 2024 | 7 | 3 | 7 | 1 |
| 2024 | 8 | 2 | 6 | 1 |
| 2024 | 9 | 3 | 7 | 1 |
| 2024 | 10 | 2 | 6 | 1 |
| 2024 | 11 | 1 | 3 | 1 |
| 2024 | 12 | 3 | 12 | 1 |
| 2025 | 1 | 2 | 5 | 1 |
| 2025 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 1 |
| 2025 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 1 |
| 2025 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 1 |
| 2025 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 1 |
| 2025 | 6 | 1 | 1 | 1 |
| 2025 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 2025 | 8 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 2025 | 9 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 2025 | 10 | 1 | 1 | 0 |
| 2025 | 11 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 2025 | 12 | 1 | 2 | 0 |
| 2026 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 0 |
| 2026 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 2 |
Trending Position
This starts off quite promisingly, with a bumbling 'Dinwiddle" (Nigel Bruce) explaining to awaiting reporters just what his job as chief scout for Broadway impresario "Cromwell" (Warner Baxter) actually is. Then, right on cue, his boss arrives by gyro-copter on the White House lawn for a meeting at ... which the President offers him a $100m budget and one year as "Secretary of Amusement". His task? Cheer up the American populace after the misery of the 1920s. He quickly assembles his own cabinet - including "Mary" (Madge Evans) as his minister for children and sets about making us all smile. Sadly, Baxter and Evans - and their predictably evolving affection - feature but sparingly in what is essentially a compendium of just about every style entertainment act around at the time. An early outing for the smiling Shirley Temple is probably most notable, but even she struggles to breath much life into this almost documentary style film that could serve well as an history of what made Americans laugh in the early thirties. Some of the artistes work better than others, but a weak, occasionally politically driven, narrative and an off-form effort from what we do see of Baxter just doesn't really work. It watchable as a nostalgia exercise, but as little else I'm afraid.