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

Morris Gershwin

Rosemary DeCamp

Rose Gershwin

Oscar Levant

Oscar Levant

Paul Whiteman

Paul Whiteman

Al Jolson

Al Jolson

George White

George White

Hazel Scott

Hazel Scott

Anne Brown

Bess

Herbert Rudley

Ira Gershwin

John B. Hughes

Hughes

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

Lynn Baggett

Guest (uncredited)

Gower Champion

Tap Dancer at Remick's (uncredited)

Elsa Maxwell

Elsa Maxwell (uncredited)

Mark Stevens

Steve (uncredited)

Charles Waldron

Doctor (uncredited)

Bernard DeRoux

Porter (uncredited)

Joe Gilbert

Nightclub Patron (uncredited)

Irving Rapper

Director

Sonya Levien

Story

Howard E. Koch

Screenplay

Elliot Paul

Screenplay

Folmar Blangsted

Editor

Hal B. Wallis

Executive Producer

Milo Anderson

Costume Design

Sol Polito

Director of Photography

Ernest Haller

Additional Photography

Merritt B. Gerstad

Additional Photography

John Hughes

Art Direction

Anton Grot

Art Direction

Perc Westmore

Makeup Artist

Jesse L. Lasky

Producer

Clifford Odets

Additional Writing

Harry Chandlee

Additional Writing

Robert Rossen

Additional Writing

Max Steiner

Original Music Composer

George Gershwin

Songs

Ira Gershwin

Lyricist

George Gershwin

Original Music Composer

Ray Heindorf

Original Music Composer