Stand Up and Cheer! (1934) |
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| Director(s) | Hamilton MacFadden |
| Producer(s) | Winfield R. Sheehan, Lew Brown |
| Top Genres | Comedy, Drama, Family, Musical |
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Warner Baxter
(as Lawrence Cromwell)
James Dunn
(as Jimmy Dugan)
John Boles
(as Himself)
Shirley Temple
(as Shirley Dugan)
Dick Foran
(as Himself)
Nigel Bruce
(as Dinwiddle)
Stepin Fetchit
(as George Bernard Shaw)
Morris Ankrum
(as Washington Press Corre...)
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Stand Up and Cheer! (1934) was a Comedy - Musical Film directed by Hamilton MacFadden and produced by Winfield R. Sheehan and Lew Brown.
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Stand Up and Cheer! (1934)
Stand Up and Cheer! Directed by Hamilton MacFadden 1934/USA Fox Film Corporation First viewing? The President decides to improve morale during the Depression by creating a Department of Amusement headed by Secretary Lawrence Cromwell (Warner Baxter). Cromwell selects Mary Adams (Madge Evans) to ... Read full article
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Tess Gardella who appears in a "specialty number" in the film, and Sammy Lee, who choreographed it, previously worked together in both the 1927 original Broadway version of "Show Boat" and the 1932 revival. Tess Gardella, in blackface, played the African-American cook Queenie in both productions, which Lee choreographed.
For the "Baby, Take a Bow" number with James Dunn, the studio felt it would be easier for Shirley Temple to do the dance she had done at her audition rather than learn a new one, so Temple spent her first day on the set giving Dunn dancing lessons.
Clara Bow was originally signed to star in this film, but pulled out at the last minute due to health problems.
Although Shirley Temple won her Juvenile Academy Award for her film work encompassing 1934, during the 2000 Academy Awards this film was cited as her Oscar winning performance.
Debut of Lurene Tuttle.