Discovery by Flo Ziegfeld changes a girl's life but not necessarily for the better, as three beautiful women find out when they join the spectacle on Broadway: Susan, the singer who must leave behind her ageing vaudevillian father; vulnerable Sheila, the working girl pursued both by a millionaire and by her loyal boyfriend from Flatbush; and the mysterious European beauty Sandra, whose concert violinist husband cannot endure the thought of their escaping from poverty by promenading her glamor in skimpy costumes.
Directed by Busby Berkeley and Robert Z. Leonard
bootlegger
infidelity
brother
beauty
musical
violinist
backstage
romance
singer
mistress
alcoholic
millionaire
broadway
boyfriend
gold digger
chorus girl
musical revue
vaudeville act
fall from grace
vaudevillian
show girls
new-found fame
immigrants
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Cast
James Stewart
Gilbert Young
Judy Garland
Susan Gallagher
Hedy Lamarr
Sandra Kolter
Lana Turner
Sheila Regan
Tony Martin
Frank Merton
Jackie Cooper
Jerry Regan
Ian Hunter
Geoffrey Collis
Charles Winninger
'Pop' Gallagher
Edward Everett Horton
Noble Sage
Philip Dorn
Franz Kolter
Paul Kelly
John Slayton
Eve Arden
Patsy Dixon
Crew
Busby Berkeley
Director
Robert Z. Leonard
Director
Sonya Levien
Screenplay
Joseph Ruttenberg
Director of Photography
Pandro S. Berman
Producer
Al Shean
Songs
Edwin B. Willis
Set Decoration
George Stoll
Additional Music
Adrian
Costume Design
George Stoll
Music Director
Cedric Gibbons
Art Direction
Douglas Shearer
Recording Supervision
Popular Reviews
31 reviews
SH
7.0★ · 11/03/25
I LOVE EVERYONE IN THIS MOVIE
I LOVE EVERYONE IN THIS MOVIE
sar
6.0★ · 09/09/25
watched ESPECIALLY for hedy lamarr & im not ashamed. she takes my breath away
watched ESPECIALLY for hedy lamarr & im not ashamed. she takes my breath away
Carly Gravley
5.0★ · 07/30/25
Hal. It’s about stairs.
Hal. It’s about stairs.
Lian
4.7★ · 06/06/25
Hedy lamarr wearing that star costume is the best thing ive seen
Hedy lamarr wearing that star costume is the best thing ive seen
Berlyn
5.6★ · 05/04/25
The dance numbers were total legitness but I didn’t like Sheila’s story being the main story. I wish that Susan’s story was the main one because it was the most interesting.
The dance numbers were total legitness but I didn’t like Sheila’s story being the main story. I wish that Susan’s story was the main one because it was the most interesting.