Filmmakers
Above the lineHH
Director
Howard Hawks
BW
Screenplay
Billy Wilder
Story
TM
Screenplay
Thomas Monroe
Story
HH
Screenplay
Howard Hawks
Story
GT
Cinematography
Gregg Toland
Director of Photography
DM
Editing
Daniel Mandell
Editor
EN
Music
Emil Newman
Original Music Composer
HF
Music
Hugo Friedhofer
Original Music Composer
DR
Music
Don Raye
Original Music Composer
IS
Costume Design
Irene Sharaff
Cast
38DK
Danny Kaye
Hobart Frisbee
VM
Virginia Mayo
Honey Swanson
BG
Benny Goodman
Professor Magenbruch
TD
Tommy Dorsey
Tommy Dorsey
LA
Louis Armstrong
Louis Armstrong
LH
Lionel Hampton
Lionel Hampton
CB
Charlie Barnet
Charlie Barnet
MP
Mel Powell
Mel Powell
FL
Ford Washington Lee
Buck
JS
John 'Bubbles' Sublett
Bubbles
PC
Page Cavanaugh
Page Cavanaugh
AV
Al Viola
Al Viola
LP
Lloyd Pratt
Lloyd Pratt
OW
Orlandus Wilson
Orlandus Wilson
HO
Henry Owens
Henry Owens
WJ
Willie Johnson
Willie Johnson
CR
Clyde Riddick
Clyde Riddick
RP
Russo do Pandeiro
Russo
HH
Hugh Herbert
Professor Twingle
SC
Steve Cochran
Tony Crow
JB
J. Edward Bromberg
Dr. Elfini
FB
Felix Bressart
Professor Gerkikoff
LS
Ludwig Stössel
Professor Träumer
OW
O.Z. Whitehead
Professor Oddly
ED
Esther Dale
Miss Bragg
MF
Mary Field
Miss Totten
HC
Howland Chamberlain
Mr. Setter
PL
Paul Langton
Joe
SB
Sidney Blackmer
Adams
BW
Ben Welden
Monte
BC
Ben Chasen
Ben
PV
Peter Virgo
Louis
HB
Harry Babasin
Bass
LB
Louie Bellson
Drums
AH
Alton Hendrickson
Guitar
LA
Laurindo Almeida
Laurindo Almeida (uncredited)
SG
Sue George
Cigarette Girl (uncredited)
MP
Milicent Patrick
Woman at Dorsey Club (uncredited)
Departments
18Production
- Samuel GoldwynProducer
Sound
- Emil NewmanMusic Director
- Hugo FriedhoferMusic Director
- Sonny BurkeOrchestrator
- Fred LauSound Recordist
Art
- Perry FergusonArt Direction
- George JenkinsArt Direction
- Julia HeronSet Decoration
Costume & Make-Up
- Marie ClarkHairstylist
- Robert StephanoffMakeup Artist
Crew
- John P. FultonSpecial Effects
Writing
- Harry TugendAdaptation
- Howard HawksAdaptation
- Don RayeLyricist
- Gene de PaulLyricist
- Billy WilderOriginal Film Writer
- Charles BrackettOriginal Film Writer
- Howard HawksOriginal Film Writer