Joe Lane, radio entertainer and songwriter, learns that the manager of the studio, Arthur Phillips, has made improper advances to his wife, Katherine. Infuriated, Lane engages him in a fight, and the encounter results in Phillips' accidental death. Joe goes to prison for a few years, and when he is released he visits his son, Little Pal, at school and is begged by him to run away together.
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- Released
- Production
- Warner Bros. Pictures
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- musical
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Top Cast
Al Jolson as Joe Lane
Davey Lee as Little Pal
Marian Nixon as Katherine Lane
Holmes Herbert as Dr. Robert Merrill
Kenneth Thomson as Arthur Phillips
Fred Kohler as Fred, Joe's Cellmate
Frank Campeau as Officer
John Bowers as Dr. Burnes, surgeon
Top Crew
Lloyd Bacon · Director
Harvey Gates · Screenplay, Story
Dave Dreyer · Composer
Billy Rose · Composer
Lee Garmes · Cinematographer
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