Dozens of star and character-actor cameos and a message about the Variety Club (a show-business charity) are woven into a framework about two hopeful young ladies who come to Hollywood, exchange identities, and cause comic confusion (with slapstick interludes) throughout the Paramount studio.
Bing Crosby
Bob Hope
Gary Cooper
Ray Milland
Alan Ladd
Barbara Stanwyck
Paulette Goddard
Dorothy Lamour
Sonny Tufts
Joan Caulfield
William Holden
Lizabeth Scott
Burt Lancaster
Gail Russell
Diana Lynn
Sterling Hayden
Robert Preston
Veronica Lake
Catherine Brown / Juliet
Amber La Vonne
Bob Kirby
R.J. O'Connell
Bill Farris
Mrs. Webster
Andre
Busboy at Brown Derby
Cashier
Mr. O'Connell's Assistant
Assistant's Assistant
Manager at Grauman's Chinese
John Lund
William Bendix
Barry Fitzgerald
Howard Da Silva
Macdonald Carey
Cass Daley
Patric Knowles
Mona Freeman
Billy De Wolfe
Barker
Cecil Kellaway
Variety Girl
Soldier
Frank Faylen
Cecil B. DeMille
Mitchell Leisen
Frank Butler
George Marshall
Pearl Bailey
Harmonica Player
Harmonica Player
Spike Jones
Walter Abel (uncredited)
Makeup Man (uncredited)
Autograph Seeker (uncredited)
Secretary (uncredited)
Variety Girl (uncredited)
Stanley Clements (uncredited)
Man at Steambath (uncredited)
Restaurant Patron (uncredited)
Waiter (uncredited)
George Reeves (uncredited)
Hairdresser (uncredited)
Plane Passenger (uncredited)
Variety Girl
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