To Beat the Band

  • Genre: MusicComedy
  • Run time: 70 min
  • Premiere: 1935. November 23.

An eccentric heir must marry a widow in order to collect the millions left to him in his aunt's will, so a suicidal neighbor agrees to marry the man's young fiancée before offing himself.

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Hugh Herbert

Hugo Twist / Elizabeth Twist

Helen Broderick

Mrs. Freeda McCrary

Roger Pryor

Larry Barry

Fred Keating

Fred Carson

Eric Blore

Hawkins

Evelyn Poe

Barbara Shelby

Johnny Mercer

Member of the Band

Ray Mayer

McCrory

Joy Hodges

Ruth Harper - Girls' Band Leader

Lynne Carver

Minor Role

Willie Best

Elevator Operator

Monte Collins

The Coroner

Harry Holman

Chubby Diner

Mike Lally

Nightclub Patron

Sonny Lamont

Tap Dancer

Perc Launders

Musician

Torben Meyer

Headwaiter

Larry Steers

Man Knocked Down in Nightclub

Art

Van Nest Polglase

Art Direction

Camera

Nicholas Musuraca

Director of Photography

Costume & Make-Up

Walter Plunkett

Costume Design

Directing

Kenneth Holmes

Assistant Director

Editing

Production

Zion Myers

Associate Producer

Sound

John E. Tribby

Sound Recordist

Writing

Rian James

Screenplay

Art

Van Nest Polglase

Art Direction

Camera

Nicholas Musuraca

Director of Photography

Costume & Make-Up

Walter Plunkett

Costume Design

Directing

Kenneth Holmes

Assistant Director

Editing

Production

Zion Myers

Associate Producer

Sound

John E. Tribby

Sound Recordist

Writing

Rian James

Screenplay