Movie: Sitting Pretty

Top 10 Billed Cast

Jack Oakie
Jack Oakie

Chick Parker

Jack Haley
Jack Haley

Pete Pendleton

Ginger Rogers
Ginger Rogers

Dorothy

Gregory Ratoff
Gregory Ratoff

Tannenbaum

Thelma Todd
Thelma Todd

Gloria Duval

Lew Cody
Lew Cody

Jules Clark

Jerry Tucker
Jerry Tucker

Buzz

Helen Pickens
Helen Pickens

Pickens Sisters

Jane Pickens
Jane Pickens

Pickens Sisters

Patti Pickens
Patti Pickens

Pickens Sisters

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  • Overview

    Jack Oakie and Jack Haley are songwriters are enroute from New York to Hollywood to make their fame and fortune; Ginger Rogers, a lunchwagon proprieter, joins them.

  • Release Date

    1933-11-23

  • Average

    7.5

  • Rating:

    3.8 starts
  • Tagline

    Just a couple of song writers with a baby grand...and a grand baby...

  • Genres

  • Languages:

    English
  • Keywords

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