Laura La Plante
— Magnolia
Joseph Schildkraut
— Gaylord Ravenal
Emily Fitzroy
— Parthenia Ann Hawks
Otis Harlan
— Capt. Andy Hawks
Alma Rubens
— Julie Dozier
Jack McDonald
— Windy
Jane La Verne
— Magnolia as Child / Kim
Neely Edwards
— Schultzy
Elise Bartlett
— Elly
Stepin Fetchit
— Joe
Jules Bledsoe
— Joe [prologue]
Tess Gardella
— Queenie [prologue]
Carl Laemmle
— Himself [prologue]
Helen Morgan
— Julie LaVerne [prologue]
Florenz Ziegfeld Jr.
— Himself [prologue]
Max Asher
— Utility Man
Matthew Beard
— Child
George Chesebro
— Steve Baker
Jim Coleman
— Stagehand
Claude Collins
Carl Herlinger
— Wheelsman (uncredited)
Harry Holden
— Means
Gertrude Howard
— Queenie
Theodore Lorch
— Frank
Ralph Yearsley
— The Killer