"Story about four generations in a family of musicians."
John Boles
as Carl Hausmann
Gloria Stuart
as Lucy Tarrant Hausmann
Morgan Farley
as Eric Hausmann
Ruth Hall
as Patricia Sedley
Albert Conti
as Baron Franz von Hausmann
Dorothy Peterson
as Baroness Irene von Hausmann
Edmund Breese
as Maj. Tarrant
Louise Carter
as Mrs. Tarrant
Anderson Lawler
as Tom Rountree
Richard Carle
as Judge B. T. Belden
Lucile Gleason
as The Duchess
Mae Busch
as Marie
Jimmy Butler
as Charles Hausmann, as a boy
Oscar Apfel
as Henry Burrows
Jane Mercer
as Helen
Mickey Rooney
as Tommy, a Violin Student
Holmes Herbert
as Lord Landslake
Lucille La Verne
as Mrs. Briggs
Mary Gordon
as Mrs. O'Leary
James Flavin
as Wilcox
Otto Hoffman
as Dietrich
George Ernest
as Eric, as a Boy
King Baggot
as Second Doctor
Walter Brennan
as Stuttering Boarder
Clara Blandick
as Miss Murfee
Wallis Clark
as Yates
Josef Swickard
as Revolutionist
Fred Kelsey
as Mulvaney
Bessie Barriscale
as Mrs. Walkins
William H. Strauss
as Jewish Father
Sherwood Bailey
as Tom, as a Boy
Margaret Mann
as Countess von Brandenburg
C. Montague Shaw
as Alexander Talbot
Eddie Woods
as Charles Hausmann
Lester Lee
as Carl, age 10
Bobbe Arnst
as The Dancer
Cosmo Kyrle Bellew
as Doctor
Neysa Nourse
as Laurette
Peggy Terry
as Alice
Merritt B. Gerstad
Director of Photography
Victor Schertzinger
Director
Sam Wineland
Conductor
B.F. Zeidman
Producer
Carl Laemmle Jr.
Paul Gangelin
Story
George O'Neil
Writer
Screenplay
Carl Laemmle
Presenter
Howard Jackson
Music