

Sitting Pretty
“Just a couple of song writers with a baby grand...and a grand baby...”
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.
Top Cast

Jack Oakie
Chick Parker

Jack Haley
Pete Pendleton

Ginger Rogers
Dorothy

Gregory Ratoff
Tannenbaum

Thelma Todd
Gloria Duval

Lew Cody
Jules Clark

Jerry Tucker
Buzz

Helen Pickens
Pickens Sisters

Jane Pickens
Pickens Sisters

Patti Pickens
Pickens Sisters

Irving Bacon
Dice Player (uncredited)

James P. Burtis
Mover Foreman (uncredited)
Key Film Crew
Production Stats
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