Directed by King Vidor Written by Agnes Christine Johnston   Laurence Stallings   Wanda Tuchock   Ralph Spence   Cast Marion Davies ... Peggy Pepper William Haines ... Billy Boone Dell Henderson ... Colonel Pepper Paul Ralli ... Andre Telfair Tenen Holtz ... Casting Director Harry Gribbon ... Comedy Director Sidney Bracey ... Dramatic Director (as Sidney Bracy) Polly Moran ... The Maid Albert Conti ... Producer Uncredited Cast Renée Adorée ... Renée Adorée George K. Arthur ... George K. Arthur Gordon Avil ... Gordon Avil Eleanor Boardman ... Roxalanne de Lavedan in 'Bardelys the Magnificent' (archive footage) Symona Boniface ... Guest Charles Chaplin ... Charles Chaplin Lew Cody ... Lew Cody Ray Cooke ... Director's Assistant Harry Crocker ... Harry Crocker Karl Dane ... Karl Dane Douglas Fairbanks ... Douglas Fairbanks Bess Flowers ... Undetermined Bit Role John Gilbert ... John Gilbert Elinor Glyn ... Elinor Glyn George Goforth   Robert A. Golden ... Robert Golden Pat Harmon ... Studio Gateman William S. Hart ... William S. Hart Leatrice Joy ... Leatrice Joyce Rod La Rocque ... Rod La Rocque Lillian Lawrence ... Comedy Player at Farewell Banquet Robert Z. Leonard ... Robert Z. Leonard John Lowell ... Director Annabelle Magnus ... Child in Casting Office Mae Murray ... Mae Murray Bobby Newman ... Fat Kid at Movie Preview Louella Parsons ... Louella Parsons Kalla Pasha ... Comic Chef Aileen Pringle ... Aileen Pringle Bert Roach ... Heavyset Man in Casting Agency Dorothy Sebastian ... Dorothy Sebastian Rolfe Sedan ... Portrait Photographer C. Aubrey Smith ... Extra at Movie Preview Norma Talmadge ... Norma Talmage Estelle Taylor ... Estelle Taylor Dorothy Vernon ... Comedy Player at Farewell Banquet King Vidor ... King Vidor Coy Watson ... Messenger Boy Claire Windsor ... Claire Windsor Produced by Marion Davies   Irving Thalberg   King Vidor   Original Music by Carl Davis William Axt

Additional Info Premiere: October 20, 1928 DVD Release: June 14, 2012 Country: Distributor: Warner Brother Studios Websites: Production Companies Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer (MGM) (presents) (controlled by Loew's Incorporated) (A King Vidor Production) (A Marion Davies Production) Cosmopolitan Productions (uncredited) Distributors Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer (MGM)   (1928) (USA) (theatrical) Turner Entertainment   (1988) (USA) (VHS) Warner Home Video   (2012) (USA) (DVD) (as Warner Archives) MGM/UA Home Entertainment   (USA) (VHS) Rating Stats Overall Rating 7.6 / 10 Our Rating -- / 10 Your Friends -- / 10 Male Users -- / 10 Female Users -- / 10 Site Ranking #6,149 / 20,886 Site Ranking #6,145 Weird Science: Season 3 (1995) #6,146 Weird Science: Season 5 (1997) #6,147 Weird Science: Season 2 (1994) #6,148 Is It College Yet? (2002) #6,149 Show People (1928) #6,150 Sometimes They Come Back... Again (1996) #6,151 Buzz Lightyear Of Star Command: Season 1 (2000) #6,152 Buzz Lightyear Of Star Command: Season 2 (2000) #6,153 House Party (2023)