George Gershwin

Robert Alda

Julie Adams

Joan Leslie

Christine Gilbert

Alexis Smith

Oscar Levant

Oscar Levant

Max Dreyfus

Charles Coburn

Lee Gershwin

Julie Bishop

Prof. Franck

Albert Bassermann

Al Jolson

Al Jolson

Morris Gershwin

Morris Carnovsky

Rose Gershwin

Rosemary DeCamp

Ira Gershwin

Herbert Rudley

Paul Whiteman

Paul Whiteman

Bess

Anne Brown

Hazel Scott

Hazel Scott

George White

George White

Commentator

John B. Hughes

George Gershwin as a Boy

Mickey Roth

Ira Gershwin as a Boy

Darryl Hickman

Mr. Kast

Charles Halton

Mr. Milton

Andrew Tombes

Mr. Katzman

Gregory Golubeff

Mr. Muscatel

Walter Soderling

Buddy De Sylva

Eddie Marr

Foley

Theodore von Eltz

Herbert Stone

Bill Kennedy

Christine's Escort

Robert Shayne

Ravel

Oscar Lorraine

Dancer

Johnny Downs

Otto Kahn

Ernest Golm

Maurice Ravel

Oscar Loraine

Jascha Heifetz

Martin Noble

Walter Damrosch

Hugo Kirchhoffer

Rachmaninoff

Will Wright

Guest in Nightclub

Ivan Lebedeff

Comic

George Riley

Cashier

Virginia Sale

Guest (uncredited)

Lynn Baggett

Tap Dancer at Remick's (uncredited)

Gower Champion

Prima Donna

Yola D'Avril

Elsa Maxwell (uncredited)

Elsa Maxwell

Receptionist

Claire DuBrey

Swedish Janitor

Christian Rub

Steve (uncredited)

Mark Stevens

Sport

Rob Johnson

Mme. De Breteuil

Odette Myrtil

Doctor (uncredited)

Charles Waldron

Porter (uncredited)

Bernard DeRoux

Orchestra Leader

Jay Novello

Sport

Robert Johnson

Nightclub Patron (uncredited)

Joe Gilbert

Porgy

William Gillespie

Himself

Tom Patricola

Herbert Rudley

Ira Gershwin

Eddie Cantor

Frank Reicher

Piano Player

Harry Seymour