
Professor Bertram Potts

Sugarpuss O’Shea

Prof. Gurkakoff

Prof. Jerome

Prof. Magenbruch

Prof. Robinson

Prof. Quintana

Prof. Oddly

Prof. Peagram

Garbage Man

Joe Lilac

Duke Pastrami

Asthma Anderson

Miss Bragg

Larsen

McNeary

Waiter
Miss Totten
'Horseface'
Pinstripe

Justice of the Peace

District Attorney

College Boy

Motor Policeman

Himself — Orchestra Leader

Bum

Newsboy

“Benny — the Creep”
Garbage Man (uncredited)
Girl in Subway (uncredited)
Cop with Ms. Bragg (uncredited)

Cop on Garbage Truck (uncredited)
Motor Court Proprietor (uncredited)

Deputy (uncredited)

Stage Doorman (uncredited)

Nursemaid at Park (uncredited)

Girl in Café (uncredited)

Chorus Girl (uncredited)
Chorus Girl (uncredited)
Chorus Girl (uncredited)
Chorus Girl (uncredited)
Chorus Girl (uncredited)
Spieler (uncredited)
Delivery Boy (uncredited)

Veiled Woman in Gene Krupa’s Audience (uncredited)
Taxi Driver (uncredited)
College Girl (uncredited)
Deputy (uncredited)
Garbage Man (uncredited)

Nightclub Patron (uncredited)

Nightclub Patron (uncredited)
Cop (uncredited)

Sugarpuss O'Shea (singing voice) (uncredited)
Baseball Game Spectator (uncredited)
Passerby (uncredited)
Tollkeeper (uncredited)
Trumpeter (uncredited)
Hula Dancer (uncredited)
Date of Prof. Bertram Potts (uncredited)
Nightclub Patron (uncredited)
College Girl (uncredited)
Nursemaid at Park (uncredited)
Girl in Subway (uncredited)
Chorus Girl (uncredited)

Saxaphonist (uncredited)
Pool Hall Patron (uncredited)

Baseball Game Spectator (uncredited)

Pool Hall Patron (uncredited)

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A group of academics have spent years shut up in a house working on the definitive encyclopedia. When one of them discovers that his entry on slang is hopelessly outdated, he ventures into the wide world to learn about the evolving language. Here he meets Sugarpuss O’Shea, a nightclub singer, who’s on top of all the slang—and, it just so happens, needs a place to stay.