Laugh It Off (1939 film)

Laugh It Off is a 1939 American musical film directed by Albert S. Rogell and starring Johnny Downs, Constance Moore, Marjorie Rambeau and Cecil Cunningham. It was shot at Universal City in Hollywood. The film's sets were designed by the art director Jack Otterson.

Plot
Four veteran actresses are turned out of an retirement home for entertainers when the Spencer Trust that owns it goes bust. One of them gets her lawyer nephew to seek out the only remaining member of the Spencer family, a young woman named Ruth, who proves sympathetic but has no money to help. They next turn to the idea of reopening a failed gambling club as a popular nightclub in which they will all appear and sing. However this threatens to embarrass their respectable relations who try and prevent it.

Cast

 * Johnny Downs as Stephen 'Steve' Hannis
 * Constance Moore as Ruth Spencer
 * Marjorie Rambeau as Sylvia Swan
 * Cecil Cunningham as Tess Gibson
 * Hedda Hopper as Elizabeth 'Lizzie' Rockingham
 * Janet Beecher as Mary Carter
 * Edgar Kennedy as Judge John J. McGuinnis
 * Tom Dugan as Rod Bates
 * William Demarest as Barney 'Gimpy' Cole
 * Horace McMahon as 	Phil Ferrranti
 * Paula Stone as Linda Lane
 * Chester Clute as 	Eliot Rigby
 * Louise Bates as 	Ellen
 * John Dilson as Dr. Swan
 * Gertrude Hoffman as 	Carrie
 * Claire Whitney as Miss Martin
 * Lillian West as Sarah
 * Alan Edwards as Harvey Carter
 * Jack Norton as 	Thomas J. Carter, the Drunk
 * Brooks Benedict as Casino Croupier
 * Dale Van Sickel as 	Policeman
 * Fay McKenzie as Chorus Girl