Stand Up and Cheer!
★ 5.3 · 1934 · 69m · Comedy · Music · Family
President Franklin Roosevelt appoints a theatrical producer as the new Secretary of Amusement in order to cheer up an American public still suffering through the Depression. The new secretary soon runs afoul of political lobbyists out to destroy his department.
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