Sitting Pretty (1933 film)

This article is about the 1933 motion picture. For the 1948 film with Clifton Webb, see Sitting Pretty (1948 film). For other uses, see Sitting Pretty (disambiguation).

Sitting Pretty is a 1933 American Pre-Code musical comedy film that tells the story of two aspiring but untalented songwriters played by Jack Oakie and Jack Haley. They are joined by Ginger Rogers and Thelma Todd on their trip from New York City to Hollywood to find their fortune. This film was directed by Harry Joe Brown and featured the Pickens Sisters as themselves.^[1]

Sitting Pretty
Directed by	Harry Joe Brown
Written by	Lou Breslow Jack McGowan S. J. Perelman Nina Wilcox Putnam (story) Harry Stoddard (story, uncredited)
Produced by	Charles R. Rogers
Starring	Jack Oakie Jack Haley Ginger Rogers Thelma Todd
Distributed by	Paramount Pictures
Release date	November 24, 1933 (1933-11-24)
Running time	85 minutes
Country	United States
Language	English

Plot

Cast

• Jack Oakie as Chick Parker
• Jack Haley as Pete Pendleton
• Ginger Rogers as Dorothy
• Gregory Ratoff as Tannenbaum
• Thelma Todd as Gloria Duval
• Lew Cody as Jules Clark
• Jerry Tucker as Buzz
• The Pickens Sisters
• The Hundred Hollywood Honeys
• Hale Hamilton as Vinton
• Walter Walker as George Wilson
• Kenneth Thomson as Norman Lubin
• William Davidson as Director
• Lee Morgan as Assistant director
• Harry Revel as Pianist
• Mack Gordon as Song publisher
• Arthur Jarrett
• Virginia Sale