Lilly Turner

One woman faces many trials on the road to romance after unwittingly marrying a bigamist, then a carnival barker, and then falling for a young engineer.

Cast

Ruth Chatterton

as Lilly 'Queenie' Turner Dixon

George Brent

as Bob Chandler

Frank McHugh

as David 'Dave' Dixon

Guy Kibbee

as Doc Peter McGill

Robert Barrat

as Fritz 'Heinie'

Ruth Donnelly

as Edna Yokum

Marjorie Gateson

as Mrs. Bessie 'Ma' McGill

Gordon Westcott

as Rex Durkee

Arthur Vinton

as Sam Waxman

Grant Mitchell

as Dr. Hawley

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