---
title: 'Straight, Place and Show (1938)'
type: 'film'
director: 'David Butler'
released: '1938-01-01'
genres:
  - 'Comedy'
  - 'Music'
countries:
  - 'United States'
canonical: 'https://cinepixo.com/movies/straight-place-and-show-1938'
review_count: 0
imdb: 'https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0030802/'
publisher: 'CinePixo'
---

# Straight, Place and Show (1938)

1938 · Comedy, Music · United States


## Synopsis

Straight, Place and Show is a 1938 American comedy film directed by David Butler and starring the Ritz Brothers, Richard Arlen, and Ethel Merman, and released by 20th Century-Fox. It based on the unproduced play Saratoga Chips by Damon Runyon and Irving Caesar. It features a performance of the song "With You on My Mind" by Merman.

## Credits

- **Director:** [David Butler](https://cinepixo.com/people/david-butler-2)
- **Director of Photography:** [Ernest Palmer](https://cinepixo.com/people/ernest-palmer-2)

## Cast

- [Willie Best](https://cinepixo.com/people/willie-best)
- [Jack Chefe](https://cinepixo.com/people/jack-chefe)
- [Ivan Lebedeff](https://cinepixo.com/people/ivan-lebedeff)
- [Ritz Brothers](https://cinepixo.com/people/ritz-brothers)
- [Phyllis Brooks](https://cinepixo.com/people/phyllis-brooks)
- [Edward Gargan](https://cinepixo.com/people/edward-gargan)
- [Richard Arlen](https://cinepixo.com/people/richard-arlen)
- [Brooks Benedict](https://cinepixo.com/people/brooks-benedict)
- [Ethel Merman](https://cinepixo.com/people/ethel-merman)
- [Lon Chaney Jr.](https://cinepixo.com/people/lon-chaney-jr)
- [Lester Dorr](https://cinepixo.com/people/lester-dorr)
- [George Barbier](https://cinepixo.com/people/george-barbier)
- [Sidney Blackmer](https://cinepixo.com/people/sidney-blackmer)
- [Harry Hayden](https://cinepixo.com/people/harry-hayden)
- [Gregory Gaye](https://cinepixo.com/people/gregory-gaye)

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