---
title: 'The Toast of New York (1937)'
type: 'film'
director: 'Rowland V. Lee'
released: '1937-01-01'
runtime_minutes: 109
genres:
  - 'History'
countries:
  - 'United States'
canonical: 'https://cinepixo.com/movies/the-toast-of-new-york-1937'
review_count: 0
imdb: 'https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0029675/'
publisher: 'CinePixo'
---

# The Toast of New York (1937)

1937 · 109 min · History · United States


## Synopsis

The Toast of New York is a 1937 American biographical film directed by Rowland V. Lee and starring Edward Arnold, Cary Grant, Frances Farmer, and Jack Oakie. The film is a fictionalized account of the lives of financiers James Fisk and Edward S. Stokes. The screenplay was based on the book The Book of Daniel Drew by Bouck White and the story "Robber Barons" by Matthew Josephson.

## Credits

- **Director:** [Rowland V. Lee](https://cinepixo.com/people/rowland-v-lee)
- **Screenplay:** [Dudley Nichols](https://cinepixo.com/people/dudley-nichols), [Derek Twist](https://cinepixo.com/people/derek-twist)
- **Original Music Composer:** [Nathaniel Shilkret](https://cinepixo.com/people/nathaniel-shilkret)
- **Producer:** [Edward Small](https://cinepixo.com/people/edward-small)
- **Director of Photography:** [John Peverell Marley](https://cinepixo.com/people/john-peverell-marley)
- **Editor:** [George Hively](https://cinepixo.com/people/george-hively-2)

## Cast

- [Russell Hicks](https://cinepixo.com/people/russell-hicks)
- [Frances Farmer](https://cinepixo.com/people/frances-farmer)
- [Cary Grant](https://cinepixo.com/people/cary-grant)
- [Oscar Apfel](https://cinepixo.com/people/oscar-apfel)
- [Gavin Gordon](https://cinepixo.com/people/gavin-gordon)
- [Lionel Belmore](https://cinepixo.com/people/lionel-belmore)
- [Donald Meek](https://cinepixo.com/people/donald-meek)
- [Ethan Laidlaw](https://cinepixo.com/people/ethan-laidlaw)
- [Clarence Kolb](https://cinepixo.com/people/clarence-kolb)
- [William Wagner](https://cinepixo.com/people/william-wagner)
- [Stanley Fields](https://cinepixo.com/people/stanley-fields)
- [Clem Bevans](https://cinepixo.com/people/clem-bevans)
- [Earl Dwire](https://cinepixo.com/people/earl-dwire)
- [Richard Alexander](https://cinepixo.com/people/richard-alexander)
- [Billy Gilbert](https://cinepixo.com/people/billy-gilbert)

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