Melville W. Brown Director Wallace Ford Willie Barton Actor Joan Gale Agatha Sliscomb Actor Oscar Apfel Bob Bent Actor Betty Alden Helen Barton Brent Actor Florence Roberts Ma Barton - Willie's Mother Actor Spencer Charters Sliscomb - the Landlord Actor Bradley Page Hamilton T. Holland - Acting School Actor Lorin Raker Biddleford - Holland's Writer Actor George Waggner Screenwriter William T. Lackey Producer Harry Neumann Cinematographer Carl Pierson Film Editing E.R. Hickson Art Director