In the show's original production, Julie was played by Helen Morgan, who made the role her own until her untimely death and reprised it in the 1932 stage revival, the 1936 film version of the show, and a 1940 Los Angeles revival.
With Al Goodman leading the orchestra, the line-up of guests included Fanny Brice, Helen Morgan, Jack Pearl, Will Rogers, and Ziegfeld himself.
Helen Mirren | Helen Keller | Morgan Stanley | Morgan Freeman | Helen | J. P. Morgan | Helen of Troy | Helen Hayes | Piers Morgan | Morgan Tsvangirai | John Hunt Morgan | Helen Clark | Morgan Spurlock | Morgan | Helen Reddy | Helen Frankenthaler | J.P. Morgan & Co. | Harry Morgan | Frank Morgan | Dennis Morgan | Morgan County | Lorrie Morgan | Henry Morgan | Helen Hunt | Helen Humes | Tracy Morgan | Morgan horse | Morgan Fairchild | Michèle Morgan | Augustus De Morgan |
In a deliberate nod to Kern and Hammerstein's classic musical Show Boat, which had been filmed with Irene Dunne the year before, Dunne's lovable father Raymond Walburn is the owner of a traveling musical medicine show (much like Cap'n Andy), and Dunne is its star; in addition, Dorothy Lamour sings a torch song, much as Helen Morgan did in Show Boat.
In 1929, Alter moved to Hollywood, where he wrote songs for films, beginning with The Hollywood Review of 1929, and he continued to provide piano accompaniment for various singers, including Beatrice Lillie and Helen Morgan.
Musical entertainments are provided by Dame Edna May Oliver as "The Lady in Red", the Dionne quintuplets (who were in reality only two years old at the time) and Helen Morgan, sitting on the piano, turning on the tears with a torch song.