Traveling Husbands (1931)
A salesman gets in trouble with a party girl and a debutante in Detroit.
Top billed cast
Evelyn BrentRuby Smith
Frank AlbertsonBarry Greene
Constance CummingsEllen Wilson
Hugh HerbertHymie Schwartz
Dorothy PetersonMartha Hall
Gwen LeeMabel
Frank McHughPinkie
Carl MillerBen Hall
Stanley FieldsDan Murphy
Rita La RoyDaisy
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