Jazz Mad (1928)
A composer and his daughter emigrate to America in the hope that he can sell his symphony. But he meets with little success and begins to give up hope. His daughter and her friends, however, never give up hope.
Top billed cast
Jean HersholtFranz Hausmann
Marian NixonElsa Hausmann
George J. LewisLeopold Ostberg
Roscoe KarnsSol Levy
Torben MeyerKline
Andrew ArbuckleSchmidt
Charles ClaryMr. Ostberg
Clarissa SelwynneMrs. Ostberg
Patricia CaronMiss Ostberg
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