The Life of the Party

Flo

Dot

A.J. Smith

Colonel Joy

Mons. LeMaire

Mr. Smith

Secretary

Elderly Fashion Show Spectator (uncredited)

The 'Yoohoo' Man (uncredited)

Mr. Foster (uncredited)

Elderly Fashion Show Spectator (uncredited)

Man Who Wants to Hear 'Poison Ivy' (uncredited)

In the initial scene as Flo (Winnie Lightner) sells sheet music, she begins to shout out the titles of the songs. The first one is "Singin' in the Bathtub" which Lightner introduced in "The Show of Shows," followed by songs from "The Gold Diggers of Broadway" in which she also appeared.

The title credits on the present surviving version, as well as the anachronistically more modern music behind them, were designed in the 1950s for the television release. The original material and musical accompaniment begins with the first title card, "New York was originally purchased from the Indians..."