The credits in question are for the film The Duke is Tops, from 1938.  The credits are at the start of the film.

They run thusly:

4 Top Billed Actors
Crew
Specialties
Full Cast List

The Specialties are actors/musicians who did specialty dance & song numbers in the film.  The full cast list includes the top billed actors listed again.

Now, I understand the rule that the cast are to be listed in order credited.  However I am a bit concerned on this one.  The way I see it there are three options for order:

1.  Top Billed Actors -> Specialties -> Rest of Cast
2.  Specialties -> Full Cast List
3.  Full Cast List -> Specialties

I am fairly certain that #3 is incorrect, but it is what I am going to use locally.  However, since I am fairly certain that either #1 or #2 are correct for contribution I am willing to submit in that order and then reorder them for my local.

So, which should it be?

I think number one's your best bet too.

Quoting mdnitoil:

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If I had to, I'd go with 1 and I certainly would not list the top billed twice.  Not much different between that and the modern convention of listing the top billed at the front of the movie and then again in a full cast list at the end.

I would do this.

Don't you have any easy ones?

I am assuming that Bob Chester plays the character Matty Malneck and Gus Arnheim plays the character Eddie LeBaron.

If that is the case, and I am sure someone will disagree with me here, I would enter them as follows:

Bob Chester as Matty Malneck
Gus Arnheim as Eddie LeBaron
Bob Chester Orchestra as Themselves
Gus Arnheim Orchestra as Themselves

Or

Bob Chester as Matty Malneck
Gus Arnheim as Eddie LeBaron
Bob Chester Orchestra as The Matty Malneck Orchestra
Gus Arnheim Orchestra as The Eddie LeBaron Orchestra

And, no, I would not list Dave Fleischer as it doesn't say he provided the voice.

In that case, I would have to go with:

Bandleader & His Orchestra
Bandleader & His Orchestra
etc.

Quoting northbloke:

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But for Dave Fleischer, he's definitely not cast, but I think you could add him as crew (OCB) if you wanted to.

I don't think so.  By the sound of it, I don't believe the film was based on a character he created, it is a character in the film, that was created by Dave Fleischer.  If I am reading it wrong, then it could be OCB.

I have a similar question.  For an Anime DVD, there's a section for the English cast and it's listed out like this:

English Cast

John Doe                        Jane Doe
Sam Smith                      Sandy Smith
Mickey                            Minnie

When contributing this list, would it go in the order of John, Jane, Sam, Sandy, Mickey, and then Minnie?  Alternating like that?

Quoting JamesFerguson:

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I have a similar question.  For an Anime DVD, there's a section for the English cast and it's listed out like this:

English Cast

John Doe                        Jane Doe
Sam Smith                      Sandy Smith
Mickey                            Minnie

When contributing this list, would it go in the order of John, Jane, Sam, Sandy, Mickey, and then Minnie?  Alternating like that?

Many times those lists go alphabetically from left to right, then up to down OR from up to down, then left to right. In those cases I follow the route of alphabetic order. So for me, if it is alphabetically...

Jane Doe                        John Doe
Sam Smith                      Sandy Smith
Mickey                            Minnie

... or alphabetically...

Jane Doe                      Minnie
John Doe                      Sam Smith
Mickey                          Sandy Smith

... I enter them: Jane Doe, John Doe, Mickey, Minnie, Sam Smith, Sandy Smith.

If they are not in alphabetical or any other logical order in either way, those I handle case by case.