Monday, May 25, 2009

Footlight Parade (1933)


Chester Kent, Broadway producer, is out of business because of talking pictures, so he starts producing musical “prologues” for movie theatres. Soon the search for new ideas is driving him crazy; his secretary pines with love for him; another secretary is pursued by his juvenile lead; and things get even worse when a spy sells Kent’s ideas to a competitor. With some of Busby Berkeley’s biggest dance numbers.
Director:Lloyd Bacon
Writers:Manuel Seff (writer)James Seymour (writer)
Genre:Comedy Musical Romance Tagline:Climaxing Warner Bros.’ glittering parade of musicals! Plot:Chester Kent struggles against time, romance, and a rival’s spy to produce spectacular live “prologues” for movie houses. Plot Keywords:Secretary Dance Movie Theater Brother Sister Relationship Fainting Awards:1 win

Cast
James Cagney … Chester Kent Joan Blondell … Nan Prescott Ruby Keeler … Bea Thorn Dick Powell … Scott ‘Scotty’ Blair Frank McHugh … Francis, dance director Ruth Donnelly … Harriet Bowers Gould Guy Kibbee … Silas ‘Si’ Gould
Hugh Herbert … Charlie Bowers Claire Dodd … Vivian Rich Gordon Westcott … Harry Thompson Arthur Hohl … Al Frazer Renee Whitney … Cynthia Kent Barbara Rogers … Gracie Paul Porcasi … George Apolinaris Philip Faversham … Joe Barrington












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