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Chester Kent, Broadway producer, is out of business because of talking pictures, so he starts producing musical "prologues" for movie theatres.
A fledgling producer finds himself at odds with his workers, financiers and his greedy ex-wife when he tries to produce live musicals for movie-going audiences.
James Cagney stars a fledgling producer who finds himself at odds with his workers, financiers and his greedy ex-wife when he tries to produce live musicals for movie-going audiences.
Here's a select few reasons why this movie kinda rules (and sadly, sometimes drools): - It uses the first ~60 minutes to indulge in delightful backstage dramatics, offering the 1930's equivalent of 30 Rock for theatrical musical prologues (which were apparently a thing in the olden days) with writing as witty as you could ever hope for from classic Hollywood.
Footlight Parade (1933) cast and crew credits, including actors, actresses, directors, writers and more.
Footlight Parade (1933) is one of the three most spectacular musicals in 1933 from Warner Bros. and legendary choreographer Busby Berkeley, alongside Lloyd Bacon's 42nd Street (1933) and Mervyn LeRoy's Gold Diggers of 1933 (1933) - with this briskly-told entry often considered the best and most extravagant of all three.
Jul 16, 2019 · Amazon.com: Footlight Parade : James Cagney, Joan Blondell, Dick Powell, Frank McHugh, Ruth Donnelly, Guy Kibbee, Hugh Herbert, Lloyd Bacon: Movies & TV
