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Footlight Parade is a 1933 American musical film directed by Lloyd Bacon, with songs written by Harry Warren (music), Al Dubin (lyrics), [1] Sammy Fain (music) and Irving Kahal (lyrics). [2] The film's numbers were staged and choreographed by Busby Berkeley.
Footlight Parade: Directed by Lloyd Bacon. With James Cagney, Joan Blondell, Ruby Keeler, Dick Powell. Chester Kent struggles against time, romance, and a rival's spy to produce spectacular live "prologues" for movie houses.
Oct 12, 2016 · Human Waterfall - Footlight Parade (1933) #WarnerClassics #FootlightParade About Footlight Parade (1933): James Cagney stars as a fledgling producer who finds himself at odds with his...
Chester Kent struggles against time, romance, and a rival's spy to produce spectacular live "prologues" for movie houses. Chester Kent produces musical comedies on the stage. With the beginning of the talkies era he changes to producing short musical prologues for movies.
Foreshadowing Andrew Lloyd Webber, dance director Francis (Frank McHugh) gets schooled by producer Chester (James Cagney) on the cat number, office helper Bea (Ruby Keeler) checking in, herself pursued by singer Scotty (Dick Powell), in Warner Bros.'. A producer fights labor problems, financiers and his greedy ex-wife to put on a show.
May 27, 2012 · Footlight Parade is a gem of a film, containing slapdash and dizzying bursts of comedy and music. It has some of the most deliriously dazzling choreography and feats of visual bravado you may ever see in a motion picture, with enough moments of over-the-top excess that you can sometimes hardly believe you’re seeing it.
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...
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Dec 21, 2023 · Chester Kent struggles against time, romance, and a rival's spy to produce spectacular live prologues for movie houses.
Overview. 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.
Footlight Parade is a 1933 American Pre-Code musical film starring James Cagney, Joan Blondell, Ruby Keeler and Dick Powell and featuring Frank McHugh, Guy Kibbee, Hugh Herbert and Ruth Donnelly.
