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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), Sammy Fain (music) and Irving Kahal (lyrics). The film's numbers were staged and choreographed by Busby Berkeley.
Oct 12, 2016 · Footlight Parade (1933) #WarnerArchive #WarnerBros #FootlightParadeJames Cagney stars as a fledgling producer who finds himself at odds with his workers, fin...
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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.
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- Comedy, Musical, Romance
- Lloyd Bacon
- 1933-10-21
Chester Kent struggles against time, romance, and a rival's spy to produce spectacular live prologues for movie houses.
- 103 min
Berkeley's popularity with an entertainment-hungry Depression audience was secured when he choreographed five musicals back-to-back for Warner Bros.: 42nd Street, Footlight Parade, the aforementioned Gold Diggers of 1933, Dames, and Fashions of 1934, as well as In Caliente and Wonder Bar with Dolores del Río.
Lloyd Bacon’s fast-paced direction of a flimsy and familiar plot accounting a backstage tale about putting on a great show is nothing more than an excuse in connecting some intricate and extravagant Busby Berkeley helmed musical production numbers.…
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James Cagney made the transition from gats to taps when he convinced Warner Bros. head Jack Warner to give him a change of pace with the lead in Footlight Parade, Busby Berkeley's 1933 musical extravaganza.
