Movie
Footlight Parade
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.
Details
- Release date
- 1933-10-21
- Runtime
- 104 min
- Genres
- Comedy, Music
- Status
- Released
- Production
- Warner Bros. Pictures
- Country
- United States of America
- Original language
- EN
Cast
- James Cagney as Chester Kent
- Joan Blondell as Nan Prescott
- Ruby Keeler as Bea Thorn
- Dick Powell as Scotty Blair
- Frank McHugh as Francis the Dance Director
- Guy Kibbee as Silas 'Si' Gould
- Ruth Donnelly as Mrs. Harriet Gould
- Hugh Herbert as Charlie Bowers
- Claire Dodd as Vivian Rich
- Gordon Westcott as Harry Thompson
- Arthur Hohl as Al Frazer
- Renee Whitney as Cynthia Kent
Crew
- Lloyd Bacon - Director
- Peter Milne - Writer
- Manuel Seff - Screenplay
- James Seymour - Screenplay
- Robert Lord - Story
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