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Footlight Parade

Footlight Parade

Climaxing Warner Bros.' glittering parade of musicals!

19336.81h 44m

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.

Directed by Lloyd Bacon
Written by Manuel Seff, James Seymour, Robert Lord
Produced by Robert Lord
Box OfficeBudget: $703KRevenue: $2.4M

Top Cast

James Cagney

James Cagney

Chester Kent

Joan Blondell

Joan Blondell

Nan Prescott

Ruby Keeler

Ruby Keeler

Bea Thorn

Dick Powell

Dick Powell

Scotty Blair

Frank McHugh

Frank McHugh

Francis the Dance Director

Guy Kibbee

Guy Kibbee

Silas 'Si' Gould

Ruth Donnelly

Ruth Donnelly

Mrs. Harriet Gould

Hugh Herbert

Hugh Herbert

Charlie Bowers

Claire Dodd

Claire Dodd

Vivian Rich

Gordon Westcott

Gordon Westcott

Harry Thompson

Themes & Keywords

musicalproducerpre-code

About Footlight Parade

Footlight Parade is a comedy, music film released in 1933 exploring themes of musical, producer, pre-code. Directed by Lloyd Bacon, it stars James Cagney, Joan Blondell, Ruby Keeler. 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.

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