
42nd Street(1933)
A producer puts on what may be his last Broadway show, and at the last moment a chorus girl has to replace the star.


“Climaxing Warner Bros.' glittering parade of musicals!”
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
Chester Kent

Joan Blondell
Nan Prescott

Ruby Keeler
Bea Thorn

Dick Powell
Scotty Blair

Frank McHugh
Francis the Dance Director

Guy Kibbee
Silas 'Si' Gould

Ruth Donnelly
Mrs. Harriet Gould

Hugh Herbert
Charlie Bowers

Claire Dodd
Vivian Rich

Gordon Westcott
Harry Thompson
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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