Footlight Parade (1933)
A struggling producer battles industry challenges and personal drama to bring live musicals to the silver screen; perfect for musical and drama enthusiasts.
Genres: Comedy, Music
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Footlight Parade(1933)
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.
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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
Arthur Hohl
Al Frazer
Renee Whitney
Cynthia Kent
Barbara Rogers
Gracie
Paul Porcasi
Apolinaris
Philip Faversham
Joe
Herman Bing
Fralick
Billy Barty
Mouse (uncredited)
Betty Jane Graham
Sister in 'Honeymoon Hotel' (uncred...
Lillian Lawrence
Aunt Matilda in 'Honeymoon Hotel' (...
Jimmy Conlin
Uncle in 'Honeymoon Hotel' (uncredi...
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Highlights of the film including the consensus that a "Slaves of Old Africa" dance number in blackface is a good idea and the closing ensemble of yellowface "Shanghai Lil".
My least favorite of the 1933 Busby trilogy. Cagney here didn't work for me--he has a manic intensity that I find sometimes hard to follow. It's screwball, I know, but ramped up to an 11 in a way that sticks out like a sore thumb from the other Berkley regulars. Joan Blondell does a great job (she's amazing, always) in keeping up, but Cagney lost me. The "waterfall" number was a banger, but "Shanghai Lil" and especially "Honeymoon Hotel" were both duds.
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