Footlight Parade (1933)

Directed by

Lloyd Bacon

Genre

comedy film, musical film

Country

United States

Runtime

1h 44m

Rated

NR

Rating

6.8 of 10 from 103 voters

Elsewhere

IMDb

How it feels

A musical about a Broadway producer who creates elaborate prologues for movie theaters to compete with the new sound films. The story follows his personal and professional ups and downs.

energeticfast-pacedwhimsicalupbeatglamorousnostalgicshowylively

What happens

Footlight Parade is a 1933 pre-Code 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. The film starred James Cagney, Joan Blondell, Ruby Keeler and Dick Powell, with featured appearances by Frank McHugh, Guy Kibbee, Hugh Herbert, and Ruth Donnelly. The film's screenplay was written by Manuel Seff and James Seymour, based on a story by Robert Lord and Peter Milne. Footlight Parade was one of the top-grossing motion pictures released in 1933, earning roughly over $1.6 million at the box office. In 1992, Footlight Parade was selected for preservation in the United States National Film Registry by the Library of Congress as being "culturally, historically, or aesthetically significant". (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

Trailer

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