Footlight Parade

Footlight Parade

104 mins | Comedy, Romance, Music | Oct. 21, 1933

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.

Footlight Parade

104 mins | Comedy, Romance, Music | Oct. 21, 1933

Footlight Parade
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.
IMDb rating 7.5
Producers Warner Bros. Pictures
Original title Footlight Parade
Directors Gordon Hollingshead, Busby Berkeley, Lloyd Bacon
Writers Irving Kahal, Al Dubin, Harry Warren, Sammy Fain, Manuel Seff, Peter Milne, Robert Lord, James Seymour

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

Barbara Rogers

as Gracie

Paul Porcasi

as Apolinaris

Herman Bing

as Fralick

Betty Jane Graham

as Sister in 'Honeymoon Hotel' (uncredited)

Billy Barty

as Mouse (uncredited)

George Chandler

as Pharmacist (uncredited)

Sam McDaniel

as Hotel Porter in Stage Act (uncredited)