Best Foot Forward

Best Foot Forward

94 mins | Comedy, Music | Oct. 8, 1943

Bud Hooper, a cadet at Winsocki Military Academy, sends an invitation to movie star Lucille Ball to come to Winsocki's big dance. Ball's publicity-hungry agent convinces her to go in order to boost her career. Complications arise when Bud's girlfriend Helen Schlesinger unexpectedly shows up, too.

Best Foot Forward

94 mins | Comedy, Music | Oct. 8, 1943

Best Foot Forward
Bud Hooper, a cadet at Winsocki Military Academy, sends an invitation to movie star Lucille Ball to come to Winsocki's big dance. Ball's publicity-hungry agent convinces her to go in order to boost her career. Complications arise when Bud's girlfriend Helen Schlesinger unexpectedly shows up, too.
IMDb rating 6.4
Producers Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer
Original title Best Foot Forward
Directors Edward Buzzell
Writers John Cecil Holm, Fred F. Finklehoffe, Irving Brecher

Cast

Lucille Ball

as Lucille Ball

William Gaxton

as Jack O'Riley

Virginia Weidler

as Helen Schlesinger

Tommy Dix

as Elwood C. "Bud" Hooper

Nancy Walker

as Nancy - Blind Date

June Allyson

as Ethel

Kenny Bowers

as Dutch Miller

Gloria DeHaven

as Minerva Fierce

Jack Jordan

as Harvey "Hunk" Hoyt

Chill Wills

as Chester Short

Henry O'Neill

as Maj. Roger W. Reeber

Sara Haden

as Miss Talbert

Donald MacBride

as Capt. Bradd

Bob Stebbins

as Greenie

Darwood Kaye

as Killer

Morris Ankrum

as Col. Harkrider

Nana Bryant

as Mrs. Dalrymple

Harry James

as Himself

Harry Hayden

as Prof. Walter Morton

Isabel Randolph

as Mrs. Morton

Stanley Donen

as Cadet

Bess Flowers

as Prom Guest

Harry Duff

as Cadet (uncredited)

John Allbule

as Cadet

Barbara Bedford

as Chaperon at Dance

Billy Bletcher

as Waxer

Lulu Mae Bohrman

as Elderly Woman

Carl R. Botefuhr

as Cadet

James Carlisle

as Party Guest

Milton Chisholm

as Cadet

Jack Coffey

as Cadet

Richard Dick

as Cadet

Norris Durham

as Cadet

Ward Ellis

as Cadet

James Ellison

as Cadet

Don Gallaher

as Cadet

Mac Garn

as Cadet

Joe Geil

as Cadet

Dick Gordon

as Party Guest

Bradley Hail

as Cadet

Ralph Hoopes

as Cadet

Fred Jenel

as Cadet

Sam Kamie

as Cadet

Colin Kenny

as Party Guest

Dale Lefler

as Cadet

Jack Lindquist

as Cadet

George Lockett

as Cadet

Skip E. Lowe

as Cadet

Herb Lurie

as Cadet

Jack McGee

as Cadet

Caren Marsh

as Dancer

Robert Emmett O'Connor

as Train Conductor

James Pilcher

as Cadet

Cal Rothenberg

as Cadet

George Rowland

as Cadet

Hugh Sheridan

as Cadet

Gil Stratton

as Cadet

Art Thompson

as Elderly Man

Riley Thompson

as Cadet

John Treul

as Cadet

Jack Wagner

as Cadet

Ken Wilson

as Cadet

Kenneth Wilson

as Cadet

Beverly Tyler

as Vocalist