The March of Time

The March of Time

Music | Sept. 1, 1930

Unfinished pre-Code era film consisting of three sections with past performers from the stage and the vaudeville circuit, then-present-day performers and up-and-coming performers. Musical excerpts were later used in Broadway to Hollywood (1933), Nertsery Rhymes (1933), and Roast-Beef and Movies (1934). "The Lock Step" was later used in That's Entertainment! III (1994)

The March of Time

Music | Sept. 1, 1930

The March of Time
Unfinished pre-Code era film consisting of three sections with past performers from the stage and the vaudeville circuit, then-present-day performers and up-and-coming performers. Musical excerpts were later used in Broadway to Hollywood (1933), Nertsery Rhymes (1933), and Roast-Beef and Movies (1934). "The Lock Step" was later used in That's Entertainment! III (1994)
Producers Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer
Original title The March of Time
Directors Charles Reisner
Writers

Cast

Bing Crosby

as Self

Marie Dressler

as Self - Old Timer Sequence

Jimmy Durante

as Self

Trixie Friganza

as Self - Old Timer Sequence

Ann Sothern

as Chorus Girl (uncredited)

Ann Dvorak

as Chorus Girl (uncredited)

Beth Dodge

as Self - Lock Step Number

Betty Dodge

as Self - Lock Step Number