Synopsis
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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Cast
- James CagneyChester Kent
- Joan BlondellNan Prescott
- Ruby KeelerBea Thorn
- Dick PowellScotty Blair
- Frank McHughFrancis the Dance Director
- Guy KibbeeSilas 'Si' Gould
- Ruth DonnellyMrs. Harriet Gould
- Hugh HerbertCharlie Bowers
- Claire DoddVivian Rich
- Gordon WestcottHarry Thompson
Recommendations
- 100
TV Guide Magazine
A great supporting cast and Bacon's well-judged direction help make Footlight Parade one of the greatest of the Berkeley extravaganzas. - 100
Chicago Tribune
Busby Berkeley's finest hour comes in this flabbergasting Warners musical, with James Cagney as a Berkeley-like choreographer who directs, for a string of Broadway theaters, a series of "preview" dance numbers that blow your socks off. - 100
San Francisco Chronicle
Cagney, the film's best asset, is irrepressible. [07 May 2006, p.34] - 100
TV Guide Magazine
A great supporting cast and Bacon's well-judged direction help make Footlight Parade one of the greatest of the Berkeley extravaganzas. - 100
Chicago Tribune
Busby Berkeley's finest hour comes in this flabbergasting Warners musical, with James Cagney as a Berkeley-like choreographer who directs, for a string of Broadway theaters, a series of "preview" dance numbers that blow your socks off. - 100
San Francisco Chronicle
Cagney, the film's best asset, is irrepressible. [07 May 2006, p.34] - 80
Chicago Reader
One of the best of the Warner Brothers showbiz musicals (1933), with James Cagney turning in a dynamite performance as an enterprising producer, and Busby Berkeley contributing some of his most engaging and bizarre production numbers. - 80
Chicago Reader
One of the best of the Warner Brothers showbiz musicals (1933), with James Cagney turning in a dynamite performance as an enterprising producer, and Busby Berkeley contributing some of his most engaging and bizarre production numbers.
