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Footlight Parade

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Footlight Parade (1933)

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Reviews Counted:8

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Average Rating:8.4/10

Runtime: 1 hr 46 mins

Genre: Musical & Performing Arts

Synopsis: A stage producer discovers that talking pictures have killed the demand for musical shows, so he re-channels his talents into creating live musical numbers for movie theaters to present between... A stage producer discovers that talking pictures have killed the demand for musical shows, so he re-channels his talents into creating live musical numbers for movie theaters to present between features. His fledgling business is threatened by unscrupulous business partners, conniving golddiggers, and spying competitors. Featured hits include "By a Waterfall," "Shanghai Lil," and "Honeymoon Hotel." [More]

Starring: Ruby Keeler, Joan Blondell, Dick Powell, James Cagney

Starring: Ruby Keeler, Joan Blondell, Dick Powell, James Cagney, Guy Kibbee, Ruth Donnelly, Claire Dodd, Hugh Herbert, Frank McHugh, Herman Bing

Director: Lloyd Bacon

Director: Lloyd Bacon
Producer: Robert Lord
Screenwriter: Manuel Seff, James Seymour
Composer: Harry Warren, Al Dubin, Sammy Fain, Irving Kahal

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generates laughs at a criminal rate

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Not the best of the Berkeley Warner musicals, but close.

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