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Footlight Parade

Chester Kent struggles against time, romance, and a rival's spy to produce spectacular live "prologues" for movie houses.

Director

Lloyd Bacon

Year

Genre

comedy, musical, romance

Box Office

N/A

Production

Warner Bros. Pictures

Awards

1 nomination

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Chester Kent

Nan Prescott

Bea Thorn

Scotty Blair

Francis

Silas Gould

Mrs. Harriet Gould

Bowers

Vivian Rich

Thompson

Gordon Westcott

Frazer

Cynthia Kent

Gracie

Apolinaris

Joe Grant

Philip Faversham

Fralick

Chorus Girl

Chorus Girl

Loretta Andrews

Chorus Girl

Chorus Girl

Monica Bannister

Chorus Girl

Third Auditioning Singer

Mouse

Chorus Girl

Old Maid in Elevator in 'Honeymoon Hotel'

Drugstore Clerk

Chorus Girl

Chorus Girl

Old Maid in Elevator in 'Honeymoon Hotel'

Chorus Girl

Margaret Carthew

Title-Thinker-Upper

Hobart Cavanaugh

Chorus Girl

Druggist

George Chandler

Uncle in 'Honeymoon Hotel'

Chorus Girl

Chorus Girl

Virginia Dabney

Chorus Girl

Chorus Girl

Maid in 'Honeymoon Hotel'

Chorus Girl

Chorus Girl

Chorus Girl

Chorus Girl

Chorus Girl

Chorus Girl

Chorus Girl

Chorus Girl

Chorus Girl

Chorus Girl

Bartender in 'Shanghai Lil'

Myrtle

Chorus Girl

Wardrobe Woman on Bus

Chorus Girl

Sister in 'Honeymoon Hotel'

Betty Jane Graham

Chorus Girl

Sailor Pal in 'Shanghai Lil'

Chorus Girl

Chorus Girl

Father in 'Honeymoon Hotel'

Chorus Girl

Chorus Girl

Doorman in 'Honeymoon Hotel'

House Detective in 'Honeymoon Hotel'

Chorus Girl

Chorus Girl

Margaret La Marr

Chorus Girl

Bobbie La Salle

Chorus Girl

Chorus Girl

Aunt Matilda in 'Honeymoon Hotel'

Lillian Lawrence

Chorus Girl

Chorus Girl

Cynthia Lindsay

Chorus Girl

Chorus Girl

Marjorie Lytell

Chorus Girl

Chorus Girl

Lorraine Marshall

Porter in 'Honeymoon Hotel'

Mother in 'Honeymoon Hotel'

Chorus Girl

Auditor

William V. Mong

Mac - the Dance Director

Chorus Girl

Chorus Boy

Chorus Girl

Dorothy O'Connell

Chorus Boy

Chorus Girl

Chorus Girl

Chorus Girl

Donna Mae Roberts

Chorus Girl

Chorus Girl

Taxi Driver

Chorus Girl

Desk Clerk in 'Honeymoon Hotel'

Chorus Girl

Chorus Girl

Chorus Girl

Boy Cat 'Sittin' on a Backyard Fence'

Chorus Girl

Victoria Vinton

Miss Smythe

Policeman

Charles C. Wilson

Chorus Girl

Sailor on Table in 'Shanghai Lil'

Chorus Girl

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Nan Prescott Vivian Rich Chester Kent Charlie Bowers Policeman

It can't be done Oh it can't be done - Footlight Parade

It can't be done Oh it can't be done

What a laugh. It doesn't mean a thing. - Footlight Parade

What a laugh. It doesn't mean a thing.

Hiya, Kent. - Footlight Parade

Flesh is a dead issue - Footlight Parade

Flesh is a dead issue

There's the answer. - Footlight Parade

There's the answer.

Is it my fault if somebody - Footlight Parade

Is it my fault if somebody

You sure this is the way you want it? - Footlight Parade

You sure this is the way you want it?

We buy in big lots - Footlight Parade

We buy in big lots

Is Mr Kent in - Footlight Parade

And then bingo I got an idea Cats - Footlight Parade

And then bingo I got an idea Cats

Where's Thompson - Footlight Parade

Where's Thompson

There's a girl for you - Footlight Parade

There's a girl for you

What a memory - Footlight Parade

Listen nan send a new boy and girl - Footlight Parade

Listen nan send a new boy and girl

Come with me and I'll put you in the cat unit - Footlight Parade

Come with me and I'll put you in the cat unit

Hello Fanny - Footlight Parade

Oh Mr Kent - Footlight Parade

So I'm giving you some advice - Footlight Parade

So I'm giving you some advice

And don't you dare let him fire - Footlight Parade

And don't you dare let him fire

I hate cats - Footlight Parade

Call them for rehearsal tomorrow morning - Footlight Parade

Call them for rehearsal tomorrow morning

Say did you see me dancing - Footlight Parade

Say did you see me dancing

I can see it now - Footlight Parade

I can see it now

So long time clock - Footlight Parade

So long time clock

Hello Vivian - Footlight Parade

She work here? - Footlight Parade

All right girls Stand up - Footlight Parade

All right girls Stand up

All right. You got the idea, girls? - Footlight Parade

All right. You got the idea, girls?

Sorry. Sorry, little lady. - Footlight Parade

Sorry. Sorry, little lady.

Sorry. Sorry. Won't do. - Footlight Parade

Sorry. Sorry. Won't do.

All right. That's it. - Footlight Parade

All right. That's it.

Scott, dear. - Footlight Parade

Have you seen miss Thorn? - Footlight Parade

Have you seen miss Thorn?

Have you seen Mr. Blair? - Footlight Parade

Have you seen Mr. Blair?

Miss rich, please. - Footlight Parade

Miss rich, please.

Oh, hello. - Footlight Parade

If I were a man I wouldn't be a lap dog - Footlight Parade

If I were a man I wouldn't be a lap dog

Been reading those magazine ads again - Footlight Parade

Been reading those magazine ads again

Was there any business - Footlight Parade

Was there any business

No, Mr. Kent is busy. - Footlight Parade

No, Mr. Kent is busy.

Nan you busy - Footlight Parade

I'm sick of looking like a schoolteacher - Footlight Parade

I'm sick of looking like a schoolteacher

Fine. That's grand. That's grand. - Footlight Parade

Fine. That's grand. That's grand.

Another good gal gone wrong - Footlight Parade

Another good gal gone wrong

Oh Those contortions are pretty vulgar - Footlight Parade

Oh Those contortions are pretty vulgar

Old faithful's gone back on me. - Footlight Parade

Old faithful's gone back on me.

Hello. - Footlight Parade

How do you suppose an insane asylum idea would go - Footlight Parade

How do you suppose an insane asylum idea would go

Hello. - Footlight Parade

Now you scram before I wrap a chair around your neck - Footlight Parade

Now you scram before I wrap a chair around your neck

All girls in this number
to the rehearsal hall! - Footlight Parade

All girls in this number to the rehearsal hall!

Is there anything I can do - Footlight Parade

Is there anything I can do

I'm terribly worried, doctor. - Footlight Parade

I'm terribly worried, doctor.

Get to bed, girls! - Footlight Parade

Get to bed, girls!

I just wanted to be sure - Footlight Parade

I just wanted to be sure

Chester it's like being in jail - Footlight Parade

Chester it's like being in jail

I wouldn't beef about - Footlight Parade

I wouldn't beef about

Do you know this dizzy dame - Footlight Parade

Do you know this dizzy dame

Never mind I've got an idea - Footlight Parade

Never mind I've got an idea

You promised to marry me - Footlight Parade

You promised to marry me

Well I'd rather have you sue me than marry me - Footlight Parade

Well I'd rather have you sue me than marry me

When apollinaris hears he wouldn't sign - Footlight Parade

When apollinaris hears he wouldn't sign

Hey, hey, lend me that brush, will you? - Footlight Parade

Hey, hey, lend me that brush, will you?

Hey, wait a minute! Wait a minute! Hey! - Footlight Parade

Hey, wait a minute! Wait a minute! Hey!

You get it? - Footlight Parade

I certainly have a genius of picking dames to fall for - Footlight Parade

I certainly have a genius of picking dames to fall for

Mr Kent seeing all these girls - Footlight Parade

Mr Kent seeing all these girls

Come on, girls! Hurry up! - Footlight Parade

Come on, girls! Hurry up!

Got gas pains. - Footlight Parade

Come on! Come on, girls! - Footlight Parade

Come on! Come on, girls!

Did you like it, George? - Footlight Parade

Did you like it, George?

Get with it. You got to get on here! - Footlight Parade

Get with it. You got to get on here!

I can't do it, I tell you. I can't! - Footlight Parade

I can't do it, I tell you. I can't!

Hot or cold, you go on. - Footlight Parade

Hot or cold, you go on.

Don't give him flowers. - Footlight Parade

Don't give him flowers.

Hello, bill, you old galoot. - Footlight Parade

Hello, bill, you old galoot.

He's shaking like he's got a chill - Footlight Parade

He's shaking like he's got a chill

Ah, what he wants is Shanghai lil. - Footlight Parade

Ah, what he wants is Shanghai lil.

Come on! Let's drink to lil. - Footlight Parade

Come on! Let's drink to lil.

She's every sailor's pal!
She's anybody's gal! - Footlight Parade

She's every sailor's pal! She's anybody'...

Right, left, march! - Footlight Parade

Right, left, march!

I knew we could do it!
I knew we could do it! - Footlight Parade

I knew we could do it! I knew we could do it!

Footlight Parade poster

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Chester Kent struggles against time, romance, and a rival's spy to produce spectacular live "prologues" for movie houses.

User Rating: 0.0 (0 ratings)

Director: Lloyd Bacon

Writer: Manuel Seff, James Seymour, Robert Lord

Production: Warner Bros. Pictures

Genre: comedy, musical, romance

Year: 1933

MetaScore: 80/100

ImdbRating: 7.5

BoxOffice: N/A

Released: 21 Oct 1933

Awards: 1 nomination

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