Footlight parade, Warner Bros. Pictures, Inc. & the Vitaphone Corp. present ; directed by Lloyd Bacon ; numbers created and directed by Busby Berkeley ; music and lyrics by Harry Warren and Al Dubin, Sammy Fain and Irving Kahal ; screen play by Manuel Seff and James Seymour
Type
Label
Footlight parade, Warner Bros. Pictures, Inc. & the Vitaphone Corp. present ; directed by Lloyd Bacon ; numbers created and directed by Busby Berkeley ; music and lyrics by Harry Warren and Al Dubin, Sammy Fain and Irving Kahal ; screen play by Manuel Seff and James Seymour
Language
eng
Characteristic
videorecording
Main title
Footlight parade
Oclc number
65222024
Responsibility statement
Warner Bros. Pictures, Inc. & the Vitaphone Corp. present ; directed by Lloyd Bacon ; numbers created and directed by Busby Berkeley ; music and lyrics by Harry Warren and Al Dubin, Sammy Fain and Irving Kahal ; screen play by Manuel Seff and James Seymour
Runtime
104
Series statement
The Busby Berkeley collection
Summary
Cagney stars as Chester Kent, a diligent musical comedy director who is continually warding off snoopers hired by his competitors to steal his ideas. When his latest show is cancelled in favor of a talking picture, he turns to staging musical prologues to play before the features in moviehouses
Table Of Contents
Includes: new featurette: Footlight parade: Music for the decades; 2 vintage featurettes: Ramblin' round radio row #8, Vaudeville reel #1; 2 vintage cartoons: Honeymoon Hotel, Young and healthy; Theatrical trailer
Target audience
general
Technique
live action
Contributor
- Forbstein, Leo F.
- McHugh, Frank, 1899-1981
- Vitaphone Corp
- Blondell, Joan
- Cagney, James, 1899-1986
- Berkeley, Busby, 1895-1976
- Dodd, Claire, 1908-1973
- Donnelly, Ruth, 1896-1982
- Grot, Anton, 1884-1974
- Kahal, Irving, 1903-1942
- Okey, Jack
- Warner Bros. Pictures (1923-1967)
- Faversham, Philip
- Whitney, Renee, -1971
- Seymour, James
- Kibbee, Guy, 1882-1956
- Bing, Herman, 1889-1947
- Warner Home Video (Firm)
- Barnes, George, 1892-1953
- Warner Bros. Entertainment
- Fain, Sammy, 1902-1989
- Anderson, Milo
- Porcasi, Paul, 1879-1946
- Turner Entertainment Co
- Bacon, Lloyd, 1890-1955
- Powell, Dick, 1904-1963
- Dubin, Al
- Warren, Harry, 1893-1981
- Hohl, Arthur, 1889-1964
- Seff, Manuel, 1895-1969
- Westcott, Gordon, 1903-1935
- Herbert, Hugh, 1885-1952
- Rogers, Barbara, active 1933-1936
- Keeler, Ruby
- Amy, George, 1903-1986
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Subject
- Theatrical producers and directors -- New York (State) -- New York -- Drama
- Musical films
- Theatrical producers and directors -- United States -- Drama
- Video recordings for the hearing impaired
- Feature films -- United States
- Feature films
- Revues + Production and direction -- New York (State) -- New York -- Drama
- Films for the hearing impaired
- Fiction films
- Musical -- Feature
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- Keeler, Ruby
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- Forbstein, Leo F.
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- Cagney, James, 1899-1986
- Berkeley, Busby, 1895-1976
- Dodd, Claire, 1908-1973
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- Whitney, Renee, -1971
- Seymour, James
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- Bing, Herman, 1889-1947
- Warner Home Video (Firm)
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- Warner Bros. Entertainment
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- Anderson, Milo
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- Powell, Dick, 1904-1963
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- Hohl, Arthur, 1889-1964
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- Westcott, Gordon, 1903-1935
- Herbert, Hugh, 1885-1952
- Rogers, Barbara, active 1933-1936
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- Theatrical producers and directors -- New York (State) -- New York -- Drama
- Musical films
- Theatrical producers and directors -- United States -- Drama
- Video recordings for the hearing impaired
- Feature films -- United States
- Feature films
- Revues + Production and direction -- New York (State) -- New York -- Drama
- Films for the hearing impaired
- Fiction films
- Musical -- Feature
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