Footlight Parade
1933 film by Lloyd Bacon / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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Footlight Parade is a 1933 American musical film directed by Lloyd Bacon, with songs written by Harry Warren (music), Al Dubin (lyrics),[1] Sammy Fain (music) and Irving Kahal (lyrics).[2] The film's numbers were staged and choreographed by Busby Berkeley. It starred James Cagney, Joan Blondell, Ruby Keeler and Dick Powell, with featured appearances by Frank McHugh, Guy Kibbee, Hugh Herbert, and Ruth Donnelly.
Footlight Parade | |
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Directed by | Lloyd Bacon Busby Berkeley (musical numbers) |
Screenplay by | Manuel Seff James Seymour |
Story by | Uncredited: Robert Lord Peter Milne |
Produced by | Robert Lord |
Starring | James Cagney Joan Blondell Ruby Keeler Dick Powell |
Cinematography | George Barnes |
Edited by | George Amy |
Music by | Harry Warren (music)[1] Al Dubin (lyrics)[1] Sammy Fain (music)[2] Irving Kahal (lyrics)[2] |
Distributed by | Warner Bros. Pictures |
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Running time | 102 minutes[3] |
Country | United States |
Language | English |
Budget | $703,000 (est.)[4][5] |
Box office | $2.4 million[4][5][6] |
The film's screenplay was written by Manuel Seff and James Seymour, based on a story by Robert Lord and Peter Milne.
In 1992, Footlight Parade was selected for preservation in the United States National Film Registry by the Library of Congress as being "culturally, historically, or aesthetically significant".[7]