Footlight Parade (1933)

Regisseur:

Lloyd Bacon

Drehbuchautoren:

Manuel Seff (writer)
James Seymour (writer)

Premierendatum:

21. Oktober 1933 (USA)

Genre:

Komödie | Musical | Romanze

Werbezeile:

Climaxing Warner Bros.' glittering parade of musicals!

Plot:

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

Plot Keywords:

Male Female Relationship | Drunkenness | Fraud | Gold Digger | New York City

Filmpreise:

1 win

Nutzerkommentare:

An early look at Cagney's song &dance side.

Besetzung

James Cagney	...	Chester Kent
Joan Blondell	...	Nan Prescott
Ruby Keeler	...	Bea Thorn
Dick Powell	...	Scott 'Scotty' Blair
Frank McHugh	...	Francis, dance director
Ruth Donnelly	...	Harriet Bowers Gould
Guy Kibbee	...	Silas 'Si' Gould
Hugh Herbert	...	Charlie Bowers
Claire Dodd	...	Vivian Rich
Gordon Westcott	...	Harry Thompson
Arthur Hohl	...	Al Frazer
Renee Whitney	...	Cynthia Kent
Barbara Rogers	...	Gracie
Paul Porcasi	...	George Apolinaris
Philip Faversham	...	Joe Barrington

Alternativ:

Chester übertrifft sich selbst (Deutschland) [de]
Footlight Parade (Österreich) [de]
Parade im Rampenlicht (Deutschland) [de]
Tausend Takte Liebe (Österreich) [de]

Länge:

104 Min

Produktionsland:

USA

Sprache:

Englisch

Farbe:

Schwarzweiss

Seitenverhältnis:

1.37 : 1

Tonverfahren:

Mono

Altersfreigabe:

UK:A (original rating, cut version) | UK:U | USA:Approved (PCA #2649)

Drehorte:

Warner Brothers Burbank Studios - 4000 Warner Boulevard, Burbank, California, USA

Firma:

Warner Bros. Pictures

Dies und das:

The actress who successfully auditions in the "Ah the Moon is Here" number is Gracie Barrie. She is not credited but a 1933 press release identifies her.

Pannen:

Abfolgefehler: The newspaper claims that Honeymoon Hotel has "400 rooms, 400 baths," and yet later we see all guests of each floor disappearing into a single bathroom on each floor.

Dialogzitate:

Nan Prescott: I wouldn't beef about being locked up with the man I love!

Bezüge zu anderen Titeln:

Ausschnittsweise enthalten in 100 Years at the Movies (1994) (TV)

Soundtrack:

Ah! The Moon Is Here

An early look at Cagney's song &dance side.

An excellent example of the spectacular Busby Berkeley musicals produced in the early 1930's. Audiences must've been very surprised to see James Cagney in this type of vehicle. Quite a contrast from his "Public Enemy" 2 years earlier. Cagney does add spark & interest to a rather routine tired out formulated storyline & plot. But the highlight of the movie is the 3 elaborate production numbers back to back. First with the conservative "Honeymoon Hotel" number,then followed by the very spectacularly eye dazzling "By A Waterfall" sequence,followed by the closing "Shanghai Lil" sequence, Cagney only participates in the last number hoofing it up on top of a bar counter with Ruby Keeler. The "Shanghai Lil" number with Cagney is excellent but a bit of a comedown & anti climactic after the more exciting & incredibly mind boggling "By A Waterfall" choreography.If I was the director I would've inserted the "Shanghai Lil" number in the middle & close with "By A Waterfall",which blows the other 2 numbers out of the water so to speak & in my view the best of the 3 numbers. The 3 production numbers are the frosting on the cake & James Cagney's performance is added decoration to the cake. An outstanding musical achievement,a 4 star movie, the ultimate musical,well worth watching,you won't be disappointed!!!!!!!!!