![]() ![]() *" Honeymoon Hotel" – by Harry Warren (music) and Al Dubin (lyrics) IMDB ] According to the 2003 Turner Classic Movies documentary "The John Garfield Story", it is not Garfield. *It is often written that John Garfield made his (uncredited) film debut in this film, but experts were divided if it was actually him in the very quick (5/6ths of a second) shot. * Dorothy Lamour and Ann Sothern were among the many chorus girls in the film. * Hobart Cavanaugh as "Title-Thinkerupper" *Herman Bing as "Fralick, the music director *Philip Faversham as "Joe Barrington, juvenile lead, protege of Mrs. * Paul Porcasi as "George Apolinaris, owner of a chain of movie theaters" * Renee Whitney as "Cynthia Kent, Kent's ex-wife" * Arthur Hohl as "Al Frazer, the other producer" * Gordon Westcott as "Harry Thompson, Kent's assistant" * Claire Dodd as "Vivian Rich, Nan's friend, a gold digger" * Guy Kibbee as "Silas 'Si' Gould, producer" * Ruth Donnelly as "Harriet Bowers Gould, the producer's nepotistic wife" * Frank McHugh as "Francis, dance director" * Dick Powell as "Scott 'Scotty' Blair, juvenile lead, former protege of Mrs. * Ruby Keeler as "Bea Thorn, dancer turned secretary turned dancer" * Joan Blondell as "Nan Prescott, his secretary" * James Cagney as "Chester Kent, creator of musical prologues" Kent then stages " Honeymoon Hotel", " By a Waterfall", featuring the famous 'Human Waterfall', and "Shanghai Lil", featuring Cagney and Ruby Keeler dancing together. Apolinaris with three spectacular prologues, presented on the same night, one after another at three different theatres. Kent's business partners announce that they have a big deal pending with the Apolinaris theater circuit, but getting the contract depends on Kent impressing Mr. Kent is so overwhemed with work that he doesn't that realize his secretary, Nan ( Joan Blondell), has fallen in love with him, and is doing her best to protect him. He faces pressure from his business partners to constantly create a large number of marketable prologues to service theaters throughout the country, but his job is made harder by a rival who is stealing his ideas, probably with assistance from someone working inside his company. ![]() ![]() "Footlight Parade" tells the story of Chester Kent ( James Cagney), who replaces his failing career as a director of Broadway musicals with a new one as the creator of musical numbers called "prologues," short live stage productions presented in movie theaters before the main feature is shown. 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". The spectacular Busby Berkeley musical numbers, written by Harry Warren (music) and Al Dubin (lyrics) and Sammy Fain (music) and Irving Kahal (lyrics), include "By a Waterfall", "Honeymoon Hotel", and "Shanghai Lil". The movie was written by Manuel Seff and James Seymour from a story by Robert Lord and Peter Milne. musical film starring James Cagney, Joan Blondell, Ruby Keeler and Dick Powell (whose character is almost autobiographical) and featuring Frank McHugh, Guy Kibbee, Hugh Herbert and Ruth Donnelly. "Footlight Parade" ( fy|1933) is a Warner Bros. ![]()
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