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Footlight parade

Title
Footlight parade [videorecording] / Warner Bros. Pictures ; directed by Lloyd Bacon ; produced by Darryl F. Zanuck.
Publication
Culver City, Calif. : MGM/UA Home Video, 1989, c1933.

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Additional Authors
  • Keeler, Ruby
  • Powell, Dick, 1904-1963
  • Cagney, James, 1899-1986
  • McHugh, Frank, 1899-1981
  • Blondell, Joan
  • Kibbee, Guy, 1882-1956
  • Donnelly, Ruth, 1896-1982
  • Berkeley, Busby, 1895-1976
  • Warren, Harry, 1893-1981.
  • Dubin, Al.
  • Fain, Sammy, 1902-1989.
  • Fain, Sammy. 1902-1989.
  • Seff, Manuel, 1895-1969
  • Kahal, Irving, 1903-1942.
  • Bacon, Lloyd, 1890-1955
  • Orry-Kelly, 1897-1964.
  • Zanuck, Darryl Francis, 1902-1979
  • Warner Bros. Pictures.
  • DHCA.
Description
1 videocassette (98 min.) : sd., b&w NTSC; 1/2 in. (VHS)
Summary
Backstage musical about the production of "prologues," short stage musicals which preceded the showing of feature films in the early days of talking pictures.
Subject
Tap dancing
Genre/Form
  • Musicals.
  • Motion pictures.
  • Video.
Credits (note)
  • Dance numbers created and directed by Busby Berkeley ; music and lyrics, Harry Warren, Al Dubin, Sammy Fain, and Irving Kahal ; screenplay, Manuel Seff and James Seymour ; photography, George Barnes ; costumes, Orry-Kelly.
Performer (note)
  • James Cagney, Ruby Keeler, Joan Blondell, Dick Powell, Frank McHugh, Guy Kibbee, Ruth Donnelly, Hugh Herbert.
Contents
Production numbers: Shanghai Lil; Honeymoon hotel; By a waterfall (water ballet); Sitting on the backyard fence; Ah, the moon is here.
Call Number
*MGZIA 4-2868
ISBN
0792800516
OCLC
  • 20821696
  • NYPY877001114-F
Title
Footlight parade [videorecording] / Warner Bros. Pictures ; directed by Lloyd Bacon ; produced by Darryl F. Zanuck.
Imprint
Culver City, Calif. : MGM/UA Home Video, 1989, c1933.
Country of Producing Entity
U.S.
Cast
James Cagney, Ruby Keeler, Joan Blondell, Dick Powell, Frank McHugh, Guy Kibbee, Ruth Donnelly, Hugh Herbert.
Credits
Dance numbers created and directed by Busby Berkeley ; music and lyrics, Harry Warren, Al Dubin, Sammy Fain, and Irving Kahal ; screenplay, Manuel Seff and James Seymour ; photography, George Barnes ; costumes, Orry-Kelly.
Local Subject
Motion pictures. Footlight parade.
Water ballet.
Added Author
Keeler, Ruby, actor.
Powell, Dick, 1904-1963, actor.
Cagney, James, 1899-1986, actor.
McHugh, Frank, 1899-1981, actor.
Blondell, Joan, actor.
Kibbee, Guy, 1882-1956, actor.
Donnelly, Ruth, 1896-1982, actor.
Berkeley, Busby, 1895-1976, choreographer.
Warren, Harry, 1893-1981. Composer
Warren, Harry, 1893-1981. lyr
Dubin, Al. Composer. Lyricist
Fain, Sammy, 1902-1989. Composer
Fain, Sammy. 1902-1989. Lyricist
Seff, Manuel, 1895-1969, screenwriter.
Kahal, Irving, 1903-1942. Composer
Kahal, Irving, 1903-1942. Lyricist
Bacon, Lloyd, 1890-1955, film director.
Orry-Kelly, 1897-1964. Costume designer
Zanuck, Darryl Francis, 1902-1979, film producer.
Warner Bros. Pictures.
DHCA.
Research Call Number
*MGZIA 4-2868
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