Footlight Parade

"Climaxing Warner Bros.' glittering parade of musicals!"

Oct 21 1933 G 1h 44m
Comedy, Musical, Romance

A fledgling producer finds himself at odds with his workers, financiers and his greedy ex-wife when he tries to produce live musicals for movie-going audiences.

Plot

Chester Kent produces musical comedies on the stage. With the beginning of the talkies era he changes to producing short musical prologues for movies. This is stressful to him, because he always needs new units and his rival is stealing his ideas. He can get an contract with a producer if he is able to stage in three days three new prologues. In spite of great problems, he does it.

Written by

Manuel Seff, James Seymour, Robert Lord

Directed by

Lloyd Bacon

Production Countries

United States of America

Production Companies

Warner Bros. Pictures

Languages

English

Awards

1 win

Scores
# of Votes
6,318
Average Rating
7.5 out of 10
Metascore
80
Popularity
NA