Footlight Parade is sheer cinematic joy. In this Depression-era romp, a timid stenographer (Ruby Keeler) removes her glasses and wow! she's a star. A gee-whiz tenor (Dick Powell) asserts his independence. Plucky chorines tap, greedy hangers-on get their comeuppances, and an indefatigable producer/dancer (James Cagney) and his Girl Friday (Joan Blondell) work showbiz miracles to stage live prologues for talkie houses to keep their company afloat during hard times. Honeymoon Hotel, By a Waterfall and Shanghai Lil are the shows, directed by Busby Berkeley and filled with imagination-bending sets, startling camera angles, kaleidoscopic pageantry and a 20,000-gallon-per-minute waterfall. Curtain up!
- MPAA rating : NR (Not Rated)
- Product Dimensions : 0.38 x 5.35 x 6.75 inches; 2.4 ounces
- Director : Lloyd Bacon
- Media Format : NTSC, Subtitled
- Run time : 1 hour and 43 minutes
- Release date : July 16, 2019
- Actors : James Cagney, Joan Blondell, Dick Powell, Frank McHugh, Ruth Donnelly
- Studio : Warner Archives
- Country of Origin : USA
- Number of discs : 1
